Michael J Fox is “doing an incredible job” after tripping on stage, his rep told The Post.
The 61-year-old Back to the Future star, who has been battling Parkinson’s disease since being diagnosed at age 29 in 1991, gave viewers a scare on Sunday when he stumbled on the “Back to the Future” exhibit. on the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
When Fox was introduced to the panel, he bowed to the forged members Christopher Lloyd, 84, and Tom Wilson, 64. Fox lost his balance and fell, but luckily there was a couch nearby where he landed.
The retired Teen Wolf star was able to resume her Q&A with former Back to the Future co-stars Lloyd and Wilson without further incident.
“Michael has Parkinson’s. It’s no secret that folks with Parkinson’s fall,” his representative told The Post.
“For those who watch the video, he immediately jumps to his feet and continues with questions and answers. If you may have other questions about Michael and living with PD, watch his documentary “STILL” streaming on AppleTV+.”
![Michael J. Fox is sitting on the couch.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/NYPICHPDPICT000012202357.jpg?w=857)
![Michael J Fox looking worried wearing yellow](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/NYPICHPDPICT000012218799.jpg?w=1024)
This incident takes place just a couple of weeks later Fox recently told CBS Sunday Morning that his decades-long battle with the disease has grow to be harder.
“I won’t be 80,” he said. “Getting harder. It’s harder each day.”
He added that the “big killer” of Parkinson’s disease is “fall”, in addition to “inhalation and pneumonia”.
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![Michael J Fox sits in a chair on the balcony.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/NYPICHPDPICT000012137285.jpg)
Fox also shared that he underwent surgery to remove a benign spinal tumor. However the surgery had some unlucky unwanted side effects, including the way it “broken” his walking. He began to “break” other parts of his body, including his shoulder, elbow, face and hand.
He noted that it’s “these subtle ways in which get you. You do not die of Parkinson’s. You’ll die of Parkinson’s,” he said. “So I used to be considering about mortality.”
In 2000, Fox created the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which has raised over $1 billion in research funding to help other individuals who also suffer from the disease.
Fox, who has been married to Tracy Pollan, 62, since 1988, also recently congratulated his son on social media for his thirty fourth birthday.
![Michael J Fox kisses his son.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/NYPICHPDPICT000012137284.jpg)
![Michael J Fox with his smiling wife by the pool.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/NYPICHPDPICT000012137287.jpg)
“Glad birthday to my big bouncy boy @palekidd you might be one of the best”, Fox, signed a photograph carousel on Instagram earlier this week.
“I’m proud to be your father. I like you!”
Fox discusses his life, profession and decades-long battle with Parkinson’s disease AppleTV+ Documentary “Still”, which is now available on streaming.