Kelsey Grammer assured Frasier co-star she would not get fired due to breast cancer battle

Frasier star Toks Olagundoye was convinced she would be fired off the Paramount+ sitcom revival last year after telling showrunners she had to undergo a double mastectomy midway through production on the first season.

The Nigerian 49-year-old had attempted to keep her stage 1 triple-negative breast cancer battle a secret - quietly undergoing three surgeries before starting chemotherapy just two weeks before season one started shooting.

'I said, "Listen, if you have to fire me, I've only been on three episodes so far, make me a guest star or whatever,"' Toks (born Olatokunbo) recalled on The Kelly Clarkson Show last Wednesday.

'I am sure I'm being fired any second.'

Soon after, Olagundoye received an unexpected phone call from Frasier executive producer-star Kelsey Grammer, who sounded 'very emotional.'

'He didn't realize what I was going through,' the Discovering Dad actress remembered.

'And he said, "I know how actors think, I want to let you know this is your family, you're not getting fired, we're going to do whatever we need to do to make you feel comfortable." And I just remember him so vividly saying, "You're going to be so happy after this. Everything is going to be okay."'

Toks - who had her first lumpectomy in 2022 - marveled: 'I've never had a TV family quite like the Frasier cast. They're really amazing human beings, so to be around them was really nice.'

The 42-year-old talk show host then surprised Olagundoye with a pre-recorded video message from the 69-year-old Emmy winner.

'I'm really proud of you for being on this show and I salute your efforts to raise awareness and money for breast cancer,' Kelsey gushed.

'And we've always loved you and loved being with you when you were going through your stint, and congratulations on coming out the other side. I'm deeply, personally grateful that you did.'

Catch more of Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane and Toks as his Harvard University boss Olivia Finch in the 10-episode second season of Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli's reboot, which airs Thursdays Paramount+.

Frasier is the continuation of the original NBC sitcom of the same name, which aired for 11 seasons spanning 1994-2004.

But it all stemmed from the classic NBC sitcom Cheers, which aired for 11 seasons spanning 1982-1993.

Next month, the Fatal Attraction star and her husband of nine years - Sean Quinn - will celebrate the fifth birthday of their son, whose name has not been publicly disclosed.