Eric Dane missed a planned reunion with Grey’s Anatomy costar Jesse Williams on stage at the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards , and now the actor has explained his absence .

In a new interview with The Washington Post about his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis and his advocacy for ALS research, Dane said he lost his balance and fell in his kitchen just before the awards show and needed stitches.

“ALS is a nasty disease,” he said. “So I was in the hospital during the Emmys getting stitches put in my head. 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 present in front of my colleagues I thought would have been special moment. So I was really upset about it, but you

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