Overview
- Reynolds disclosed his Parkinson’s diagnosis in an Entertainment Tonight interview that was published Tuesday and said the show will portray the condition through his character Abe Carver.
- He described a persistent hand tremor, balance problems, shortness of breath and frightening dreams that sometimes caused him to thrash in his sleep.
- Reynolds kept the diagnosis private for years and shared it first with close family before telling cast and crew as symptoms became harder to hide.
- Co-stars and production members have publicly supported Reynolds and he has not indicated any plans to leave Days of Our Lives.
- Reynolds recently marked 45 years as Abe Carver and his choice to bring Parkinson’s to the show follows a soap‑opera tradition of mirroring real life while also raising public awareness of the disease and early signs such as REM sleep behavior disorder.