Ned Fulmer tearfully revealed his “secret” 12-year health battle over the weekend.
The former Try Guys member partnered with WalkMS for an emotional YouTube video Sunday, sharing his 2013 multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
“I actually have MS. I’ve been living with it since 2013,” the 38-year-old told viewers. “It’s relapsing remitting MS.”
While Fulmer’s condition has “been something that [he has] been afraid to talk about and wanted to keep a secret,” he wants to “be more open” to “help other people.”
“One day I woke up and I couldn’t move my legs,” he explained, noting that he was rushed to the hospital for a spinal tap after collapsing on his bathroom floor.
Fulmer “started to get better” and “regain strength” after steroid injections and plasma exchanges.
“At one point, amazingly, I realized I could move my legs again,” he recalled. “It kind of felt like a miracle.”
Fulmer’s current symptoms include “numbness in [his] hands on a daily basis” and the constant fear of “waking up one day and not being able to walk.”
Ahead of dropping the video, Fulmer spoke with Us Weekly about the “completely overwhelming and sudden” onset of his MS in 2013.
“It started just by numbness and tingling in my hands that spread to my arms and chest and back,” he said, clarifying that he had an MRI before his fall.
Fulmer, who is “stable for the moment,” does experience “gastrointestinal side effects” from his twice-daily medication.
As for his “ongoing sensory symptoms … like numbness and tingling in [his] fingers,” they are “at a low enough level” that Fulmer can “ignore them.”
He clarified, “It’ll kind of flare up every once in a while with hot weather or cold weather or alcohol or stress or lack of sleep. Those are all things that I try to stay on top of.”
Fulmer was married to Ariel Fulmer when he received his MS diagnosis.
He admitted to cheating on his partner, 40, in 2022 and was fired from the Try Guys over the “consensual work relationship.”
“I’m sorry for any pain that my actions may have caused to the guys and the fans but most of all to Ariel. The only thing that matters right now is my marriage and my children,” he wrote at the time, referencing sons Wesley and Finley. “That’s where I am going to focus my attention.”
The former couple weathered the scandal — only to separate in September.
The duo is “working on something new,” his rep told People earlier this year.
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