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Russell Andrews, a moving character pinch credits successful Straight Outta Compton and Insecure, has revealed he’s been surviving pinch ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).
The character opened up astir his aesculapian information connected CNN’s The Story pinch Elex Michaelson, saying he was diagnosed precocious past fall.
“I thought I had a changeable during COVID. It was a stressful time. We didn’t activity for 3 years, and past we had nan back-to-back strikes,” Andrews said, referring to nan dueling Hollywood strikes. “A batch was going on… There were moments, location were twitches. I thought I was having pinched nerves successful my neck, and they were rather frequent. And I was not capable to do things that I would usually do. I was dropping cups and glasses, and astatine night, it felt for illustration things were moving up and down my arms astatine definite times, and it was nan nerves.”
Andrews noted that playing shot mightiness person contributed to this, adding, “It appears that possibly CTE whitethorn beryllium a root of this… we won’t know, of course, until everything is said and done and they tin study nan brain.”
The character said that he was not decently diagnosed owed to not having wellness security arsenic he didn’t activity for a number of years, saying, “As soon arsenic we came retired of COVID, worked picked up and I was capable to get back. First spot I went was to Cedars [Sinai]… and wrong 15 minutes, nan superior attraction said that she would for illustration maine to spot a neurologist. One point led to another, and present we sit.”
Andrews acting credits besides see Shameless, Better Call Saul, NCIS: New Orleans, Grey’s Anatomy, Harry’s Law, House of Payne, The Defenders, CSI: Miami, Medium, Boston Legal, The Punisher, Numb3rs, The Bernie Mac Show, Sports Night, among galore others.
ALS, which is besides known arsenic Lou Gehrig’s disease, is simply a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative illness that destroys nan centrifugal neurons successful nan encephalon and spinal cord. Fellow character Eric Dane was diagnosed pinch ALS successful April 2025 and died from complications of nan disease successful February of this year.
Watch Andrews afloat question and reply successful nan video below.
