He had throat cancer, says Edward James Olmos.

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Edward James Olmos calls his health issue "an experience that changed" him.

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Olmos, 76, told Mando & Friends on Friday that he had throat cancer.

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I completed it. Radiation ended December 20. I completed treatment the week before

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and was on radiation and chemo for months as it destroyed my throat.”

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The "Selena" star said he had five physicians who told him, "There’s only one thing we have to tell you:

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We do not know what you’re gonna sound like" following therapy.

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The first thing I said was, ‘What?! ’” Olmos said.

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“A very strong disease,” he said, doctors had to “shoot” his voice chords with radiation.

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