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Joe Manganiello health battle and memoir

Overview

Actor Joe Manganiello has detailed his seven-year struggle with an undiagnosed autoimmune disorder in his new memoir, ‘Bloodlines’. The illness caused symptoms including fatigue, headaches, migraines, fever, and digestive complications.

Manganiello revealed that the medical crisis led to emergency surgery in 2016 to remove his entire large intestine after it became life-threateningly infected. This necessitated the use of an ostomy bag, which he disclosed he wore under his armor while filming his role as Deathstroke in ‘Justice League’. He noted that these health struggles significantly impacted his personal life, including the dissolution of his marriage to Sofia Vergara, and caused a 60-pound weight loss and a difficult recovery to regain the ability to walk and stand.

To regain a sense of agency over his body, Manganiello received a large dragon tattoo designed to cover the resulting surgical scars. He described the experience of the illness as a fight against a ‘non-existent dragon’ and expressed hope that his story inspires others to discuss health challenges with loved ones.

Entities

Joe Manganiello · The Tonight Show · Caitlin O’Connor · Jimmy Fallon · Justice League

Timeline

  1. [CULTURE] 4 sources
    Joe Manganiello reveals life-threatening illness and surgery

    Actor Joe Manganiello revealed he battled a seven-year autoimmune illness that required the removal of his large intestine and the use of an ostomy bag during filming.

  2. [CULTURE] 5 sources
    Joe Manganiello reveals dragon tattoo covers surgery scars

    Joe Manganiello revealed that his large dragon tattoo was created to cover surgical scars from a seven-year battle with a severe autoimmune disease.

  3. [CULTURE] 7 sources
    Joe Manganiello details health battle and memoir in new book

    Actor Joe Manganiello discusses his seven-year battle with an autoimmune disorder and its impact on his life and marriage in his new memoir, ‘Bloodlines’ much of which involved emergency surgery.

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