Swayze denies tabloid reports

Patrick Swayze is angry about tabloid reports that say he doesn’t have long to live.

The actor, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year, issued a statement Tuesday saying that so far he is winning his fight against the disease and responding well to treatment.

Says Swayze: “They’re reporting that I’m on my last legs and saying goodbye to my tearful family! . . . It’s upsetting that the shoddy and reckless reporting from these publications cast a negative shadow on the positive and good fight I’m fighting.”

Swayze, who stars in the coming A&E; series “The Beast,” says such coverage amounts to “emotional cruelty” and angers him “when hope is so precious.”