Overview

• Speaking at Step Up’s Inspiration Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 26, Gayheart said the family is taking the diagnosis day by day with professional support.
• She described the period as heartbreaking for Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, noting the girls are struggling as they adjust to their father’s condition.
• Dane revealed his ALS diagnosis in April and told Good Morning America in June that his right side has stopped working and he has only one functioning arm.
• After skipping a planned presentation at the 2025 Emmys, Dane appeared in a video launching a partnership with I AM ALS to raise $1 billion over three years and to push renewal of the Act for ALS, which sunsets in 2026.
• The couple, who moved to dismiss a 2018 divorce filing in March, have stressed close co-parenting while maintaining privacy around day-to-day care.