Eric Dane 's struggles with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) caused him to miss out TV's biggest night.

The actor explained his last-minute absence at September's Emmys 2025 , sharing that he wasn't able to present an award with Grey's Anatomy costar Jesse Williams as initially scheduled because he was in the hospital receiving treatment.

“ALS is a nasty disease," he said of the neurodegenerative disorder—commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease—in an interview with The Washington Post published Oct. 2. "So I was in the hospital during the Emmys getting stitches put in my head."

Because of that, Eric shared, “I missed an opportunity I was really looking forward to."

"It would have been great to see Jesse and get reunited with some of my peers, and to be able to prese

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