{"id":2054720,"date":"2025-09-27T20:55:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2054720"},"modified":"2025-09-27T20:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:55:54","slug":"eric-danes-daughters-are-suffering-amid-actors-als-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/eric-danes-daughters-are-suffering-amid-actors-als-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Dane&#8217;s daughters are &#8216;suffering&#8217; amid actor&#8217;s ALS battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rebecca Gayheart is sharing the heartbreaking way her husband Eric Dane\u2019s battle with ALS is affecting their daughters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it\u2019s heartbreaking,\u201d the \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d alum <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/eric-danes-family-taking-als-diagnosis-day-by-day-wife-rebecca-says-exclusive-11820046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told People<\/a> in comments published Saturday. \u201cMy girls are really suffering, and we\u2019re just trying to get through it. It\u2019s a tough time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, are \u201ctaking it day by day\u201d as Dane, 52, faces the progressive neurodegenerative disease. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have some professional therapists who are helping us, and we\u2019re just trying to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/16\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-advocates-for-als-cure-after-missing-emmys-2025-in-video-showing-disease-progression\/\">have some hope<\/a> and do it with dignity, grace and love,\u201d Gayheart, 54, said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Eric Dane\u2019s wife, Rebecca Gayheart, revealed her daughters are \u201csuffering\u201d amid their father\u2019s ALS battle.  <span class=\"credit\">PHOTOlink: 305-695-3935<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple shares daughters Billie and Georgia.  <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cCountdown\u201d actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/10\/celebrity-news\/greys-anatomy-alum-eric-dane-announces-als-diagnosis\/\">revealed his diagnosis with ALS in April.<\/a> \u201cI have been diagnosed with ALS,\u201d he\u00a0told People\u00a0at the time. \u201cI am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cEuphoria\u201d actor added, \u201cI kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gayheart \u2014 who filed for divorce from Dane in 2018, only to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/07\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-and-rebecca-gayheart-call-off-divorce-after-7-years\/\">call off the split in March <\/a>\u2014 told the outlet that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis\u00a0is a \u201chorrible\u201d condition. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m at a place yet where I can pull out a positive nugget,\u201d she told People in comments from an event on Friday. \u201cI mean, we\u2019re definitely dealing with something that has brought us all together, and Eric will always be my family, whether we\u2019re married or not, or living in the same house or not.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cWe\u2019re just trying to have some hope and do it with dignity, grace and love,\u201d Gayheart told People.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@rebeccagayheartdane<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI wish there was a cure,\u201d she told the outlet of the neurodegenerative disease.  <span class=\"credit\">Humberto Carreno\/startraksphoto.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The model confessed that while the family is \u201ccloser\u201d due to the devastating diagnosis, they \u201cdon\u2019t like the reason why.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a horrible disease, and I wish that there was a cure,\u201d she divulged. \u201cI hope they find one soon, because it is just so sad.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A rep for Dane did not immediately return Page Six\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cUrban Legend\u201d actress <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/11\/celebrity-news\/rebecca-gayheart-clarifies-status-of-her-rocky-marriage-to-eric-dane-as-he-battles-als\/\">clarified her relationship with Dane<\/a> \u2014 who has been spotted <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/19\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-has-date-night-with-janell-shirtcliff-during-first-red-carpet-appearance-since-als-diagnosis\/\">stepping out with Janelle Shirtcliff <\/a>in the months following the announcement \u2014 in April. \u201cWe are best of friends. We are really close. We are great co-parents,\u201d she told E! News at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cCountdown\u201d star announced his ALS diagnosis in April.  <span class=\"credit\">CHRIS\/NATIONAL PHOTO GROUP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Though the couple filed for divorce in 2018, they called off the split in March.  <span class=\"credit\">Aubrey Reuben<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In June, the father of two sat down with Diane Sawyer\u00a0on an episode of \u201cGood Morning America\u201d to discuss how the aggressive condition \u2014 which has no known cure \u2014 was affecting him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have one functioning arm. My dominant side, my left side, is functioning,\u201d he told the journalist. \u201cMy right side has completely stopped working.\u201d Dane <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/16\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-gives-sobering-update-on-als-progression-in-first-interview-post-diagnosis\/\">called his symptoms \u201csobering.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said the disease now defines his days. \u201cI will never forget those three letters,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s on me the second I wake up.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Dane said in past interview that \u201cthere\u2019s a very good chance I\u2019m going to be taken from my girls when they\u2019re very young.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Roger \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI call Rebecca every day,\u201d he said of his current relationship with the actress.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Adam Nemser-PHOTOlink.net<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of his relationship with Gayheart, whom he married in 2004, the \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d alum echoed his wife\u2019s statements. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call Rebecca. I talk to her every day,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have managed to become better friends and better parents and she is probably my biggest champion and most stalwart\u00a0supporter and I lean on her.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But the actor confessed he is angered for one reason. \u201cI\u2019m angry because\u2026there\u2019s a very good chance I\u2019m going to be taken from my girls when they\u2019re very young,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca Gayheart is sharing the heartbreaking way her husband Eric Dane\u2019s battle with ALS is affecting their daughters. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s heartbreaking,\u201d the \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d alum told People in comments published Saturday. \u201cMy girls are really suffering, and we\u2019re just trying to get through it. It\u2019s a tough time.\u201d Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2054721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[373791,30058,70626,347142,344976,24003,367407,21912,22507,323338,21913],"class_list":["post-2054720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-als","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-news","tag-eric-dane","tag-movies","tag-parents","tag-rebecca-gayheart","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eric-Danes-daughters-are-suffering-amid-actors-ALS-battle.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}