Emmy producers tackle Eric Dane’s absence from the present

Eric Dane was scheduled to current on the 2025 Emmy Awards alongside Gray's Anatomy costar Jesse Williams, however he dropped out of the telecast earlier than he was set to take the stage.

Chatting with reporters after the present wrapped Sunday in Los Angeles, Emmys producer Jesse Collins mentioned alongside fellow colleagues Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay that he didn't know the main points surrounding the actor's absence.

"I simply was instructed that he wasn’t capable of make it," Collins mentioned (via Variety). "And luckily, Jesse was capable of current by himself.”

The plan was to reunite Dane, who introduced in April that he has been recognized with ALS, and Williams to reference the twentieth anniversary of Gray's. It was not an elaborate tribute, the producers mentioned. "There wasn’t a set or something, although,” Rouzan-Clay mentioned. “It was only a celebration with the 2 of them.”

Collins instructed Entertainment Tonight that they had been knowledgeable "early on" that Dane "wasn't gonna be capable to make it." In flip, the producers opted to scrap the Gray's reference.

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Reps for Dane didn't instantly reply to Leisure Weekly's request for touch upon Monday.

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Dane, 52, has spoken candidly about his journey with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative illness that impacts the motor neurons within the mind and spinal twine. He instructed Diane Sawyer in June that his proper arm has stopped functioning whereas his left one has been getting weaker. "I really feel like possibly a pair extra months and I received't have my left hand both," he mentioned. "It's sobering."

The actor mentioned he was decided to maintain working amid his analysis. “It at all times feels nice to be on a set. It’s nice to be employed," Dane mentioned on the Los Angeles premiere of his newest sequence, Countdown, over the summer season. "I like what I give. I’m going to maintain doing it."

On the Emmys purple carpet earlier than he hit the stage to current solo for greatest directing for a drama sequence, Williams sang the praises of his former costar. "I liked working with him," Williams mentioned of Danes. "On and off display screen, that's my brother."

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