Offshore wind farms take shape along Rhode Island's coast, even as Trump wants to stop them

OFF THE COAST OF RHODE ISLAND (AP) — Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region.

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Wind farms are taking shape and operating along the East Coast, even asPresident Donald Trump seeks to end the U.S. offshore wind industry. He often talks about hishatred of wind powerand calls turbines ugly.

The Associated Press traveled roughly 100 miles (161 kilometers) and saw three of the five wind farms in the area. Two of the five are fully operational, two are nearly done, and one is about halfway built.

The first turbines from the Revolution Wind project were clearly visible from about 5 nautical miles away, and can be seen from farther away on clear days. They stretched across the horizon, massive structures evenly spaced in rows, some spinning in the light winds.

The enormity of the turbines was evident from even a mile out.

Wind farms under construction

Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind are offshore wind projects being built to power about 1 million homes across Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.

It took about an hour and a half to reach the Revolution Wind site, more than 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of the Rhode Island coast.

Some of the blades started to turn as the early morning winds picked up. Workers were inside the central hub of the wind farm, a large gray substation.

Revolution Wind is more than 90% complete. It recently began delivering power to New England’s grid, and it’s on track to be completed this year.

Nearby at Sunrise Wind, construction is nearly 50% complete. It's a mix of installed turbines and empty yellow foundations that still await their towers and blades. A vessel with giant cranes to install the offshore wind components was parked nearby.

The tip of a spinning turbine appeared to touch the clouds.

The first large U.S. offshore wind farm

The first large U.S. offshore wind farm to open,South Fork Wind, borders the Revolution Wind site.

Now in its second year of operating commercially, its 12 turbines can send enough power to New York for more than 70,000 homes.

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A ship that serves as a floating home base for technicians working on wind farms was next to one of the turbines on Thursday. The technicians had used the ship's gangway to walk onto the turbine and stood at its base.

When South Fork opened in 2024, Biden administration officials said it was just the beginning —major new wind farms would dot U.S. coastlinesto confront climate change, create jobs and accelerate the nation’s transition to clean energy.

Less than a year later, Trump returned to office andordered a temporary haltto leasing and permitting for wind energy projects. His administration haspaused work wind farms under construction, arranged a$1 billion payout to a French energy companyto walk away from U.S. offshore wind development andadded an extra layer of review for wind and solar projects.Federal judges have struck downsome of his ordersblocking wind energy development, includinga ruling Tuesdaystopping the administration from implementing some of the policies slowing the development of clean energy.

At the same time wind energy is being held back, the demand for electricity in the United States is skyrocketing and there are limited options in land-constrained coastal states for new, large energy projects in the next few years, which drives up utility bills, said Hillary Bright, executive director of the offshore wind advocacy group Turn Forward.

“These energy policies are really hitting people at home, in their pocketbooks,” she said. “Offshore wind ultimately can be a part of that solution.”

The first five turbines

The closest site to the coast is theBlock Island Wind Farm. It's in state waters near Block Island, Rhode Island.

These five turbines began spinning in 2016, making this the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Its turbines are shorter than those installed at successive projects, but still look enormous up close. They replaced polluting diesel generators that were powering Block Island.

The first wind farm to finish construction during Trump's tenure

Construction finished on Vineyard Wind in March. It was the first wind farm to reach this stage during Trump’s time in office.

It is expected to reach full operations in the coming months, to power over 400,000 Massachusetts homes and businesses.

There are two other major U.S. offshore wind farms under construction: aNew York offshore wind project, Empire Wind,and aVirginia offshore wind project, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind.

“This is a major commercial industry in the United States of America," Jason Grumet, CEO of the American Clean Power Association, said in an interview. “Whether the president is enthusiastic about it or not, we have massive energy projects that are either bringing power to the grid or near completion.”

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Trump extends ceasefire deadline with Iran in latest example of ‘TACO’ Tuesday

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. wouldextend its ceasefire with Iranthat was due to expire on Wednesday, despite havingthreatened hours earlierthat “I expect to be bombing” when asked if he'd agree to such an extension.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump said Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir had asked him to put a hold on his bombing plans while further attributing the decision to “the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured.”

“We have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal,” Trump said.

He added that the American naval blockade on Iran’s ports would remain in place while the ceasefire continues “until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other.”

The president’s latest walk-back of his threats to resume the U.S. air campaign against Tehran comeshours after he told CNBChe was not inclined to agree to any extension of the ceasefire.

Trump later deflected attention from his climbdown with a string of Truth Social posts taking aim at an array of domestic and foreign opponents, from theWall Street Journalto the renewable energy industry and the Iranian regime.

Earlier, after he was asked by anchor Joe Kernen if he’d consider an extension during a telephone interview on the cable news programSquawk Box,Trump replied: “I don't want to do that. We don't have that much time.”

“I expect to be bombing because I think that's a better attitude to go in with. But we're ready to go. I mean, the military is raring to go,” he said.

Trump had also told Bloomberg News it was “highly unlikely” that he’d agree to extend the ceasefire after its Wednesday expiration without a full agreement to end the nearly two-month-old war he started on February 28.

Although negotiations between the parties had been set to commence in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, the U.S. team that was slated to be led by Vice President JD Vance never left the U.S., and Vance remained at the White House all day on Tuesday in what officials described as a series of policy meetings.

For their part, Tehran’s negotiators had refused to participate in the sessions unless Trump had lifted the blockade of Iran’s ports.

In a post on X, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called the blockade an “act of war” and therefore a violation of the ceasefire.

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"Iran knows how to ‌neutralize restrictions, ‌how to defend its ⁠interests, and how to resist bullying," he said.

Tuesday’s announcement is just the most recent in a series of reversals, which critics have come to givethe derisive acronym TACO(”Trump Always Chickens Out”) that have characterized Trump’s second bite at the apple of presidential power.

The pattern was established last April after his shambolic “liberation day” tariff rollout — he makes an outrageous threat on trade or another policy matter that is likely to cause the market to tumble before he inevitably walks back on that policy, leading to a market rebound.

For example, his so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs caused the markets to hithistoric lowsbefore he ordered a 90-day pause one week later, leading torecord highs.

Traders even started using the TACO acronym to describe the rapid policy shifts, borrowing the term first coined byFinancial Timescolumnist Robert Armstronglast year.

On Tuesday evening, the fired off a barrage of Truth Social posts defending his approach to Iran, insisting the US military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is effective and working, and criticising former president Barack Obama’s record on Iran.

He went on to attack the Wall Street Journal over an editorial criticizing his policy, saying the paper has “LOST ITS WAY”.

Shortly after, Trump posted a 340-word attack on the Supreme Court, targeting both its liberal and conservative justices, who have ruled against his administration in several high profile cases.

The president then turned back to foreign policy, zeroing in on the Iran war, which has engulfed large swaths of the Middle East in violence and sparked fears of worldwide economic chaos.

“Iran doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it open so they can make $500 Million Dollars a day,” Trump wrote. “They only say they want it closed because I have it totally BLOCKADED (CLOSED!), so they merely want to ‘save face.’”

The ceasefire extension echoes his decision to announce the ceasefire agreement on April 7, hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline before he ordered U.S. forces to bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure.

Days earlier, he’d declared the day “Power Plant Day” and “Bridge Day” for U.S. armed forces unless Iran would “Open the F***in’ Strait, you crazy b*****ds,” lest they be “living in Hell.”

He later threatened that Iran’s “entire civilization” would “die tonight, never to be brought back again,” implying that the U.S. would commit genocide against the Iranian people unless their government capitulated to his terms.

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‘It’s not just stardust.’ Musicians warn AI could erase artists’ livelihoods

WASHINGTON – Whether it’sTaylor Hanson,Maggie RoseorGrace Potter, their message is clear: the entertainment industry needs to value intellectual property and approach artificial intelligence with caution.

The three musicians were among the advocates at this year’s annualGrammys on the Hill, which pairs the music industry with Congress to champion artists’ rights.

“This is well beyond music,” Hanson said on the red carpet. “It's people's likeness. It's creativity. If you're a video designer, if you're a painter, if you're a programmer, if you're an actor, if you're anyone, if you're walking down the street … we want a future that values people's intellectual property.”

Potter sees value in the curiosity attached to using AI, but cautions “it’s really what we do with it.” She hopes for "a future in which everybody is protected and in which we can honor and use the incredible technology and development that's pushed us forward while also acknowledging the fact that it came from somewhere. It's not just stardust.”

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While there is usuallya signature honoreeat the event, the Recording Academy opted to highlight the broader impact of the policy-driven arm of the organization for its 25thmeeting, held April 21 at The Hamilton in D.C.

During the 90-minute gathering,Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Rep. María Salazar (R-FL)were recognized as Congressional Honorees for their efforts crafting theNO FAKES Act(Nurture Originals, Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe Act). The bipartisan bill was introduced in 2024 by Salazar, as well as senators Coons, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and revised last year. It has still not been passed into law.

“My job is to protect, not only business owners or the private sector, but to protect those who need protection, the artists,” Salazar said. “If all you have is your voice, your likeness, your face and someone can steal it in a moment, you need protection. It’s how you pay your rent, how you make a living. Music has no political parties.”

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Among the members of Congress in attendance were Nancy Pelosi (D-California), Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Linda Sanchez (D-California), Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and former Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont).

Along with the messages being spoken, musical performances dotted the night. Rose and Potter joined for the roots rocker “Poison My Well” – Rose armed with a guitar and tinted glasses, Potter sleek in black and silver sparkly heels – which inspired a crowd clap-along of the Grammy-nominated song.

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Molly Tuttle displayed impressive fretwork on her acoustic for the bluegrass jam "San Joaquin" while Cordae sat on a stool and loosely rapped through the slinky “Lord is Coming,” which he featured on with H.E.R. in 2018, and “Bad Idea.”

“This is a much livelier crowd than I was anticipating,” he joked.

The closing sentiment, before a joyous performance of “You Are Good” fromIsrael Houghton, came from Recording Academy CEOHarvey Mason jr.

“Music is a force. It heals. We celebrate with it in ways like nothing else that can bring us together,” he said. “We’re in a time where there is so much division and uncertainty. There are voices that encourage mistrust and breed fear, but music cuts through all of that and reminds us of our shared humanity.”

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Rif Hutton, Who Starred in “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “General Hospital”, Dies at 73

Rif Hutton has died at age 73 after being diagnosed with glioblastoma

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• He starred in Doogie Howser, M.D. and General Hospital, among many other television shows and movies

• Hutton was remembered by fellow actor Steve Apostolina as a "remarkable human being"

Rif Hutton, who starred in episodes ofDoogie Howser, M.D. andGeneral Hospitalhas died at 73.

The actor died on Saturday, April 18 at his home in Pasadena, Calif., his wife, Bridget Hoffman, toldThe Hollywood Reporter. Hutton had previously been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor.

PEOPLE reached out to reps for Hutton but did not immediately hear back.

ActorSteve Apostolinapaid tribute to Hutton in aFacebookpost on April 20, writing, “A remarkable human being has left this earthly plane."

"To say that Rif Hutton was one of a kind is a gross understatement. There will never be another like him,” Apostolina wrote, adding that Hutton was “incredibly bright and the hardest working person I’ve ever known.”

"I worked in the voice over community with him for over 30 years but I really got to know him well when I directed him in one of my early plays. And while I knew him and spent a fair amount of time with him, he’d rarely talk about himself, because he was a humble man,” the actor continued.

Apostolina remembered Hutton for his many talents and his community action amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes. "I was lucky to cross his path and I am a better person for knowing him," he said.

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Hutton was born in San Antonio on Nov. 28, 1952. He is best known for his role as Dr. Ron Welch in theNeil Patrick Harris-led seriesDoogie Howser, M.D., from 1989 to 1993, as well as appearing as Lt. Cmdr. Alan Mattoni onJAGfrom 1997 to 2001.

The actor also played Lenny Caulfield inGeneral Hospitalfor 32 episodes from 2021 to 2022.

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Hutton had several television appearances throughout his career, including,The Jeffersons,Night Court,Married... with Children,Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,Family MattersandShameless. His last television role was appearances in two episodes ofS.W.A.T.that aired in 2024 and 2025.

On the big screen, he lent his voice to numerous animated movies over the last two decades, such asShark Tale,Rio,Hotel Transylvania,ParaNorman,Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseandThe Angry Birds Movie 2.

Hutton is survived by his wife Bridget Hoffman and son Wolfy.

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Marie Osmond Posts Emotional Tribute to Brother Alan After His Death at Age 76: ‘Years and Years of Memories’

Marie Osmond has paid a heartfelt tribute to her late brother Alan on Instagram following his death on Monday, April 20 at age 76

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• "As his only sister, I know I had a different relationship with him than he had with his brothers, and I must say I loved that!" the "Paper Roses" singer wrote in the post

• Alan, who was the oldest member of The Osmonds, had retired from performing after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 40 years ago, KUTV reported

Marie Osmondis paying tribute to her late brother,Alan Osmond, following his deathat age 76.

Alan, who was born in Ogden, Utah, died at around 8:30 p.m. local time on Monday, April 20, a spokesperson for the family confirmed toABC4 Utahand CBS affiliateKUTV.

The singer, who was the oldest member of The Osmonds, had retired from performing after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 40 years ago, KUTV reported.

After Alan’s brothers, Merrill, 72, and Donny, 68, shared social media tributes following their sibling’s death, their only sister Marie, 66, also posted a heartfelt message onInstagram.

She shared on Tuesday, April 21, “Writing about your sibling's passing is not something easily done. The years and years of memories I have of my big brother Alan could never be written in a few words—it would take volumes—but I shall try,” adding multiple photos of Alan and his family taken through the years.

Marie continued, “As his only sister, I know I had a different relationship with him than he had with his brothers, and I must say I loved that! He was always very protective of me (not so sure I love that one) but he was always there if I needed him!”

She shared how “Alan had so many incredible talents, from singing to performing to playing multiple instruments,” adding, “He wrote hit records and albums, one of my favorites being the album ‘The Plan.’ He produced TV shows, large events, and music videos, including my video, ‘No Stopping Your Heart.’  So when I decided to honor the original four Osmond Brothers and fly them [to] Hawaii to perform together one last time, Alan tearfully said, ‘So you're producing me now,’ " appearing to referenceher Hawaii birthday concertin 2018.

The musician remembered of the special moment, “He hugged me and said, ‘Thank you, I get to be on stage one last time with my brothers.’ The determination he manifested to stand up out of his wheelchair and be next to his brothers was simply unbelievable!!!”

Brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and later Donny, formed The Osmonds in the 1970s, before they skyrocketed to fame. The brothers were raised by parents George Virl Osmond and Olive May, in Utah, alongside their brothers Virl, Jimmy and Tom, and sister Marie.

Marie continued in her post, “Alan became our leader at age 12. How daunting that must have felt to have that immense responsibility, to lead at such a young age. But he never complained. He told me many times, ‘It felt like a mission… a long one ☺️, but I loved doing it.’ And he did it for us and for all of you! But what I admired the most about my brother is his devotion and love for God and family! Those were his priorities… Always!”

“In a quiet moment, I had the most unique feeling come over me. I felt my Mom. It was like she said to my heart, ‘Honey, do you remember how excited you were for the birth of your child? Well, that's how excited I am for the rebirth of my child here,’ " Marie shared, referencing her late mom Olive May, who died in May 2004 at age 79.

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The “Paper Roses” singer wrote, “What a joyous reunion and rebirth that took place on the other side. I know he's happy.”

“The last thing he said to me was, ‘I can’t wait to see brother Wayne, so we can be missionary companions together and start preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who never had the opportunity to hear his message of peace and hope in this life.’ That’s my brother Alan!! I love you so very much and will miss you dearly,” Marie concluded, adding a broken heart emoji.

Wayne Osmond diedin January 2025 at age 73.

Marie’s post came afterDonny also paid tribute to AlanonInstagram, calling him his “protector” and his “guide,” among many other things.

“I owe him more than I can ever fully express,” Donny’s post included. “I love you, Alan. Thank you for always being there for me. Till we meet again.”

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Meanwhile, Merrill Osmond said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE, "It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of my beloved brother, Alan Osmond. I was grateful to be with him shortly before he passed and to share a final meaningful moment together. Alan was a gifted creator, a man of faith, and a deeply loving soul whose life blessed many."

"Our family is thankful for the outpouring of love and prayers. We will honor his memory and the message he cared so deeply about. He will be missed beyond words," he added.

Alan is survived by his wife, Suzanne Pinegar Osmond, of 51 years, as well as his sons Michael, Nathan, Doug, David, Scott, Jon, Alex, and Tyler, KUTV reported. He also has 30 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, according to the outlet.

Suzanne and their eight sons were by Alan’s side when he died, the publication stated.

Through the years, Alan helped create the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon, which has raised over $2 billion for children’s hospitals, as well as launching the One Heart Foundation to help support orphans, ABC4 Utah reported.

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Eminem celebrates nearly 20 years of sobriety in new photo

Eminemis taking a hard-earned victory lap.

The Grammy-winning rapper, who has long beenopen about his struggles with drug addiction, commemorated the 18th anniversary of his sobriety on social media Monday, April 20.

The postfeatured a close-up photoofEminem, wearing a D-Nice T-shirt, holding up his new recovery chip. The gold and black coin contains the inscriptions "to thine own self be true" and "unity, service, recovery."

Sobriety coins, also known as AA chips, are small medallions that are typically given to members of Alcoholics Anonymous or similar twelve-step programs to mark the amount of time someone has remained sober after entering recovery, according to theIllinois Recovery Center. The coins can come in various colors to denote different milestones.

"XVIII🏅" Eminem wrote in the post's caption, using the roman numeral for 18 (the rapper's real name is Marshall Mathers III).

Eminem has been sober since April 2008. Between 2002 and 2008, he struggled with an addiction to Ambien, Valium and Vicodin, according toRolling Stone.

The "Real Slim Shady" emcee opened up about the severity of his substance abuse in a 2009 interview with Vibe magazine, telling the outlet that he nearly overdosed two years after his first rehab stint in 2005. He said an acquaintance had given him some unidentified pills, which turned out to be the synthetic opioid methadone.

"My doctor told me the amount of methadone I'd taken was equivalent to shooting up four bags of heroin," Eminem said at the time, perPeople magazine. "I probably wouldn't have taken it. But as bad as I was back then, I can't even say 100 percent for sure."

Eminem's sobriety anniversary isn't the only good news in his personal life. The rapper's daughter,Alaina Scott, welcomed a daughter on April 14, giving him his second grandchild.

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Big Sean, Questlove, more congratulate Eminem for sobriety milestone

Several of Eminem's musical peers and loved ones took to the comments section to congratulate the rapper on his sobriety milestone.

"Yessir! Keep it up [GOAT],"Big Seanwrote.

"Awesome,"Questlovecommented. "Keep going."

"Congrats my man!"D-Nicewrote. "BTW, Nice T-shirt!"

Celebrities such as Selma Blair, Jada Pinkett Smith, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber have embraced speaking out about ongoing health issues, encouraging fans to do the same. Here are more stars who have opened up about their health struggles.

Model and socialite Lori Harvey revealed she has been battling polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis — diseases originating in the reproductive system that don't have known causes — for years. In a September 2025 episode of the "She MD Podcast," the entrepreneur said gynecologists dismissed her symptoms for years before she received a proper diagnosis.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Hollywood Medium" star Tyler Henry has been open about the multiple surgical procedures he underwent to have cysts removed. After having surgery to remove a cyst growing in his brain in May 2025, the reality TV psychic required another procedure to address swelling as the cyst recurred.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Justin Timberlake shared in a July 2025 Instagram post that he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, a bacterial illness usually contracted through tick bites.

"If you've experienced this disease or know someone who has — then you're aware: living with this can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically," he said. "When I first got the diagnosis I was shocked for sure. But, at least I could understand why I would be onstage and in a massive amount of nerve pain or, just feeling crazy fatigue or sickness."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer shared in a Feb. 13, 2025, Instagram post that he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that he vowed to "beat."

"I just wanted to check in with you all. Towards the end of the last Stray Cats tour I noticed that my hands were cramping up. I’ve since discovered that I have an autoimmune disease," he wrote alongside several photos of himself with his guitar. "I cannot play guitar. There is no pain, but it feels like I am wearing a pair of gloves when I try to play. I have seen some progress in that I can hold a pen and tie my shoes. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I was at a point where I couldn’t even do that."

In a March 2026 interview with Guitar Player Magazine, Setzer revealed that though his symptoms could return, he was ready to return to the stage after a year of treatment at Mayo Clinic.

"I was able to hold a guitar pick. That came first," he said. "It was, 'All right, I’m more than halfway there.' And then when I was able to fingerpick, when my fingers came back, then I had the whole package."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Katie Thurston, the Season 17 "Bachelorette" lead, revealed in a Feb. 15, 2025, Instagram post that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

"One thing I did early on was search other stories like mine. Other young women with breast cancer. Invasive ductal carcinoma. Mastectomy. Pregnancy after breast cancer. All of their stories helped," she wrote. "So I intend to be the same for others. This is day one of sharing and is going to be a long one. This first step of acceptance of my reality was the hardest. But I am ready to fight this."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Inaugural "Golden Bachelor" lead Gerry Turner revealed in December 2024 that he had been diagnosed with with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, a bone marrow cancer.

"Unfortunately, there's no cure for it. So that weighs heavily in every decision I make," Turner told People of the disease. "It was like 10 tons of concrete were just dropped on me. And I was a bit in denial for a while, I didn't want to admit to it."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Boy Meets World" star Danielle Fishel revealed in August 2024 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

In January 2025, she said she was officially done with radiation treatment and had moved on to taking a drug that prevents recurrence of the disease.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Actress Olivia Munn opened up in March 2024 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer the prior year and had undergone a double mastectomy.

"I haven't felt like there was time to cry," she wrote in an Instagram post detailing her battle with the disease. "My focus narrowed and I tabled any emotions that I felt would interfere with my ability to stay clearheaded."

In 2025, Munn admitted that "I have years to go in my cancer treatment."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "The Office" star Jenna Fischer announced in October 2024 that she had undergone treatment for an "aggressive" form of breast cancer.

"October is breast cancer awareness month. I never thought I'd be making an announcement like this but here we are. Last December, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Triple Positive Breast Cancer. After completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation I am now cancer free," the actress wrote in an Instagram post at the time.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Musician Patti Scialfa, who is married to Bruce Springsteen, revealed in September 2024 that she had been diagnosed with the rare blood cancer multiple myeloma.

"Every once in a while, I come to a show or two and I can sing a few songs onstage, and that’s been a treat." Scialfa, who is a member of Springsteen's "E Street Band," said in the film "Road Diary."

"That’s the new normal for me right now, and I'm OK with that," she added.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Full House" star Dave Coulier revealed in November 2024 that he had been diagnosed with stage 3 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

"I went from, I got a little bit of a head cold to I have cancer, and it was pretty overwhelming," the actor told People at the time. "This has been a really fast roller coaster ride of a journey."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert shared in an August 2024 People interview that she has had been dealing with misophonia, a neurological disability, since she was a child. The disorder is characterized by feeling intense emotions toward repetitive sounds, such as chewing gum or tapping fingernails. The actress said the disorder caused issues on set.

"If any of the kids chewed gum or ate or tapped their fingernails on the table, I would want to run away so badly," Gilbert told the outlet. "I would turn beet red and my eyes would fill up with tears and I'd just sit there feeling absolutely miserable and horribly guilty for feeling so hateful towards all these people — people I loved."

The actress said menopause made her reactions worse. It wasn't until 2023 when she discovered there was treatment for the condition, and underwent 16 weeks of cognitive behavioral therapy. "I realized I could ride out these waves but that they're not going to go away," she said. "But now I have all these tools to enable me to be more comfortable and less triggered. It made me feel in control."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Singer Sara Evans shared on the "Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans" podcast that she had struggled with an eating disorder and body dysmorphia. The country star told host Cheryl Burke that being in the spotlight made her feel more self-conscious about her weight.

"My record label, every time I'd had a baby, they would be like, 'When's she gonna lose weight?'" she said. "So, things like that would get in my head."

She said social media comments also get to her, including once when someone once asked her, "What happened to your face?"

"I just wanted to respond like, 'How dare you?' I haven't done anything to my face. I've had Botox," she said. "You wanna know what happened to my face? I'm 52."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Mark Ruffalo revealed during a January 2024, episode of the "Smartless" podcast that he was diagnosed with a benign vestibular schwannoma when he was 33 years old.

The "Poor Things" actor said he had a dream about having a brain tumor that was "so intense" that he went to the doctor, who ordered him a CT scan. "You have a mass behind your left ear the size of a golf ball, and we don’t know what it is," he recalled being told. He had the mass removed but didn't tell his then-pregnant wife, Sunrise Coigney, until the night before he was due to undergo surgery. The procedure left him with a "big" scar, and he was temporarily "totally paralyzed" on the left side of his face.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Chappell Roan sparked concern in April 2023 after being hospitalized for a mysterious illness.

The comedian later revealed in a Netflix special that he had suffered a stroke caused by a brain bleed. The exact cause of the stroke was not determined.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" alumna Teddi Mellencamp revealed in 2022 that she had been diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and by 2025, the cancer had metastasized to her lungs and brain.

In October 2025, Mellencamp said there was "no detectable cancer" in her body, but she'd remain "on immunotherapy for another year" and is "not considered in remission or anything like that."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore (born Ben Haggerty) has been candid about his struggles with addiction. The rapper is also a vocal advocate for destigmatizing the issue.

"I am a recovering addict, [an] alcoholic and have been for the last 14 years," the "Thrift Shop" singer said during a 2023 "Tonight Show" appearance. Macklemore has touted inpatient treatment and 12-step meetings as key to his recovery.

In a January 2022 essay for Today.com, Macklemore elaborated on the relapses he has experienced. "Relapsing is always hard. It’s traumatic for myself and for my family. I’ve had three relapses in the last six years. The amount of pain and damage that I can do very quickly in losing the trust of others happens instantaneously," he wrote.

"I know that addiction is a treatable disease, but I’m never going to be cured, and I’m completely fine with that."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> During an appearance on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast in November 2023 actress Lucy Hale detailed her struggle with alcohol and an eating disorder, which she said were exacerbated at the height of her fame on "Pretty Little Liars."

The "PLL" alum said her drinking became a regular activity after turning 18, but she "didn't realize I had a problem until my early 20s." Hale revealed she secretly went to rehab when she was 23 while filming the show. The "Truth or Dare" star eventually got sober in 2021, which she credits in part to getting COVID-19, because it forced her to stay home and receive medical treatment.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Jurassic Park" star Sam Neill revealed in his 2023 memoir "Did I Ever Tell You This?" that he had been diagnosed with Stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.

Every two weeks, Neill said, he was getting infusions of a drug that his tumor had been responding to well. He said he planned to keep doing this indefinitely, until the treatment inevitably stopped working, he shared in a 30-minute documentary released in October 2023 by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

It's like "going 10 rounds with a boxer, but it's keeping me alive, and being alive is infinitely preferable to the alternative," Neill said.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Actor Edward James Olmos spoke publicly for the first time in May 2023 about his throat cancer diagnosis in an episode of "Mando & Friends" podcast.

"December 20 was my last radiation. This week before, I'd finished my chemo and [for] months and months I was on radiation and chemo as it attacked my throat," he said. "I still have right here [on my throat] a bump where my lymph nodes, they burned them out because they shot this area with radiation."

Despite the diagnosis and the strain it took on his body, Olmos said he feels "in good condition. … It was an experience that changed me, the understanding of how wonderful this life is. I've been through some experiences that have gotten me close to death, but that was close."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Disney Channel star Ashley Tisdale has been open about her struggle with alopecia, the medical term for hair loss. In a video posted in January 2023 on Instagram, Tisdale shared that she first experienced it in her 20s at the front of her hairline and again after dealing with moving, a home renovation and a TV project.

"Nothing major – just a small section behind my ear – but still, it was happening, and not for the first time. A few years ago, the same thing happened when I was overly stressed, so I knew exactly what I was experiencing: alopecia," she wrote.

Although the actress said she was initially "embarrassed" to talk about it, she's found strength in others who have. Tisdale said her alopecia is largely stress-related and found prioritizing self-care, an autoimmune paleo diet and platelet-rich plasma treatment when she is experiencing hair loss are some treatments that have helped.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Katie Couric revealed in a September 2022 essay on her website that she was diagnosed with breast cancer after a mammogram three months earlier, which detected abnormal results.

Couric appeared on "Today" with her former co-anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie soon after and revealed she "finished radiation last week."

"['m] just so grateful that they caught it early enough so it could be treated," she said. Couric has been an advocate for regular health screenings since her first husband Jay Monahan died from colon cancer in 1998.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Actress and singer Maureen McGovern revealed on her website in August 2022 that she was "diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy with symptoms of Alzheimer’s and/or dementia."

"I struggled with the inevitable shock with fear and frankly hopelessness," she wrote. "But slowly I realized that my inner life has not changed. My passion for music, for singing, remains profoundly robust."

Posterior cortical atrophy "refers to gradual and progressive degeneration of the outer layer of the brain, in the part of the brain located in the back of the head," according to the Alzheimer's Association.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> In her 2022 Netflix documentary "Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl," the country music icon opened up about the physical toll Lyme disease took on her singing voice. Twain said she contracted the disease toward the end of her Up! Tour (which ran from 2003 to 2004) after a tick bit her while she was riding a horse.

"My symptoms were quite scary because before I was diagnosed, I was onstage very dizzy. I was losing my balance. I was afraid I was going to fall off the stage," Twain revealed. "I was having these very, very, very millisecond blackouts, but regularly, every minute or every 30 seconds."

Despite releasing the No. 1 album "Now" in 2017, the Grammy-winning singer said her "voice was never the same again." She continued, "I thought I'd lost my voice forever."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Game of Thrones" actress Emilia Clarke revealed in March 2019 that she'd suffered two life-threatening brain aneurysms during her time on the HBO drama. 

Clarke opened up more about the health ordeal in an interview with BBC's "Sunday Morning" in July 2022. "The amount of my brain that is no longer usable – it's remarkable that I am able to speak, sometimes articulately, and live my life completely normally with absolutely no repercussions," she said. "I am in the really, really, really small minority of people that can survive that."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Emily Blunt hosted the American Institute for Stuttering's Freeing Voices, Changing Lives gala in July 2022, where she discussed having a stutter and how acting helped her with speech.

Blunt began to notice her stutter around age 6 or 7, she told People magazine. "It's biological and it's often hereditary and it's not your fault. And I think it's very often a disability that people bully and make fun of," she said.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "General Hospital" actor Cameron Mathison told People magazine in June 2022 that he had undergone surgery to treat kidney cancer in 2019. 

"I work with a health coach now – I thought I knew a lot about what I was doing in the right and the wrong ways or whatever, but in the last year, I'd say, maybe 14 months, I've learned more about my own specific health challenges and growth than I have probably in decades before that," Mathison told the outlet.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Justin Bieber, who's been open in the past about his Lyme disease diagnosis and contracting "a serious case of chronic mono," revealed in a June 2022 Instagram post that he has Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by facial nerve paralysis.

"As you can see, this eye is not blinking," Bieber said in the video, referencing the left side of his face. "I can't smile on that side of my face. This nostril will not move. So there's full paralysis on this side of my face."

"I'm doing all these facial exercises to get my face back to normal, and it will go back to normal," he continued. "It's just time, and we don't know how much time it's gonna be, but it's gonna be OK. And I have hope, and I trust God, and I trust that... it's all for a reason."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> NSYNC singer Lance Bass revealed to People in a May 2022 interview that he was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Bass told the outlet that he had been diagnosed five years prior after experiencing debilitating symptoms for some time. 

"I had symptoms before, but I kind of just dealt with it, not knowing exactly what it was. I was a dancer my whole life, so I just kind of figured it was because of dancing," he said.

"It definitely started in my shoulders and then in my knees," he said. "And again, to me, that was just such a sign of dancer pain, so I just thought it was completely normal, totally ignoring the signs."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> In May 2022, Halsey opened up to fans on social media about receiving a slew of new health diagnoses after spending time in the hospital. "My health has changed a lot since I got pregnant and gave birth," the singer said in a series of Instagram stories.

"I started getting really, really, really sick. I've been kind of sick most of my adult life, but it started getting really bad [after giving birth]," Halsey said, noting they are "allergic to literally everything" and were hospitalized for anaphylaxis.

The singer then said they were was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, mast cell activation syndrome and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Hailey Bieber opened up about the "scariest moment of my life" in April 2022. In a YouTube video titled "telling my story," the model talked about a recent health scare, revealing she had a follow-up procedure after her March "mini-stroke" to close a hole in her heart. Bieber began the video by saying the day had a typical start, with her and Justin Bieber sitting for breakfast together.

"We were in the middle of talking, and all of a sudden I felt this really weird sensation that traveled down my arm from my shoulder all the way down to my finger tips," she said. When Justin asked if she was OK, Bieber said she "couldn't speak" and that "the right side of my face started drooping. I couldn't get a sentence out." She added: "Immediately, I thought I was having a stroke, like a full-blown stroke."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Karen Duffy, former MTV VJ and model, opened up about her life with chronic pain in her new book "Wise Up: Irreverent Enlightenment from a Mother Who's Been Through It.'" Released April 12, 2022, it is written in the form of letters to her teenage son, Jack. Duffy has endured a long battle with sarcoidosis, a disease characterized by the growth of tiny collections of inflammatory cells in any part of your body. But she has found meaning in her health journey.

"I always try to think, 'What is the upside to having your life turned upside down?' Maybe it's to appreciate every moment — and have a sense of deeper compassion for people living with chronic pain," she told People in April 2022. "My body may be breaking down, but my spirit is ginning up. I wanted to express gratitude for my life."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Brian Austin Green revealed to social media followers in April 2022 that he had been "pretty bedridden" while dealing with ulcerative colitis for six weeks.

Ulcerative colitis is an "inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and ulcers (sores) in your digestive tract," according to the Mayo Clinic. 

Green expressed gratitude to Sharna Burgess, his girlfriend at the time, for taking care of him and his children while he was recovering. "I'm back now. I'm feeling good. Thank goodness," he said in an Instagram video. "It was a terrible experience. I'm glad it's over."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Selma Blair revealed in 2018 that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and has continued keeping social media followers in the loop with candid posts about her highs and lows with the disease.

The chronic autoimmune disease has caused caused the actress to experience symptoms that make her "hurt all the time." However, in April 2025, the "Cruel Intentions" star shared a positive update, revealing she'd been "feeling great" for a year. "I spent so much of my life so tired from being unwell that I think I just was trying to get through the day," she said. "And now it's like, wait, I realize I don't know what my goals are."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Rachel Maddow revealed on her primetime show in October 2021 that she was diagnosed with skin cancer and underwent surgery to remove the malignant cells. "I want to use this moment to tell you something, which is: You should get checked," the political commentator said. She added that her surgery was successful.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sofía Vergara opened up about being diagnosed with thyroid cancer two decades prior during the Stand Up To Cancer 2021 telecast.

"At 28 years old, during a routine doctor's visit, my doctor felt a lump in my neck. They did a lot of tests and finally told me I had thyroid cancer," the "Modern Family" star said. "I tried not to panic and I decided to get educated… I also learned that in times of crisis, we're better together."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Yvette Nicole Brown says she developed "full-blown diabetes" while filming "Community," in which she portrayed Shirley Bennett, after "excessively eating sugar" on set. On Dr. Priyanka Wali and Sean Hayes' "Hypochondriactor" podcast, she said, "I got diabetes, or gave myself diabetes, by eating a lot of donuts on the set of 'Community.'"

She continued: "I spent a lot of time at the craft services table, and I watched myself get bigger and bigger. And if you watch the show, you can see me get bigger and bigger. And I got a pre-diabetes diagnosis maybe in Season 1, and then by Season 3 it was full-blown diabetes."

Since her Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, Brown said she's cut down her sugar intake but hasn't cut it out completely: "I believe everything [should be taken] in moderation."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jessie J opened up on Instagram about how acid reflux has affected her ability to sing. The "Bang Bang" singer was diagnosed with Meniere's disease in 2020 after being hospitalized for having problems with her hearing and balance.

"I woke up and felt like I was completely deaf in my right ear, couldn’t walk in a straight line," Jessie J said on Instagram Live.

The singer gave her followers an update on her health in June 2021, saying that the steroids she took for her ear problems caused her to have major acid reflux and nodules on her vocal chords. 

"Every doctor has told me if I sing ... the nodules will just come right back," she wrote on June 18 on her Instagram story.

According to Mayo Clinic, Meniere's disease is a "disorder of the inner ear that can lead to dizzy spells (vertigo) and hearing loss." It's a chronic condition that can be relieved with various treatments and medications.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Mayim Bialik revealed on her podcast "Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown" in March 2021 that she'd been in recovery for anorexia.

"This is the first time I've ever talked about it, because people are like, 'Well, why are you so overweight?' Well, because I'm a compulsive overeater in addition to being an anorexic and restrictor," Bialik said while speaking with author Glennon Doyle.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> In a post to Instagram on Dec. 1, 2020, Keke Palmer opened up about her struggle with adult acne. "Poly cystic ovarian syndrome has been attacking me from the inside out my entire life and I had no idea," she revealed in the post, where she put her bare skin on display. She also explained all the ways she tried to manage her acne.

"The least harmful thing PCOS can bring is acne. To all the people struggling with this please know you’re not alone and that you are still so ... fine!" she added.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> On the Nov. 6, 2020, episode of the "Today" show, longtime weatherman and co-host Al Roker announced he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and would be undergoing surgery.

Roker was also hospitalized in November 2022 for blood clots in his leg that traveled to his lungs and had to step away from the cameras again the following month to treat two bleeding ulcers: "I went in for one operation, I got four free," he joked when he returned to the "Today" show in January 2023 after two months away.

He later revealed on a podcast that he'd "almost died" from his medical issues, but his family shielded him from knowing the extent of the complications he'd experienced.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> In October 2020, Jeff Bridges revealed on social media that he'd been diagnosed with lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. 

"As the Dude would say.. New S**T has come to light," Bridges wrote on Twitter, referencing his 1998 cult classic "The Big Lebowski." "Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good."

In January 2021, Bridges updated fans, saying his tumor "drastically shrunk." Months later, in September, the actor said his cancer was in remission. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> In 2020, Tamar Braxton opened up about her ongoing battle with mental health nearly two weeks after her hospitalization following a suicide attempt. "Mental illness is real," she wrote in a lengthy message on Instagram. "We have to normalize acknowledging it and stop associating it with shame and humiliation. The pain that I have experienced over the past 11 years has slowly ate away at my spirit and my mental."

She continued: "I will do everything in my power to aid those who [struggle] from mental illness... It was only God’s grace and his mercy on my attempt to end my pain and my life that I am here to utilize my voice. "

If you or someone you know may be struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can call 988 any time day or night, or chat online. Crisis Text Line also provides free, 24/7, confidential support via text message to people in crisis when they dial 741741.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Beverly Hills, 90210" alum Shannen Doherty revealed on "Good Morning America" in February 2020 that she had been privately living with cancer. Her attorney confirmed to USA TODAY at the time that her breast cancer, which she was first diagnosed with in March 2015, had metastasized and she suffered from a chronic respiratory illness.

She shared updates on the progression of the disease over the years, revealing in June 2023 that a CT scan months prior showed the cancer had spread to her brain. She died July 14, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> In an interview with Vogue in January 2020, Katy Perry spoke out about battling depression, saying between 2017 and 2018 she was depressed in a way she'd never experienced.

"I became depressed, and I did not want to get out of bed. In the past, I had been able to overcome it, but this time something happened that made me fall down too many flights of stairs," she said. "I had to really go on a mental health journey."

Perry said she wrote her album, "Smile," while she was "coming through one of the darkest periods of my life. ...This whole album is my journey towards the light — with stories of resilience, hope and love."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Actress Taraji P. Henson opened up about seeing a therapist to help her cope with depression and anxiety. "There are some times where I feel absolutely helpless. That's human. Everybody feels like that,” she told Self magazine in December 2019. "That means talking to my therapist when I feel this way, doing things to get me out of the muck."

In 2018, Henson launched her nonprofit, the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation (named after her father, who also struggled with mental health issues), to combat the stigma around mental health in the African American community.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> After she was photographed using a cane, Lena Dunham revealed in November 2019 that she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. 

"The truth is just: This is what life is like when I’m struggling most with chronic illness. An Ehler-Danlos syndrome flare means that I need support from more than just my friends... so thank you, sweet cane!" she wrote on Instagram. Dunham also had a total hysterectomy, which removes a woman's cervix and uterus, in November 2017 to relieve severe pain caused by her endometriosis, a disorder where tissue that normally lines the uterus grows in other areas of the body, according to Mayo Clinic. She had more than a dozen surgeries related to the disorder.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jamie Lee Curtis has been open about her sobriety. "As soon as I got sober, which is 20 years coming up in February, everything changed," she told USA TODAY in October 2018. "Because it was a big, big acknowledgment that I could not do all of the things I was trying to do."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sarah Hyland has been vocal about living with kidney dysplasia, a condition that arises after abnormal kidney growth in the womb. She's had two kidney transplants and wants fans to know that having health issues is "not shameful."

She said in a 2018 interview with Self: "For anybody that wants to reach out to somebody but doesn't really know how because they're too proud or they think that they'll be looked upon as weak, it's not a shameful thing to say. It's not a shameful thing to share." She has also been diagnosed with endometriosis.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Nick Jonas announced to fans during his early Jonas Brothers days that he has Type 1 diabetes. In 2018, he shared on Instagram that he prioritizes "physical health, working out and eating healthy and keeping my blood sugar in check," and reminded fans not to "let anything hold you back from living your best life."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Jane the Virgin" star Gina Rodriguez has dealt with thyroid issues since she was 19 and was diagnosed at 26 with Hashimoto’s autoimmune disease, which can cause fatigue, memory loss, joint pain and weight gain. And the actress has been vocal about the ways she initially felt defeated by the disease, before deciding to tackle it head-on.

Her Hashimoto's diagnosis felt like "the curse of a lifetime," she told Self magazine in 2018. But she figured out a diet and fitness regiment that helped her reclaim her body. When she avoids foods she's identified as problematic for her system, "so many of my ailments are gone," she said.

"It feels like freedom. This is new. I'm 33. It's taken me a while."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Gabrielle Union has adenomyosis, where endometrial tissue that typically lines the uterus grows into the outer muscular walls of the organ. The actress revealed to Essence in 2018 that the condition meant it took a while for her and husband Dwyane Wade to have a baby.

"Towards the end of my fertility journey I finally got some answers, because everyone said 'You’re a career woman' you’ve prioritized your career. You waited too long and now you’re just too old to have a kid – and that’s on you for wanting a career," she said. "The reality is I actually have adenomyosis."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Michael J. Fox has publicly battled Parkinson's disease for more than three decades. In 2018, he opened up about undergoing a spinal surgery and enduring difficult physical therapy sessions afterward. 

Over the years, Fox has sustained multiple broken bones, including both arms, his shoulder, his orbital bone and cheek and his hand, which resulted in a serious infection. Fox combats his symptoms, such as paralysis of his facial muscles, through medication and trains to preserve his ambulatory skills.

In 2025, President Joe Biden awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom as he "warms hearts and captivates audiences as a fearless advocate for those with Parkinson's disease."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Selena Gomez has publicly discussed her experiences with lupus and bipolar disorder diagnoses, including in her Apple TV+ documentary, "Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me."

In 2017, Gomez revealed she'd undergone a transplant to receive a kidney donated by her friend, Francia Raísa. In an interview with "Today" later that year, she described the procedure as a "life-or-death" move.

She said she underwent the transplant as part of her fight against lupus, an autoimmune disease that often attacks the kidneys. The singer also underwent chemo as part of her treatment.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Glee" alum Lea Michele began experiencing symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome around 2016, and she's opened up about experiencing side effects like weight gain and skin issues. 

"I went to a great doctor, and the minute she looked at me, she was like, 'Oh, you have PCOS.' It explained everything," she told People in September 2019. "Through diet, I have been able to manage it. But I am very fortunate. There are way more extreme versions of PCOS that women have a lot of difficulty with – mine is not as intense. Which is why I haven’t really talked about it, because there are women who have it so much more intense."

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Céline Dion, more stars open up about chronic illness, health issues

Celebrities such asSelma Blair,Jada Pinkett Smith,Selena GomezandJustin Bieberhave embraced speaking out about ongoing health issues, encouraging fans to do the same. Here are more stars who have opened up about their health struggles.Model and socialite Lori Harvey revealed she has been battlingpolycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) andendometriosis— diseases originating in the reproductive system that don't have known causes — for years. In a September 2025 episode of the "She MD Podcast," the entrepreneur said gynecologists dismissed her symptoms for years before she received a proper diagnosis.

Eminem health:Rapper celebrates 16 years of sobriety with recovery chip

"Proud of you big bro," Nathan Mathers, Eminem's brother, commented.

"Congrats dude," wrote music reporter and comedian Ronald Rios. "[We're] all happy [you're] alive and well."

If you or someone you know needs mental health resources and support, please call, textor chat withthe 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visit988lifeline.orgfor 24/7 access to free and confidential services.

Contributing: Brendan Morrow and Julia Gomez, USA TODAY

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