The source continued, "He came out on the show and claimed he had cancer and at first I thought it was karma and maybe this time he really does have cancer since he used it manipulatively before. But no. I knew that it was a lie."

On Wednesday morning, Ayers broke his silence on the controversy and shared his "regret" about some of his actions.

"Words cannot express the deep regret that I have in fabricating documents to 'prove' to the world that I, in fact, have cancer. What I did was wrong and inexcusable. I acted alone, without Vicki's knowledge, to produce documents for a reality TV show in hopes of putting doubts about my cancer to rest," Ayers told E! News in an exclusive statement Wednesday. "I never intended to disclose my actual medical records or details about my private and personal medical history, thus the rationalization of presenting documents that weren't true simply for a 'storyline' for the show."

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