Joe Manganiello getting ready to tell his story.
Over the past few years have True blood the actor’s life has changed drastically. As we know, Joe and Sofia Vergara separated in July 2023 after nearly ten years of marriage. And the following April, they finalized their divorce. But beyond the heartbreak of their breakup, Joe secretly fought another battle behind the scenes: autoimmune diseases.
On Tuesday, the Magic Mike star announced her upcoming memoir Bloodlineswhich will hit the bookshelves on October 13. And in an interview with People on Tuesday he revealed shocking details of a “near-death” health crisis! According to the memoir’s official synopsis, Joe tells his story “punctuated by multiple near-death experiences and medical crises that led him beyond medicine and into a remarkable, worldwide quest that revealed answers about his ancestry, inherited trauma, and the deeper stories we carry.”
Hoof!
The synopsis went on to reveal Joe’s SEVEN-year battle that started with “a cascade of autoimmune-related diseases” that targeted his skin, thyroid, eyes, lungs and digestive system. Holy shit! Because of that, the actor suffered “chronic pain, a life-saving organ amputation, existential crisis and a prolonged struggle for survival that left doctors with few answers and no clear explanation.”
An organ amputation?! It’s so scary! But we are so glad that Joe has been able to push it all through!
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With doctors having “few answers and no clear explanation,” Joe embarked on his own healing journey through “shamans, pagan rituals, ancient myths, long-lost family records, and the rebirth of his own spirituality.”
The One PieceThe E actor told the outlet:
“It was the most brutally difficult time of my life, one I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, but also my greatest adventure. I hope that what I went through on this journey can give readers hope that answers and healing can lie for those on the other side of whatever they’re struggling through.”
He went on to reveal that his book gave him “the gift of perspective”, allowing him to see “my suffering was a cocoon from which I would emerge forever changed.”
How powerful!
Publisher Simon & Schuster called the 49-year-old’s story “deeply personal and emotionally expansive” as it deals with “illness, legacy, masculinity, faith, ambition and the identities we build to endure. More than a memoir of medical crisis, it’s a searching account of what happens when the life you’ve built can no longer contain the truth of what you carry.”
As of now, the specific autoimmune diseases Joe faced have not been revealed.
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(Images via Joe Manganiello/Instagram & MEGA/WENN)
