Eric Dane lastly revealed why he wasn’t in attendance on the Emmys throughout a tribute to the long-running present, Gray’s Anatomy. The actor was a sequence common who performed Dr. Mark Sloan, also called McSteamy. His character was the top of cosmetic surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital.
In an interview with the Washington Put up, Dane, who has been recognized with ALS, was on the hospital getting stitches throughout the award ceremony. “ALS is a nasty illness … So I used to be within the hospital throughout the Emmys getting stitches put in my head,” he defined. The actor additionally revealed that he was upset as a result of he was actually trying ahead to collaborating within the twentieth anniversary tribute.
I missed a possibility I used to be actually trying ahead to. It could have been nice to see Jesse and get reunited with a few of my friends, and to have the ability to current in entrance of my colleagues I assumed would have been a particular second.
Dane was going to current an award along with his former co-star, Jesse Williams, who performed Jackson Avery within the medical drama. The pair have been speculated to announce the winner of the very best director of a drama sequence.
Eric Dane’s Battle In opposition to ALS
The actor first disclosed his ALS prognosis in April 2025. He described his situation in an interview with Diane Sawyer of Good Morning America. He advised Sawyer, “My left aspect is functioning, my proper aspect has fully stopped working.”
He additionally expressed his fears about his sickness taking on his entire physique. Dane acknowledged, “I really feel like possibly a pair extra months and I gained’t have my left hand both. It’s sobering.”
Dane is at the moment working alongside a nonprofit referred to as I Am ALS (based by Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya), the place he’s a spokesperson. The actor revealed that he has heard from an enormous quantity of people that both have ALS or have misplaced somebody because of it.
It’s sadly the identical story once I hear from folks. It’s like, “I misplaced my father, mom, cousin, brother, pal,’” Dane stated. “It’s by no means, ‘My father, mom, cousin, brother, pal has been dwelling with it for 10 years now.
Whereas issues could appear grim, the Gray’s Anatomy actor nonetheless admirably manages to look on the brilliant aspect. He’s conscious that he’s extra lucky than others as a result of he has entry to sources that numerous different folks do not. He hopes that he can use his platform to encourage others and provides them a way of hope. He ends his dialog with the Washington Put up with, “To not be overly morbid, however you understand if I’m going out, I’m gonna exit serving to anyone.”
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March 27, 2005
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Rob Corn, Kevin McKidd, Debbie Allen, Chandra Wilson, Allison Liddi-Brown, Jeannot Szwarc, Tony Phelan
- Writers
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Shonda Rhimes, Julie Wong, Jen Klein, Tameson Duffy, Meg Marinis
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Ellen Pompeo
Dr. Meredith Gray
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Chandra Wilson
Dr. Miranda Bailey
