United Kingdom, April 8 -- Mark Hoppus found his cancer diagnosis to be "so freeing".

The 53-year-old musician - who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Blink-182 - was diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in June 2021 and underwent a bout of treatment before being given the all-clear but admitted that he "really thought" he was going to die but had somewhat accepted it in a way.

He told The Guardian: "I really thought I was going to die.

"And, in a way, it absolutely was so freeing. I'd spent my whole life hypervigilant, thinking: what's the worst thing that could happen? And, oh, it's here now, I'm dealing with it and it still sucks."

The 'All the Small Things' hitmaker - who is currently part of the band al...