Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michael-j-fox" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael J. Fox</a> said he wouldn’t have faulted his wife, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tracy Pollan</a>, if she had decided it was too much dealing with him amid his Parkinson’s battle.
The 62-year-old actor discussed his outlook during a CBS Mornings <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nwxlcHytx4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that aired on Thursday. 
“I love Tracy obviously and she&#8217;s an amazing person and has gone through a lot,” Fox said during the interview. “I realize she has a life separate from me having Parkinson&#8217;s, from me being Alex Keaton or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marty McFly</a>, she&#8217;s a person. I think that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s gone OK.”
The couple celebrated 35 years of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marriage</a> this past July. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, an incurable, degenerative disease, in 1991 when he was 29. 
“She had indicated to me by saying, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health. She was able to get me through it, and go through it with me. And she has for 35 years,” the “Back to the Future” star said of his wife. 
“At any time she would have been forgiven to say, ‘I&#8217;m just gonna step out,’” the actor said Thursday. “But she didn&#8217;t do that.”
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Fox, who has since become a fierce advocate for Parkinson’s research through his foundation, described the diagnosis as being very uncertain from the beginning. “We knew the bus was coming and we knew it was going to hit, but we didn&#8217;t know how far away it was or how fast it was going,” he said.
The “Spin City” alum admitted to having good days and bad days during his ongoing battle but said he always tries to stay positive. “The positivity is really sincere,” he told CBS co-host Nate Burleson during their conversation. “I really feel it, and it&#8217;s genuine. But it&#8217;s hard fought and it&#8217;s hard won, I should say.”
Fox spoke candidly about his life outlook during an interview in May. “I’m not gonna be 80,” Fox told journalist Jane Pauley at the time, as The Daily Wire previously reported. Though Pauley remarked that his life hasn’t been “squandered,” the actor said he&#8217;s been confronting his own mortality more often lately.
“Yeah, it’s, it’s banging on the door,” Fox said. “I’m not gonna lie. It’s gettin’ hard, it’s gettin’ harder. It’s gettin’ tougher. Every day it’s tougher.”

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Michael J. Fox Said He Would Have ‘Forgiven’ His Wife If She Wanted To ‘Step Out’ Due To Parkinson’s Challenges

Michael J. Fox Said He Would Have 'Forgiven' His Wife If She Wanted To 'Step Out' Due To Parkinson's Challenges

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&#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; star Christopher Lloyd has gone viral after he posted a tweet on Sunday showing him sitting inside the same car that he drove into both the future and the past in the famed sci-fi movie from 1985.
The 84-year-old actor definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention when he tweeted to his hundreds of thousands of followers a photo showing him sitting behind the wheel of a DeLorean featured at the Motor City Comic Con in Michigan over the weekend.
Lloyd-who famously played Emmett &#8220;Doc&#8221; Brown/creator of the time-machine car-didn&#8217;t include a whole lot in his post and simply <a href="https://twitter.com/DocBrownLloyd/status/1660314109198434307?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>, &#8220;Roads … or perhaps tunnels? elonmusk.&#8221;
The tunnels comment was a reference to Musk&#8217;s proposals to build a network of tunnels to deal with crazy traffic in busy cities. His company is currently working on building tunnels in <a href="https://www.engadget.com/elon-musks-boring-company-will-now-build-a-65-mile-tunnel-network-underneath-las-vegas-052042663.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Las Vegas</a>.
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Roads…or perhaps tunnels? <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> <a href="https://t.co/HTROHeQN00">pic.twitter.com/HTROHeQN00</a>
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At the time of this publication, the tweet has been viewed more than 16.4 million times and counting.
Motor City Comic Con also saw the post from the star from the &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; franchise and tweeted, &#8220;It was an honor to host [Doc Brown] himself [Christopher Lloyd] at Motor City Comic Con this past weekend.&#8221;
&#8220;We look forward to seeing you all again this fall at Motor City Comic Con 2023 — Fall Edition happening November 10-12,&#8221; it added. &#8220;#BacktotheFuture #OhioTimeMachineRental.&#8221;
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🙏It was an honor to host <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DocBrown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DocBrown</a> himself <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChristopherLloyd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChristopherLloyd</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotorCityComicCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MotorCityComicCon</a> this past weekend.
⏲️We look forward to seeing you all again this fall at Motor City Comic Con 2023 &#8211; Fall Edition happening November 10-12.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BacktotheFuture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BacktotheFuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OhioTimeMachineRental?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OhioTimeMachineRental</a> <a href="https://t.co/IYW93vhCGX">https://t.co/IYW93vhCGX</a>
&mdash; Motor City Comic Con (@MotCityComicCon) <a href="https://twitter.com/MotCityComicCon/status/1660708981864529920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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During Lloyd&#8217;s appearance on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&amp;v=959449778699253" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WXYZ&#8217;s</a> panel discussion at the event, the Hollywood star talked to fans about playing his character in the futuristic movie alongside <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-gonna-be-80-michael-j-fox-gives-heartbreaking-health-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael J. Fox&#8217;</a>s character Marty McFly, calling the response from the audience &#8220;amazing.&#8221;
Lloyd recently spoke to <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/michael-j-fox-christopher-lloyd-back-to-the-future-sequel-reboot-1235612497/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> magazine and answered if he would be willing to do another movie in the famed time-machine franchise.
&#8220;I would love to do a sequel, but I think Bob Zemeckis and [producer Steven] Spielberg felt that they told the story in the three episodes,&#8221; the actor said.
&#8220;But if somebody has a brilliant idea that would justify a fourth film it might happen,&#8221; he added.
He also talked about the on-screen chemistry between he and Fox.
&#8220;There was a certain ease between us,&#8221; Lloyd said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t have to struggle get [sic] there with Michael. There was never any conflict. It just fit.&#8221;
&#8220;And it&#8217;s never stopped,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I feel like we could go and do it again after all these years and not have to think about the relationship between Marty and Doc.&#8221;

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-j-fox-admits-he-popped-pills-like-halloween-smarties-after-parkinsons-diagnosis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael J. Fox</a> revealed his biggest career regret to actress Whoopi Goldberg — and it just so happened to be the fact that he had once turned down a film role opposite her: &#8220;Ghost.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-j-fox-reflects-on-recent-health-setbacks-says-hes-happy-overall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox</a> joined Goldberg and her cohosts for Friday&#8217;s broadcast of ABC midday talk show &#8220;The View,&#8221; and the &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; star admitted that he had been approached about the 1990 hit film — which Goldberg starred in alongside the late actor Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Tony Goldwyn.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/realmikefox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realmikefox</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhoopiGoldberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhoopiGoldberg</a> that his biggest career regret was turning down a role in her 1990 hit film &#39;Ghost.&#39; &quot;I said, &#39;Whoopi&#39;s great but it will never work.&#39; And then it was great and huge&#8230;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA">https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA</a> <a href="https://t.co/lcuS2sPSHv">pic.twitter.com/lcuS2sPSHv</a>
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&#8220;So, are there any roles you regret turning down?&#8221; Goldberg asked the &#8220;Spin City&#8221; star.
&#8220;There was a chance to work with you that I missed,&#8221; Fox replied, and Goldberg recoiled in apparent shock.
&#8220;They talked to me about &#8216;Ghost&#8217; early on. I said, &#8216;It&#8217;ll never work.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Whoopi&#8217;s great, but it&#8217;ll never work.&#8217; And then it was great and huge, and I&#8217;m a f***ing idiot,'&#8221; Fox continued.
&#8220;There&#8217;s still time!&#8221; Goldberg replied, promising that the two would &#8220;find something&#8221; to work on together.
Fox recently made headlines with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-gonna-be-80-michael-j-fox-gives-heartbreaking-health-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heartbreaking prediction</a> that he would not live to see 80 years old.
&#8220;I’m not gonna be 80,” Fox, 61, told veteran journalist Jane Pauley during a recent interview. He went on to explain that while he felt as though he had done a lot with the time he had been given, there would eventually come a day when his Parkinson&#8217;s Disease called the shots.
&#8220;Yeah, it’s, it’s banging on the door. I’m not gonna lie. It’s gettin’ hard, it’s gettin’ harder. It’s gettin’ tougher. Every day it’s tougher,&#8221; he said.
Fox, who was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson&#8217;s Disease when he was just 29 years old, continued to work for a number of years until his symptoms made that impossible. In recent years, he said that it&#8217;s the unsteadiness that has proved the most dangerous, making him more likely to fall and hurt himself.
&#8220;You don’t die from Parkinson’s. You die with Parkinson’s,&#8221; he explained.

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Michael J. Fox Spills Biggest Career Regret To Whoopi Goldberg: ‘I’m A F***ing Idiot’

Michael J. Fox Spills Biggest Career Regret To Whoopi Goldberg: Turning Down A Role In 'Ghost'

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Actor Michael J. Fox said during a weekend interview that his long battle with Parkinson&#8217;s disease was getting more difficult as the years go by.
Fox, 61, was diagnosed with the progressive and debilitating disease some three decades ago — and he told &#8220;CBS Sunday Morning&#8221; that <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/04/29/michael-j-fox-says-parkinsons-battle-getting-harder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he doesn&#8217;t foresee</a> living to see his own 80th birthday.
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&#8220;I’m not gonna be 80,&#8221; Fox told veteran journalist Jane Pauley, who noted that the &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; actor had certainly not &#8220;squandered&#8221; his time, but that the nature of diseases like Parkinson&#8217;s was that eventually the illness called the shots and it would simply be his time.
&#8220;Yeah, it’s, it’s banging on the door,&#8221; Fox agreed. &#8220;I’m not gonna lie. It’s gettin’ hard, it’s gettin’ harder. It’s gettin’ tougher. Every day it’s tougher.&#8221;
The &#8220;Family Ties&#8221; actor has faced a number of additional health challenges in recent years, which he chalks up to his body simply beginning to break down. Doctors successfully removed a benign tumor that had grown on his spine, but complications from the surgery made it more difficult for him to walk.
He had since suffered other fractures — in his hand, his face, his elbow, and his arm — and pointed out that one of the biggest dangers for people who have Parkinson&#8217;s is the fact that they are often unsteady on their feet and prone to falls.
Another possible risk is aspiration of food — and then pneumonia that could develop as a result.&#8221;You don’t die from Parkinson’s. You die with Parkinson’s,&#8221; Fox explained, noting that it was the little complications that were more likely to result in death than the disease itself. &#8220;So – so I’ve been – I’ve been thinking about the mortality of it.&#8221;
Fox was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 29 and continued acting for a time with provisions in place to hide his symptoms from viewers.
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Since then, he has devoted much of his time to running The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson&#8217;s Research (MJFF), which he founded in the hopes that one day others might benefit from a potential cure.
&#8220;I know without fail that we are getting closer—day by day, year by year—to the breakthroughs that will make finding a cure inevitable,&#8221; Fox <a href="https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/michael-j-foxs-personal-heroic-quest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Neurology Now</a> a decade ago. &#8220;A lot of work lies ahead of us. But this is a responsibility we have, and we want people to know someone is trying to get this work done.&#8221;

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‘I’m Not Gonna Be 80’: Michael J. Fox Gives Heartbreaking Health Update

Actor Michael J. Fox Gives Heartbreaking Health Update

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Actor and advocate Michael J. Fox recently admitted to using drugs and alcohol as an escape in the early days following his Parkinson&#8217;s diagnosis.
Fox <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/01/22/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-still-documentary/11101412002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detailed his story</a> in a new documentary film, &#8220;Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,&#8221; which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival — and revealed that for seven years following his 1991 diagnosis, he had also battled addiction, denial, and depression.
The &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; star was still working at the time, and he explained that he was using props to hide his shaking hands and popping dopamine pills &#8220;like Halloween Smarties&#8221; in an effort to slow the early signs of his disease.
&#8220;Therapeutic value, comfort – none of these were the reason I took these pills. There was only one reason: to hide. I became a virtuoso of manipulating drug intake so that I&#8217;d peak at exactly the right time and place,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/michael-j-fox-reflects-on-recent-health-setbacks-says-hes-happy-overall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox</a> said in the documentary.
Fox went on to say that he had turned to alcohol to numb the despair that came from learning his condition was not only permanent but degenerative.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know what was happening. I didn&#8217;t know what was coming. So what if I could just have four glasses of wine and maybe a shot? I was definitely an alcoholic. But I&#8217;ve gone 30 years without having a drink,&#8221; Fox continued.
Fox credited his wife, actress Tracy Pollan, with helping him to get and stay sober even though the early days of sobriety seemed insurmountable at times.
&#8220;As low as alcohol had brought me, abstinence would bring me lower. I could no longer escape myself. You can&#8217;t pretend at home that you don&#8217;t have Parkinson&#8217;s because you&#8217;re just there with it. If I&#8217;m out in the world, I&#8217;m dealing with other people and they don&#8217;t know I have it,&#8221; he said.
The &#8220;Spin City&#8221; actor&#8217;s documentary <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/michael-j-fox-documentary-still-standing-ovation-sundance-film-festival-premiere-1235497030/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received a standing ovation</a> when it premiered on Friday — and he took the stage to talk about his advocacy for Parkinson&#8217;s research.
&#8220;People say, &#8216;But that will be after your time, are you ok with that?'&#8221; Fox said, noting that medical research often takes time — and that he couldn&#8217;t be sure how much time he had.
&#8220;S*** yeah,&#8221; he answered his own question. &#8220;That would be great. Just get it done. I don’t care if I’m on the bus.&#8221;
Fox also once drank <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/becoming-brother-to-the-snake-woody-harrelson-outs-the-actor-who-drank-cobra-blood-with-him/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cobra blood</a> with &#8220;Cheers&#8221; actor Woody Harrelson — a move that Harrelson said did not end well for Fox. After watching a fight between a cobra and a mongoose, Harrelson explained that the locals in Thailand mixed a cocktail of cobra blood and whiskey.
&#8220;Drinking the cobra blood is called ‘becoming brother to the snake,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;Mike and I drink lots of things together, and he can hold his own — can I say, he’s Canadian. But Mike promptly vomited his snake cocktail. Never could hold his cobra blood.&#8221;

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Michael J. Fox Admits He Popped Pills ‘Like Halloween Smarties’ After Parkinson’s Diagnosis

Michael J. Fox Admits He Popped Pills 'Like Halloween Smarties' After Parkinson's Diagnosis

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&#8220;Cheers&#8221; actor Woody Harrelson outed his longtime friend, fellow actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/michael-j-fox-reflects-on-recent-health-setbacks-says-hes-happy-overall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael J. Fox</a>, as the guy who once drank cobra blood with him — and he said that at least for Fox, it didn&#8217;t end well.
<a href="https://people.com/movies/woody-harelson-recalls-drinking-cobra-blood-in-thailand-with-michael-j-fox-mike-promptly-vomited/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=637bd6ea17e950000112e1de" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harrelson</a>, 61, has been friends with Fox, also 61, for decades — so he was the perfect choice to present the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to the &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; star at Saturday&#8217;s 2022 Governors Awards in Los Angeles. But while he was leading up to the award presentation, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/11/21/woody-harrelson-and-michael-j-fox-drank-cobra-blood-together/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harrelson</a> took an entertaining detour through their wilder days.
Referencing a trip he took to Thailand to visit Fox in the late 1980s, Harrelson said that the pair found themselves spectators at a fight between a cobra and a mongoose.
&#8220;He taunted a bunch of these cobras and then he found the orneriest cobra, grabbed it by the neck, threw it in a cage with mongoose, where I saw the craziest fight I’ve ever seen between any animals other than studio executives,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/flattered-to-be-compared-legendary-cheers-actor-writes-personal-poem-to-his-infant-doppelganger/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harrelson</a> described the scene.
&#8220;And the mongoose won, they took the snake, yep, tied it by its tail, run the blood out, half-filled four glasses with cobra blood and half with Thai whiskey,&#8221; he said, explaining that &#8220;drinking the cobra blood is called &#8216;becoming brother to the snake.'&#8221;
He and Fox apparently decided to accept the challenge, but according to Harrelson, the &#8220;Family Ties&#8221; actor had some difficulty keeping the concoction down.
&#8220;Mike and I drink lots of things together, and he can hold his own — can I say, he&#8217;s Canadian. But Mike promptly vomited his snake cocktail. Never could hold his cobra blood,&#8221; Harrelson <a href="https://ew.com/celebrity/woody-harrelson-michael-j-fox-cobra-blood/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=637c0c5b17e950000112ee57" target="_blank" rel="noopener">laughed</a>.
The &#8220;Hunger Games&#8221; actor pivoted to the reason he was presenting the award to his friend: his tireless advocacy for people suffering from Parkinson&#8217;s disease. Fox, who was diagnosed in 1991, became a vocal activist, raising funds and awareness in the hopes of finding a cure — if not in his lifetime, for those who would come after.
&#8220;He never asked for the role of Parkinson’s advocate, but it is his best performance. Michael J. Fox sets the ultimate example of how to fight and how to live,&#8221; Harrelson said.
Fox thanked his friend for the introduction, joking that the pair had certainly &#8220;done some damage&#8221; back in the day — before addressing the audience.
&#8220;I refer to Parkinson’s as the gift that keeps on taking. But it truly has been a gift,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;I’m really blunt with people about cures. When they ask me if I will be relieved of Parkinson’s in my lifetime, I say, ‘I’m 60 years old, and science is hard. So, no &#8230; I am genuinely a happy guy. I don’t have a morbid thought in my head — I don’t fear death. At all.&#8221;

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‘Becoming Brother To The Snake’: Woody Harrelson Outs The Actor Who Drank Cobra Blood With Him

Woody Harrelson Outs The Actor Who Drank Cobra Blood With Him

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michael-j-fox">Michael J. Fox</a> said he’s been facing some challenges lately with Parkinson’s, but he’s still generally “happy” with life.
The 61-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment">actor</a> was diagnosed with the degenerative disease more than three decades ago and has opened up about the struggle before. He previously described 2018 as the worst year of his life after undergoing back surgery to remove a tumor and then breaking an arm. 
Now Fox told People magazine during a new <a href="https://people.com/tv/michael-j-fox-opens-up-about-painful-injuries-recovery-and-kind-acts-that-changed-his-life/">interview</a> that his medical issues continued beyond that. 
&#8220;It got worse,&#8221; the “Back to the Future” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">star</a> told the publication. &#8220;I broke my cheek, then my hand, then my shoulder, had a replacement shoulder put in and broke my [right] arm, then I broke my elbow. I&#8217;m 61 years old, and I&#8217;m feeling it a little bit more.&#8221;
Fox said that even though he’s good at taking things in stride, these setbacks did affect his mood and overall demeanor.
&#8220;I was never really a cranky guy, but I got very cranky and short with people,&#8221; he told People. &#8220;I try to nip it in the bud. I always think of these aides who work with me.&#8221;
&#8220;And I often say to them, &#8216;Whatever I say, just imagine I said ‘please’ at the beginning and ‘thank you’ at the end. Just take a second and absorb that I might have said that if I was more myself, but I didn&#8217;t, so I apologize.'&#8221;
The actor explained that now he’s on the mend and feeling more optimistic.
&#8220;I&#8217;m coming through where the last of my injuries are healing up; my arm is feeling good,&#8221; Fox said. &#8220;Life is interesting. It deals you these things.&#8221;
One way he handles everything is by setting small goals. Fox gave an example, saying, &#8220;The whole mission is: Don&#8217;t fall down. So whatever works to not fall down, whether it&#8217;s a walker or a wheelchair, a cane, a guy with a belt around my waist holding onto it — I use all those tools.&#8221;
“I&#8217;m just getting to where I&#8217;m walking steadily again,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s cool to walk by myself. It is. It&#8217;s fantastic.&#8221;
The retired actor said part of what helps him stay positive is thinking about how his moods affect his wife, Tracy Pollan, to who he’s been married since 1988.
&#8220;It took me a while to get that it wasn&#8217;t just about me,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;If I break my arm, I&#8217;m dealing with my broken arm. But if you&#8217;re the person who lives with and loves and supports the person with the broken arm, you&#8217;ve got to do everything.&#8221;
Ultimately, Fox said he can find joy in life despite living with Parkinson’s. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a struggle, but I&#8217;m happy,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;I say that because I hope on some level people can find happiness in spite of what they&#8217;re going through.”

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Michael J. Fox Reflects On Recent Health Setbacks, Says He’s ‘Happy’ Overall

Michael J. Fox Reflects On Recent Health Setbacks, Says He's 'Happy' Overall

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It’s been decades since Michael J. Fox received his life-changing Parkinson’s diagnosis, but the actor remembers that day well. In a recent interview, the actor admitted that he and his wife, fellow “Family Ties” alum Tracy Pollan, only shed tears together over the news when they first heard it and never again.
&#8220;So very early in the marriage she got this [diagnosis] dumped on her,” Fox <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-diagnosis-30-years/">told</a> “CBS Mornings” co-host Nate Burleson. “And the moment that I told her I was realizing was the last time we cried about it together. We haven&#8217;t cried about Parkinson&#8217;s since. We&#8217;ve just dealt with it and lived our lives. But we cried about it that first time.”
He went on to describe what it felt like looking ahead to an uncertain future.
&#8220;We didn&#8217;t know what to expect,” the actor continued. “We didn&#8217;t know what would happen. We didn&#8217;t know. You know, no one could say when it would have more effects. More symptoms than what I had, which was a twitch, twitching pinkie. But they [doctors] just said it was coming.&#8221; 
Fox kept his diagnosis a secret for seven years before announcing it publicly. During the same interview, the actor detailed how the disorder has affected his everyday life. However, living with Parkinson&#8217;s has forced him to appreciate the small moments even more.
&#8220;I have a wheelchair that I use every now and then and it still sucks. I have a hard time getting to a restaurant and up the stairs to where my family&#8217;s eating perhaps at a dinner. But then I&#8217;m there with my son and my three daughters and my wife, and friends of ours. And it&#8217;s just like, that&#8217;s great,&#8221; Fox said.
The Hollywood star detailed how living with Parkinson’s has forced him to approach life in a totally different way. And it’s made him more introspective.
&#8220;I thought, &#8216;Who am I to tell people, cheer up?  Who am I to tell people it&#8217;s gonna be okay? Who am I to tell people &#8216;Have a positive attitude,&#8221; Fox said.   &#8220;You really got to go to that and check that place and say, &#8216;Is that just something I say? Or is that something I believe?&#8217; If it&#8217;s something I believe, is it something I can live? And if I can live it, is it fair for me to ask others or suggest to others, or prescribe that others look at it the same way?&#8221; 
Despite these setbacks, the “Back to the Future” star said he can be accurately described as optimistic about the future, which is just part of his personality.
&#8220;And I really felt I just felt so much weight of that public persona being Mr. Optimist,” Fox continued. “And I still am Mr. Optimist. And I knew and in some small way, I knew in that moment, as dark as it was, that I would get back to that at some point.”
The “Back the Future” star has remained grateful for all the blessings in his life despite being diagnosed with a degenerative disease. The title of his memoir is, “Lucky Man.”

Michael J. Fox Recalls Only Time He And His Wife Cried Together Over Parkinson’s Diagnosis

Before he was Marty McFly in &#8220;Back to the Future,&#8221; he was the Reagan-era Republican Alex P. Keaton in the hit 1980s sitcom &#8220;Family Ties.&#8221; According to Michael J. Fox, if Keaton were around today, he probably would not have been a Trump supporter.
Speaking on &#8220;The View,&#8221; Fox said that Alex P. Keaton would have likely supported both Presidents H.W. Bush and George W. Bush as well as Mitt Romney, but he probably would have not liked Trump.
“I don’t think he’d think much of Trump. I think he would have liked [George] Bush. I think he would have liked [Mitt] Romney,&#8221; Fox said. “I think he would have liked a lot of these [Republican] guys, but I don’t think he would have dug Trump.”
During the Democratic Party presidential primary, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/482172-michael-j-fox-on-buttigieg-endorsement-we-have-a-very-stable-rhodes-scholar">Michael J. Fox endorsed</a> South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg. “I can’t think of a bigger contrast between this president and the president Pete will be. He’s not in it for himself. He’s in it for us,&#8221; said Fox of Buttigieg.
Michael J. Fox has been openly critical of President Trump since the start of his White House tenure. Speaking with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/01/magazine/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-acting.html?smid=tw-nytmag&amp;smtyp=cur">The New York Times in 2019 </a>about a medical scare he endured, the former “Back to the Future” actor took aim at the Trump administration for supposedly being skeptical toward science while repeating the claim that President Trump mocked a disabled reporter during the 2016 presidential campaign.
“Does the current administration’s apparent skepticism toward science at all affect your foundation’s research?” The New York Times asked Fox.
“We have a working relationship with the government,” Fox said of his foundation’s work. “Trump is not sitting around thinking about Parkinson’s.”
The actor continued: “But one thing that angered me is when he mocked that reporter. That was a stab to the guts. Not just for me, but for people I know and work with, who try so hard to overcome other people’s atavistic aversion to anybody that moves differently. So I thought, ‘Do I say something in response?’ Then I thought, ‘People already know Trump is an [expletive].&#8217;”
Fox was referring to the time President Trump allegedly mocked NYT reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has the joint condition arthrogryposis. But as <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-medias-disabled-reporter-lie">The Washington Examiner</a> noted:
<blockquote>If Trump’s purpose was to mock-imitate Kovaleski, anyone watching would have never known it; and not just because no one would know who Kovaleski is, if the media hadn’t manufactured a controversy.
The media would have everyone believe Kovaleski has Parkinson’s disease or at least Restless Leg Syndrome.
Anyone can search “Serge Kovaleski” on YouTube and see videos of the reporter. He doesn’t jerk his arms around, in fact, because his mobility is limited. He’s still.
A corpse would be doing a more accurate imitation.
By the way, Trump has mocked bank executives, Ted Cruz and the response President Obama’s generals give to questions about fighting the Islamic State and he used the exact same affect as he did for Kovaleski.</blockquote>
Michael J. Fox&#8217;s fans were saddened this week to learn that Parkinson&#8217;s Disease has kept him from pursuing more acting work.
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Family Ties

Michael J. Fox Believes His Famed Reaganite ‘Family Ties’ Character Would Not Support Trump

Actor Michael J. Fox, a paragon of optimism despite his long-standing battle with Parkinson&#8217;s Disease, revealed in his latest memoir, &#8220;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/genres/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">No Time Like the Future</a>,&#8221; that he is no longer pursuing acting due to the disease&#8217;s debilitating nature.
According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/books/michael-j-fox-no-time-like-the-future.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New York Times</a>, Fox wrote in his memoir that the advancing disease sometimes renders him unable to speak or think properly in given environments.
&#8220;Not being able to speak reliably is a game-breaker for an actor,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Absent a chemical intervention, Parkinson’s will render me frozen, immobile, stone-faced, and mute — entirely at the mercy of my environment. For someone for whom motion equals emotion, vibrance and relevance, it’s a lesson in humility.&#8221;
Given the nature of that admission, fans of Fox were left wondering if perhaps the &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; actor was quitting acting for good instead of just taking a break. In a statement to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-acting">Fox News</a>, the actor&#8217;s spokesperson said he &#8220;is not actively looking for work.&#8221;
&#8220;If something great comes along and it works for him, he would consider it,&#8221; the spokesperson added.
Michael J. Fox also recently revealed to <a href="https://people.com/tv/michael-j-fox-reveals-struggle-memorization-skills-crucial-for-acting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">People magazine </a>that the disease can sometimes harm his short-term memory.
&#8220;My short-term memory is shot,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I always had a real proficiency for lines and memorization. And I had some extreme situations where the last couple of jobs I did were actually really word-heavy parts. I struggled during both of them,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;So the last couple of years have been trickier than most,&#8221; he added.
Ever since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, Fox has become the face of optimistic thinking. Despite his struggles with his disease, he has routinely described himself as a blessed man with a fulfilling life. He even titled his memoir, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Man-Michael-J-Fox/dp/0786867647/ref=asc_df_0786867647/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=312021251979&amp;hvpos=1o2&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=9774612708242140633&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9031114&amp;hvtargid=pla-559646482068&amp;psc=1">Lucky Man</a>.”
Speaking with Dennis Leary at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-j-fox-gets-candid-about-struggles-his-paul-bois">Fox got candid</a> about his battle with Parkinson’s, admitting that his famed optimism has been in short supply some days to the point of just wanting to call it quits.
“I feel sometimes I don’t want to be selling people the optimism thing because people have tough lives. Depression is real, and things happen to them that I can’t even comprehend. They make my stuff seem like Band-Aids and skinned knees,” Fox told Leary. “So I don’t want to be saying, ‘Cheer up!’ Some stuff sucks.”
“I’m known as a guy who makes lemonade out of lemons, but I was out of the lemonade business: ‘I can’t do this anymore, I can’t,&#8217;” Fox added. Though he felt like he was at the end of his rope, Fox said that what centered him was remembering to take each moment at a time. “But then I realized that I have to take every step one at a time now, and that slows life down. You have more time that way. Every step is a new adventure. I could fall down, not fall down, I could go off this way, go backwards — who knows?”

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