Today local doctors suddenly swamped with questions about the current health of Rick Steves assured an anxious public that the internationally beloved, Edmonds-based travel writer and travel show host is doing just fine.
“At the risk of violating HIPAA laws, yeah, according to his last physical months ago, Rick Steves is doing just fine,” said Dr. Leslie Hopkins as she cringed at every reporter who’d left her 20 voicemails in the last 24 hours. “Now, please, stop texting.”
Steves, also a treasured outspoken progressive activist, was able to personally confirm he is fine as well late this afternoon.
“Sorry, sorry, sorry—I didn’t see that you guys all started calling me at 11:30 p.m. last night for some reason – I was spelunking in one of Slovenia’s remarkable Škocjan caves,” said Steves in a social media post. “I thought I told you all I was cancer-free and doing fine nine months ago and it was just kind of assumed I didn’t need to keep saying I’m fine. If it makes you feel better, tomorrow instead of spelunking, I’ll just ponder Cro-Magnon culture at the illustrious Grotte de Font-de-Gaume, okay? I’m not in America right now, I’m fine.”
At press time, an anxious public also wondering if Bill Nye is doing fine was relieved to discover he was after being told to go fuck themselves by Bill Nye.
