Because he has children that he would not want to worry.
We should all be careful about how we phrase things here, because they just may see it.
Hello HC,
Tony was on CSpan with Brian Lamb this past weekend and he was very open about his health, his family and his job.
He said that the doctor told him that he cannot die from this cancer and that they are treating it aggressively. The last chemo session is today! Yay!
He also talked at length about being open with his kids. He found out when they started asking questions this time around that they had held back on questions the last time and he went out of his way to make sure that he answered any questions that they had so that they have a full understanding of his condition and what will happen next.
Tony would not want to have the media speculating on his health.
Tony is too honest a guy to lie, money was a part of it, but I am guessing not THE major reason.