Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan attend the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research gala.Photo: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Michael J. Foxis opening up about how he and wifeTracy Pollanhave navigated his Parkinson’s disease together.
On Thursday’s edition ofCBS Mornings, the 62-year-old actor — who was diagnosed with the progressive brain disorder in 1991 at the age of 29 — discussed howhis wife of 35 yearshas supported through his health struggles.
“It’s been great for me, I don’t know how it is for her,” he said with a laugh. “I love Tracy obviously and she’s an amazing person and has gone through a lot. I realize she has a life separate from me having Parkinson’s, from me being Alex Keaton or Marty McFly, she’s a person. I think that’s why it’s gone okay.”
“We knew the bus was coming and we knew it was going to hit, but we didn’t know how far away it was or how fast it was going,” he added. “At any time she would have been forgiven to say, ‘I’m just gonna step out.’ But, she didn’t do that.”
Tracy Pollan and Michael J. Fox attend A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s benefitting The Michael J. Fox Foundation on November 16, 2019.Noam Galai/Getty
In March, the couple opened up to PEOPLE about how they continue to support one another and nurture their relationship.
“I think we really listen to each other, we are there for each other when we need each other,” said Pollan. “And then we also give each other space when that’s needed. Just feeling off of what’s needed at the moment and trying to be there.”
The coupletied the knot in 1988and share son Sam Michael, 34, twin daughters Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances, 28, and 21-year-old daughterEsmé Annabelle.
“Tracy givesour familyeverything that we need. Any good in our family, anything good that we do, comes from her,” Fox said.
Schuyler Fox, Aquinnah Fox, Michael J. Fox, Tracy Pollan and Sam Michael Fox attend the 2022 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s.Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox Foundation
While accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in November 2022, Fox reflected on his harrowing journey with Parkinson’s disease.
“I was told I only had ten years left to work. That was s—ty. That’s what happened,” Foxshared, in part, while accepting his award. “The hardest part of my diagnosis was grappling with the certainty of the diagnosis and the uncertainty of the situation.”
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