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Michael J. Fox revealed Parkinson's diagnosis due to paparazzi 'heckling'

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Michael J. Fox has described sharing his Parkinson's diagnosis with the world as the "greatest thing". In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, the 60-year-old recalled how his treatment by paparazzi informed his decision to announce the health update. "It was seven or eight years after I had been diagnosed," the Emmy winner recalled. "The paparazzi and stuff, they would stand outside my apartment and heckle at me, like, 'What's the matter with you?' I said, 'I can't be making my neighbours deal with this,' so I came out, and it was great.

It was a great thing. " The Back to the Future star was first diagnosed with the degenerative neurological disorder in 1991, but did not reveal his diagnosis to the public until 1998.

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