Anita Dupree was diagnosed with breast cancer in an emotional episode of Beyond the Gates last week.
Anita will reveal her cancer diagnosis to husband Vernon Dupree on Tuesday’s episode of Beyond the Gates (December 23).
Their talk will leave him devastated and feeling guilty because he’s cheating on Anita with a member of her singing group The Articulettes.
The Articulettes is a Supremes-style girl group that formed in the 1970s in Chicago. The group consisted of Anita, Sharon Winger, Tracy Tyler, and the late Barbara Mitchell.
Vernon is having a torrid love affair with Sharon behind Anita’s back. Sharon lusted after Vernon for decades after Anita won his heart.
Sharon finally won him over during one of her trips to Fairmont Crest to visit Anita. Now she’s in town again and she wants to hook up with Vernon before the holidays when he’ll be busy with family.
Anita was having lunch with her daughter, Nicole Dupree Richardson, when she got the call from her doctor. Anita knew the news was not good.
Anita finds out she has breast cancer ???? #BeyondTheGates pic.twitter.com/SC2Upt1vMu
— jaz (@MiddleOfDaMap) December 19, 2025
Fans of the show didn’t take the news well.
NOOOOOOOO AINTA HAS BREAST CANCER ?????????? #BeyondTheGates #BTG pic.twitter.com/NBKdVqfj6y
— Aaron Martin II (@BroGod4Life) December 19, 2025
Anita has breast cancer #BeyondTheGates ? pic.twitter.com/3LFWF0Vzdi
— Bulletproofsoul (@bulletprfsoul) December 19, 2025
I’m going to take the positive road and hope that they are doing this so that other women will see it understand it and maybe go and have their breasts checked. Maybe they thought to use this as a learning tool to help people that are too frightened to go.
— Susan T (@Suzie332) December 16, 2025
From Soap Opera magazine:
The timing of this conversation is crucial. Leslie has already spilled the tea about Vernon’s affair to Ted, and the exposure is coming on Christmas Eve. Whatever Anita and Vernon discuss on Tuesday is setting the stage for the absolute DEVASTATION that’s about to hit the Dupree family.
Anita Dupree deserves honesty from her husband, especially now. She’s facing a health crisis that could take her life, and she needs Vernon’s support more than ever. If he’s not being truthful with her while she’s going through this, the betrayal will cut even deeper when the truth finally comes out.
This conversation is going to leave fans in TEARS. Anita and Vernon have been the foundation of the Dupree family for decades, and watching that foundation crack is heartbreaking!
