Eric Dane lastly revealed why he wasn’t in attendance on the Emmys throughout a tribute to the long-running present, Grey’s Anatomy. The actor was a collection common who performed Dr. Mark Sloan, also referred to as McSteamy. His character was the top of cosmetic surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Dane, who has been recognized with ALS, was on the hospital getting stitches in the course of the award ceremony. “ALS is a nasty illness … So I used to be within the hospital in the course of the Emmys getting stitches put in my head,” he defined. The actor additionally revealed that he was dissatisfied as a result of he was actually wanting ahead to taking part within the twentieth anniversary tribute.
I missed a chance I used to be actually wanting ahead to. It will 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 believed would have been a particular second.
Dane was going to current an award together with his former co-star, Jesse Williams, who performed Jackson Avery within the medical drama. The pair have been alleged to announce the winner of the perfect director of a drama collection.
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 instructed Sawyer, “My left facet is functioning, my proper facet has fully stopped working.”
He additionally expressed his fears about his sickness taking on his entire physique. Dane acknowledged, “I really feel like perhaps a pair extra months and I received’t have my left hand both. It’s sobering.”
Dane is at present working alongside a nonprofit known 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 on account of it.
It’s sadly the identical story after I hear from individuals. It’s like, “I misplaced my father, mom, cousin, brother, pal,’” Dane mentioned. “It’s by no means, ‘My father, mom, cousin, brother, pal has been residing with it for 10 years now.
Whereas issues could seem grim, the Grey’s Anatomy actor nonetheless admirably manages to look on the brilliant facet. He’s conscious that he’s extra lucky than others as a result of he has entry to assets that a whole lot of different individuals 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 Publish with, “To not be overly morbid, however you already know if I’m going out, I’m gonna exit serving to someone.”
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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
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Ellen Pompeo
Dr. Meredith Gray
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Chandra Wilson
Dr. Miranda Bailey
