{"id":23272,"date":"2025-03-04T07:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T07:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23272"},"modified":"2025-03-04T07:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T07:36:08","slug":"agonising-health-battle-behind-morgan-freemans-single-gloved-hand-at-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23272","title":{"rendered":"Agonising health battle behind Morgan Freeman’s single gloved hand at the Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2025\u00a0Oscars<\/a><\/span>\u00a0set social media alight with fans lauding\u00a0Morgan Freeman<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for an emotional tribute to his ‘dear friend’ and co-star\u00a0Gene Hackman<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who died in mysterious circumstances last month.<\/p>\n

Although the 87-year-old kept his hands clasped behind his back for much of his TV appearance, some eagle-eyed viewers were quick to highlight his outfit choice \u2014\u00a0a singular black glove on his left hand.<\/p>\n

‘Morgan Freeman wears a glove on his left hand!!! What??? When were you going to tell me this!!,’ one X user wrote.<\/p>\n

‘Why was Morgan Freeman wearing a black glove? #Oscars2025,’ another said.<\/p>\n

Freeman has been spotted with the glove for several years to help alleviate an agonising health issue.<\/p>\n

The Se7en star previously revealed he suffers from fibromyalgia\u00a0\u2014 a condition for which there is no cure \u2014 following\u00a0nerve damage after a serious car crash.<\/p>\n

In 2008, the vehicle he was driving flipped multiple times\u00a0near his\u00a0home in Charleston,\u00a0Mississippi<\/a><\/span>, with the actor having to be cut free by emergency workers before being airlifted to a hospital.<\/p>\n

Freeman, who was 71 at the time of the accident, was reportedly ‘hospitalised for four days after the collision and his injuries included a broken arm and elbow’.<\/p>\n

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Although the 87-year-old kept his hands clasped behind his back for much of his TV appearance, some eagle-eyed viewers were quick to highlight his outfit choice \u2014 a singular black glove on his left hand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He\u00a0told Esquire\u00a0magazine<\/a>\u00a0in 2012 that\u00a0it had also\u00a0left his hand paralysed, with the condition causing\u00a0pain ‘up and down the arm’.<\/p>\n

‘That’s where it gets so bad. Excruciating.’<\/p>\n

Fibromyalgia is thought to affect between 1.8million and 2.9million people in the UK and roughly 4 million adults in the US.<\/p>\n

What causes the condition is unknown. But it is believed to be related to misfiring brain signals changing the way the nerves carry pain messages around the body.<\/p>\n

It causes a range of symptoms including increased pain sensitivity, muscle stiffness, fatigue and problems concentrating, as well as low mood, according to the NHS.<\/p>\n

There are limited treatments for fibromyalgia \u2014 and campaigners have long been fighting for further research into the condition.<\/p>\n

Currently, the NHS recommends a combination of exercise, talking therapies and drugs that are usually used to treat anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n

There’s little or no evidence to show that other types of medication help reduce long-term pain.<\/p>\n

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The Se7en star previously revealed he suffers from fibromyalgia \u2014 a condition for which there is no cure \u2014 following nerve damage after a serious car crash. Pictured with Nicole Kidman in April 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fibromyalgia is thought to affect between 1.8 million and 2.9 million people in the UK and roughly 4 million adults in the US. Pictured Freeman in January 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Driving near his home in Charleston, Mississippi, in 2008 the actor was cut free by emergency workers before being airlifted to a hospital in a serious condition 90 miles away in Memphis, Tennessee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In 2010, Freeman spoke about wearing a compression glove in order to keep the blood flowing.<\/p>\n

‘I suffered nerve damage and it hasn’t gotten better. I can’t move it,’ he told People magazine.<\/p>\n

‘If you don’t move your hand, it will swell up. Do you know you move your hand about a million times a day?’<\/p>\n

Freeman was spotted wearing an elbow length glove when he presented at the 2023 Oscars alongside Margot Robbie, and also in his recent role in Paramount+’s series Special Ops: Lioness.<\/p>\n

Such gloves are recommended by the health service, who say\u00a0the gentle compression ‘helps to “push” the excess fluid out of the hand’.<\/p>\n

They added: ‘For joint pain, the gloves provide support, compression and warmth to the joints.’<\/p>\n

According to the NHS, fibromyalgia symptoms also vary over time \u2014 and can suddenly vastly improve as brain signals regulate.<\/p>\n

But the condition can decline just as rapidly, and becoming increasingly debilitating.<\/p>\n

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Freeman was spotted wearing an elbow length glove when he presented at the 2023 Oscars alongside Margot Robbie (pictured), and also in his recent role in Paramount+’s series Special Ops: Lioness<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2010, Freeman spoke about wearing a compression glove in order to keep the blood flowing. Here the actor is pictured in 1988<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘We know that fibromyalgia is a relapsing condition and that means most people will experience some fluctuations in their symptoms,’ says GP Dr Philippa Kaye.<\/p>\n

‘In fact one of the signs of the disease is that symptoms are inter-changeable \u2014 they can suddenly get better or worse.’<\/p>\n

‘While there is\u00a0no cure, for lots of people, the pain will go away for a very long period of time.’<\/p>\n

Dr Kaye adds there’s lots of things patients can do to ‘help manage’ the disease.<\/p>\n

These can include exercise programmes and cognitive behavioural therapy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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