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The 55-year-old film and stage star posted to his Facebook page
after media reports that he had been rushed to the hospital with
a suspected tumor.
"Thank you for all your sweet support," Kilmer said in the
Facebook post.
"But I have not had a tumor, or a tumor operation, or any
operation. I had a complication where the best way to receive
care was to stay under the watchful eye of the UCLA ICU," Kilmer
wrote, referring to the intensive care unit of the University of
California, Los Angeles, Medical Center.
Kilmer is undergoing tests, family spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg
said in an email.
Rosenberg had earlier said in a statement that Kilmer was tested
for a "possible tumor."
The actor, who has disclosed in previous interviews that he is a
Christian Scientist, also said in the message he was assisted by
friends who know his "spiritual convictions" and have helped in
minimizing what he called "gossip and silly talk."
Some Christian Scientists, based on the precepts of their faith,
have been known to advocate prayer before or instead of medical
treatments when a person is ill.
Kilmer did not disclose any further details about his ailment in
the post, but said that he hoped for a speedy recovery. "God
bless you all and please don't worry," he wrote.
"I do not have an official diagnosis at this time," Rosenberg
said. "He is with his two children Mercedes and Jack," she said.
Kilmer played Doors singer Jim Morrison in a 1991 film about the
band and Batman in the 1995 superhero film "Batman Forever." In
2013, the actor reunited with Anthony Edwards, his co-star in
the 1986 film "Top Gun," to give voice to characters in the
animated comedy "Planes."
(Additional reporting by Alicia Powell in New York; editing by
Frank McGurty and Matthew Lewis)
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Actor
Val Kilmer hospitalized in Los Angeles after
'complication'
