NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- In April 2025, actor Eric Dane revealed that he had been diagnosed with ALS<\/li>\n
- Two months later in June 2025, Dane got emotional while discussing his condition<\/li>\n
- He told\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em>‘s Diane Sawyer that he doesn’t “feel like this is the end of me”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Eric Dane<\/a>\u00a0is doing his first sit-down interview since revealing his\u00a0amyotrophic lateral sclerosis<\/a>\u00a0(ALS) diagnosis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn a preview of his upcoming June 16 interview with\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em><\/a>, the\u00a0Euphoria<\/em><\/a>\u00a0actor\u00a0got emotional while reflecting on his health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n“I wake up every day and I\u2019m immediately reminded that this is happening,\u201d he told correspondent\u00a0Diane Sawyer<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive degenerative disease that affects the nerve cells and leads to eventual paralysis of the muscles, per the\u00a0Mayo Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPeople diagnosed with ALS slowly lose their ability to speak, eat, walk and breathe independently because the disease specifically affects nerve cells, or motor neurons, in the spine and brain. There is no cure for ALS, but there are medications and forms of physical therapy to slow the progression.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDespite the change in his health, Dane has continued working, returning to filming\u00a0season 3 of\u00a0Euphoria<\/em><\/a>\u00a0just days after sharing his personal update. Here’s everything Eric Dane has said about his ALS diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\nDane first shared his ALS diagnosis in April 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Eric](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/l7WRw5LFj02lpGksqA16Iouhvfc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(512x349:514x351):format(webp)\/eric-dane-health-bad-boy-premiere-061325-6124c4b2f3224f2186b6506f96d3d585.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>Eric Dane at the Premiere Of “Bad Boys: Ride Or Die” on May 30, 2024 in Hollywood, California.<\/span>Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDane announced his ALS diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE on April 10, 2025.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“I have been\u00a0diagnosed with ALS<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cI am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nDane added, \u201cI feel fortunate that I am able to continue working and am looking forward to returning to set of\u00a0Euphoria<\/em>\u00a0next week. I kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe\u00a0Grey’s Anatomy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0actor is married to actress\u00a0Rebecca Gayheart<\/a>. They share two children, daughters\u00a0Billie Beatrice<\/a>\u00a0and Georgia Geraldine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\nHe has continued to work amid his diagnosis<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Eric](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xnoegI0U_Tn64GO96ijoaa8Rcto=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(459x207:461x209):format(webp)\/eric-dane-health-atx-television-festival-061325-9817e971a2c344d1a7e9640efa43e446.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>Eric Dane attends the premiere of Euphoria during the ATX Television Festival on May 6, 2019 in Austin, Texas.<\/span>Gary Miller\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSince announcing his diagnosis, Dane has continued to act. Just four days after revealing his diagnosis to PEOPLE, he\u00a0returned to the\u00a0Euphoria<\/em>\u00a0season 3 set<\/a>\u00a0on April 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nDane has starred on the hit HBO series as Cal Jacobs since its 2019 premiere. His character’s fate remains up in the air, since season 2 ended with his son Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi<\/a>) turning his dad into the police over his past crimes.<\/p>\nAfter the\u00a0season 2 finale<\/a>\u00a0aired in February 2022, Dane confirmed that his character would return for a third season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n“There’s gonna be redemption,” he told\u00a0Variety<\/em><\/a>. “I mean, that’s the trajectory he’s on. I can’t imagine Cal’s life from solitary confinement. It’s tough to work Cal into the storyline when he’s behind bars.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn May 2025, Dane\u00a0appeared in the trailer<\/a>\u00a0for the Prime Video series\u00a0Countdown<\/em>, which also stars\u00a0Jensen Ackles<\/a>\u00a0and Jessica Camacho. The show marked the first project Dane has appeared in since sharing his diagnosis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nDane did his first sit-down interview about his diagnosis in June 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Eric](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/_Mmyv5GDiWWY-mwrC9x1mQoEbhM=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(769x417:771x419):format(webp)\/eric-dane-diane-sawyer-interview-061225-9fe7ffcfdcfc43ed8c45c611dc1c7e2e.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>Eric Dane talking on “Good Morning America” in June 2025.<\/span>ABC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOn June 12, Dane appeared in a short teaser video for an upcoming interview with\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em>, which is set to air on June 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn the emotional clip, Dane and Sawyer held hands while he spoke about how his life has been affected by ALS. The clip ended with Dane breaking down in tears.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think this is the end of my story. I don\u2019t feel like this is the end of me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nSeveral celebrities have shared their support for Dane during his health journey<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Eric](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/nQR2LzZDV3NxJsrRJ19UUFh8XUk=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(759x196:761x198):format(webp)\/eric-dane-health-colman-domingo-chloe-cherry-061325-e4422fee00da475bb74d73d36da66f72.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>Eric Dane, Colman Domingo, and Chloe Cherry attend “Euphoria” FYC on April 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.<\/span>Jon Kopaloff\/FilmMagic for HBO<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHollywood has rallied around Dane since he shared his diagnosis.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nColman Domingo<\/a>, who costars alongside Dane in\u00a0Euphoria<\/em>, told PEOPLE shortly after his announcement that he hadn’t “been able to speak with him yet,” but he’s “wishing him well<\/a>.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n“I look forward to working with him,” he added.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nMeanwhile, in April 2025,\u00a0Tina Knowles<\/a>\u00a0commented under an\u00a0Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0sharing the news, “God Bless you \u2764\ufe0f.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In June 2025, Eric Dane got emotional while doing his first sit-down interview since revealing his ALS diagnosis NEED TO KNOW In April 2025, actor Eric Dane revealed … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28892,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28890\/revisions\/28892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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- In April 2025, actor Eric Dane revealed that he had been diagnosed with ALS<\/li>\n
- Two months later in June 2025, Dane got emotional while discussing his condition<\/li>\n
- He told\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em>‘s Diane Sawyer that he doesn’t “feel like this is the end of me”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Eric Dane<\/a>\u00a0is doing his first sit-down interview since revealing his\u00a0amyotrophic lateral sclerosis<\/a>\u00a0(ALS) diagnosis.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIn a preview of his upcoming June 16 interview with\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em><\/a>, the\u00a0Euphoria<\/em><\/a>\u00a0actor\u00a0got emotional while reflecting on his health<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“I wake up every day and I\u2019m immediately reminded that this is happening,\u201d he told correspondent\u00a0Diane Sawyer<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive degenerative disease that affects the nerve cells and leads to eventual paralysis of the muscles, per the\u00a0Mayo Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nPeople diagnosed with ALS slowly lose their ability to speak, eat, walk and breathe independently because the disease specifically affects nerve cells, or motor neurons, in the spine and brain. There is no cure for ALS, but there are medications and forms of physical therapy to slow the progression.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDespite the change in his health, Dane has continued working, returning to filming\u00a0season 3 of\u00a0Euphoria<\/em><\/a>\u00a0just days after sharing his personal update. Here’s everything Eric Dane has said about his ALS diagnosis.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n
Dane first shared his ALS diagnosis in April 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Eric Dane at the Premiere Of “Bad Boys: Ride Or Die” on May 30, 2024 in Hollywood, California.<\/span>Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Dane announced his ALS diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE on April 10, 2025.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“I have been\u00a0diagnosed with ALS<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cI am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDane added, \u201cI feel fortunate that I am able to continue working and am looking forward to returning to set of\u00a0Euphoria<\/em>\u00a0next week. I kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThe\u00a0Grey’s Anatomy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0actor is married to actress\u00a0Rebecca Gayheart<\/a>. They share two children, daughters\u00a0Billie Beatrice<\/a>\u00a0and Georgia Geraldine.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n
He has continued to work amid his diagnosis<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Eric Dane attends the premiere of Euphoria during the ATX Television Festival on May 6, 2019 in Austin, Texas.<\/span>Gary Miller\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Since announcing his diagnosis, Dane has continued to act. Just four days after revealing his diagnosis to PEOPLE, he\u00a0returned to the\u00a0Euphoria<\/em>\u00a0season 3 set<\/a>\u00a0on April 14.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDane has starred on the hit HBO series as Cal Jacobs since its 2019 premiere. His character’s fate remains up in the air, since season 2 ended with his son Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi<\/a>) turning his dad into the police over his past crimes.<\/p>\n
After the\u00a0season 2 finale<\/a>\u00a0aired in February 2022, Dane confirmed that his character would return for a third season.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“There’s gonna be redemption,” he told\u00a0Variety<\/em><\/a>. “I mean, that’s the trajectory he’s on. I can’t imagine Cal’s life from solitary confinement. It’s tough to work Cal into the storyline when he’s behind bars.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIn May 2025, Dane\u00a0appeared in the trailer<\/a>\u00a0for the Prime Video series\u00a0Countdown<\/em>, which also stars\u00a0Jensen Ackles<\/a>\u00a0and Jessica Camacho. The show marked the first project Dane has appeared in since sharing his diagnosis.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDane did his first sit-down interview about his diagnosis in June 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Eric Dane talking on “Good Morning America” in June 2025.<\/span>ABC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n On June 12, Dane appeared in a short teaser video for an upcoming interview with\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em>, which is set to air on June 16.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIn the emotional clip, Dane and Sawyer held hands while he spoke about how his life has been affected by ALS. The clip ended with Dane breaking down in tears.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think this is the end of my story. I don\u2019t feel like this is the end of me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nSeveral celebrities have shared their support for Dane during his health journey<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Eric Dane, Colman Domingo, and Chloe Cherry attend “Euphoria” FYC on April 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.<\/span>Jon Kopaloff\/FilmMagic for HBO<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Hollywood has rallied around Dane since he shared his diagnosis.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nColman Domingo<\/a>, who costars alongside Dane in\u00a0Euphoria<\/em>, told PEOPLE shortly after his announcement that he hadn’t “been able to speak with him yet,” but he’s “wishing him well<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“I look forward to working with him,” he added.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nMeanwhile, in April 2025,\u00a0Tina Knowles<\/a>\u00a0commented under an\u00a0Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0sharing the news, “God Bless you \u2764\ufe0f.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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