They say that ignorance is bliss, but in Eddie Van Halen’s case, I think ignorance is just plain STUPID. And yes, I do believe I just made an oxymoron – yay for me! Listen to this:
Valerie Bertinelli tells Ladies’ Home Journal about her ex Eddie Van Halen’s 2002 battle with cancer: “The guy has mouth cancer, gets part of his tongue cut out, and he still insists cigarettes have nothing to do with it.”…
“There was so much denial, so much not talking,” Bertinelli tells the Journal. Van Halen has cited a metal guitar pick he held in his mouth as contributing to his cancer.
– source
Personally, I also think cancer can be caused by eating too many dung beetles, running with unicorns, and wearing Superman underpants on your head. We’re behind you on this one, Eddie!

I love when idiots make comments like that when they know nothing about scientific reasoning and correlation. It’s like me saying “Eddie, your music really sucks…but it has nothing to do with the instruments or musicians playing them.”