According to some reports, Harrison Ford will no longer compete in the Academy Awards after being diagnosed with shingles this Sunday.
The 82-year-old actor is on a good break following his diagnosis on Friday. Entertainment Weekly It has been reported.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shingles is a painful rash disease that occurs when the virus that causes chicken pox after ingesting chicken pox is re-activated in the human body.
About one in three Americans can get shingles in their lifetime, leading to complications such as long-term neuralgia and vision loss.
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According to some reports, Harrison Ford will no longer compete in the Academy Awards after being diagnosed with shingles this Sunday. (Savion Washington/Ga/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)
The best way to protect against illness is to get vaccinated, says the CDC. It is unclear whether Ford was vaccinated against it.
Ford had a viral moment last weekend at the Guild Awards for Screen Actors.
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The audience began to laugh as his co-star Jessica Williams was talking live on camera about her career in the “I am an Actor” segment, and the “Indiana Jones” actor could be seen biting behind her left shoulder.
Harrison Ford will be awarded the award at the 2023 Academy Awards. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Getty Images)
As the audience began to laugh, Williams joked, “I told him to turn my back on him! Don't look!” Before she returned to her speech about her career.
Ford escaped from the shot for the rest of her speech, then turned around shortly afterwards, declaring “I'm an actor!” before hugging her with a laugh.
Ford was nominated for an Academy Award in 1986 for “Witness.”
In 2023, Ford and Kehui Quan, who worked with Ford as children at Indiana Jones and Doom Temple in 1984, were reunited on stage after reuniting in 2023 with “Every place, all at once, all, anywhere.”
Harrison Ford will reunite with co-star Ke Hui Quan of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” at the 2023 Oscars.
Quan also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the Film.
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The Academy Awards will air on ABC until 7pm on Sundays.
