Summer House’s Jesse Solomon Reflects on Cancer Diagnosis, Shares Hope to Find Love in Next Chapter

Jesse Solomon‘s past testicular cancer diagnosis changed the way he looked at the world.

Speaking to People in an interview published on Thursday, July 23, the Summer House star, 33, said his health scare majorly shifted his perspective.

“I was never fulfilled doing finance,” Jesse explained of his career path before joining Summer House and pursuing his music. “Getting diagnosed with cancer the first time was a scary thing, and then when it comes back, it was really a lesson of, ‘You never know what’s gonna happen tomorrow, so you might as well live life to the fullest today.’”

Jesse added that he’s also hoping for a more fulfilling type of relationship in this stage of his life, which he sings about in his latest single, “Wildfire.”

“I try not to write about love and relationship stuff too much because not that it’s overdone. … But this one just came to me, and it was kinda like, if it’s not that wildfire love, I don’t want it,” he told the magazine. “I‘ve dated people, and I just haven’t felt that truly passionate. … I don’t want anything else.”

Jesse was diagnosed with testicular cancer in August 2017 and again in July 2018. The reality TV star underwent chemotherapy and has been in remission for the past seven years.

In March 2024, Jesse shared a candid insight into what it was like hearing the bad news about his health.

“I felt, like, a twinge of pain in my testicle. I didn’t really think anything of it,” Jesse told Today at the time. “The doctor said, ‘You know, it’s probably nothing, but go get an ultrasound.’”