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Ryan Reynolds Opens Up About Late Father’s Long Battle with Parkinson’s

Ryan Reynolds recalled that his father experienced hallucinations due to Parkinson’s disease.

In an essay for PEOPLE, published on Wednesday, Aug. 14, the 47-year-old actor reflected on his bond with his dad while the family coped with the debilitating disease—a topic they apparently rarely discussed. “There would be conspiratorial webs that he would spin about ‘this is happening’ and ‘these people might be after me’ or ‘this person is out to get me.’ And just stuff that was such a wild departure from the man that I grew up with and knew.” Nine years since his father’s death, Reynolds said he’s been “constantly putting pieces of the story together” and reflecting on how he wasn’t “really accepting [his] own responsibility” when he made mistakes in their relationship.

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