Michael J. Fox Says His Battle with Parkinson’s Is Getting Harder: ‘I’m Not Going to Be 80’

Michael J. Fox is getting brutally honest about his struggles with Parkinson’s disease.
In a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning to promote his upcoming Apple TV+ documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” the actor revealed that the degenerative disease has begun to take a larger toll on him after 30 years of living with it.
“I’m not gonna lie, it’s getting harder,” Fox said. “It’s getting tougher. Every day gets tougher. But that’s the way it is.”
Fox explained that his recent struggles have prompted him to think more about his own mortality. He said that he has begun to accept that the disease could cause a fatal accident at any time.
“Falling and aspirating food and getting pneumonia — all these subtle ways that get you,” he said. “You don’t die from Parkinson’s, you die with Parkinson’s. So I’ve been...
In a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning to promote his upcoming Apple TV+ documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” the actor revealed that the degenerative disease has begun to take a larger toll on him after 30 years of living with it.
“I’m not gonna lie, it’s getting harder,” Fox said. “It’s getting tougher. Every day gets tougher. But that’s the way it is.”
Fox explained that his recent struggles have prompted him to think more about his own mortality. He said that he has begun to accept that the disease could cause a fatal accident at any time.
“Falling and aspirating food and getting pneumonia — all these subtle ways that get you,” he said. “You don’t die from Parkinson’s, you die with Parkinson’s. So I’ve been...
- 4/30/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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