Michael J. Fox says going public with Parkinson's was 'hell' on wife Tracy Pollan
Fox is opening up about how going public with his battle with Parkinson's has affected not only him, but his loved ones.As part of the third annual Social Impact Summit, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and Social Impact Fund ,the 65-year-old actor went into detail about why he chose to go public with his Parkinson's diagnosis, and the toll that decision had, and continues to have on his family, particularly his wife, Tracy Pollan."It was hell on Tracy, it was really hard on her — and it still is, because it’s always changing," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "But I said to her, ‘I have to go all the way here.
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Fox is opening up about how going public with his battle with Parkinson's has affected not only him, but his loved ones.As part of the third annual Social Impact Summit, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and Social Impact Fund ,the 65-year-old actor went into detail about why he chose to go public with his Parkinson's diagnosis, and the toll that decision had, and continues to have on his family, particularly his wife, Tracy Pollan."It was hell on Tracy, it was really hard on her — and it still is, because it’s always changing," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "But I said to her, ‘I have to go all the way here. No half measures.’ I started to understand what it was like for these people who didn’t have the options or the choices I had, didn’t have the connections and the reason to be optimistic...I needed to normalize it and just be that all the time. I said, ‘I have to not hide this.
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- Fox is opening up about how going public with his battle with Parkinson's has affected not only him, but his loved ones.As part of the third annual Social Impact Summit, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and Social Impact Fund ,the 65-year-old actor went into detail about why he chose to go public with his Parkinson's diagnosis, and the toll that decision had, and continues to have on his family, particularly his wife, Tracy Pollan."It was hell on Tracy, it was really hard on her — and it still is, because it’s always changing," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "But I said to her, ‘I have to go all the way here.
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