{"id":218500,"date":"2026-01-24T02:23:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/jamie-lynn-sigler-and-more-whose-health-issues-became-tv-storylines\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T02:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:23:56","slug":"jamie-lynn-sigler-and-more-whose-health-issues-became-tv-storylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/jamie-lynn-sigler-and-more-whose-health-issues-became-tv-storylines\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie-Lynn Sigler and More Whose Health Issues Became TV Storylines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-current\">\n<p>There\u2019s been several instances when a star\u2019s real-life health issues contributed to their fictional counterpart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jamie-lynn-sigler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jamie-Lynn Sigler<\/strong><\/a> announced in 2016 that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) when she was 20 years old. MS is an autoimmune disease that damages the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. In January 2026, Sigler played a doctor battling the same condition on <em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPrior to this [opportunity], I was always trying to say, \u2018We can work around [my MS]. Don\u2019t worry, there\u2019s things that we can do to hide it.\u2019 [Jobs] always did and I appreciated it,\u201d Sigler exclusively told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/why-jamie-lynn-sigler-teared-up-filming-greys-anatomy-amid-ms-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Us Weekly<\/em><\/a> at the time. \u201cI was met with such compassion and love. But now I had an opportunity to play somebody with MS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sigler isn\u2019t the only celebrity who has done this as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/michael-j-fox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Michael J. Fox<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/eric-dane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Eric Dane<\/strong><\/a> and more portrayed TV characters battling their respective conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Keep scrolling to see which stars\u2019 real-life health issues became TV storylines:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/jamie-lynn-sigler-and-more-whose-health-issues-became-tv-storylines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s been several instances when a star\u2019s real-life health issues contributed to their fictional counterpart. Jamie-Lynn Sigler announced in 2016 that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) when she was 20 years old. MS is an autoimmune disease that damages the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. In January 2026, Sigler played [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-218500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}