Andie MacDowell reveals suffering from painful health condition: ‘I was literally falling apart’
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Andie MacDowell recently revealed that she is suffering from a painful health condition called Piriformis Syndrome, during an interview on Drew Barrymore’s talk show on Thursday, January 23.
Piriformis Syndrome is a condition that causes pain, numbness, or tingling in the buttocks, hip, or upper leg. It occurs when the piriformis muscle spasms and compresses the sciatic nerve, as per the Mayo Clinic.
Andie MacDowell reveals she suffers from Piriformis Syndrome
'Four Weddings and a Funeral' actress Andie MacDowell shared the details of her medical condition and revealed that the pain was so intense that she thought she would need a hip replacement.
She said on 'The Drew Barrymore Show', per a video obtained by Daily Mail, "I have piriformis syndrome. It’s a muscle that’s, kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve and it was shooting down my leg. I thought I was gonna have to have a hip replacement. Thank God my hips are fine."
MacDowell added that she worked with a personal trainer to tame the pain, stating that her earlier exercise of choice might not have been helping her issue, according to the New York Post.
She added, "I have to work my tiny little bottom and my hips. I have to work the bottom and work my hip. I just do it every day."
MacDowell further added that she loves to work out, but her Peloton habit wasn’t doing her any favors.
She said, "I like to eat, but I do love to work out. That is my great fortune because I have had friends that are frustrated because they don’t enjoy it, but I really do enjoy it."
However, she joked, "But most recently, what happened when I was working last season as I did the Peloton like a crazy person and it’s not appropriate for my body, and I ended up with bad knees and a bad hip, and I didn’t realize what was, I thought I was literally falling apart like I was gonna have to get new pieces."
Andie MacDowell confirms her 'pieces are fine'
Andie MacDowell told Drew Barrymore that she was doing fine now.
She said, "Luckily, my pieces are fine. My knees are good except for like aging. They’ve aged. I’m working out really hard now doing PT I’m not falling apart. Well, thank God."
The actress, 66, also shared that she has left Los Angeles and now lives a quiet life over 2,000 miles from Tinseltown.
She revealed, "I moved down to South Carolina and I live with a, in a community that has a lot of people my age, so it makes it really easy to socialize."
MacDowell also announced that she will be a grandmother again as her son, Justin Qualley, 38, is expecting a child soon.
Notably, MacDowell has three children from her first marriage to Paul J Qualley, including Justin and daughters, Rainey Qualley, 35, and actress Margaret Qualley, 30. He second Rhett Hartzog, in 2001.
The actress continued, "I’ve had to work really hard on my independence, Margaret basically told me I needed to get a life. She was right."
Talking about Margaret and her other children, MacDowell said, "She’s so grown up because, you know, they did used to follow me to the bathroom. Yes, they follow you to the bathroom and then we would take, I would take baths, and they wanted to be right there with me. So they would put their feet in the bathtub and we would sit and talk."
The actress then joked, "Those days are gone. I am dying for my adult girls to come into the bathroom with me. Let me get in the bathtub and sit there with their feet in the water. I would love that, but they, you know, they don’t want to do that. And she has a husband. She has a husband. What an inconvenience."
Margaret won critical acclaim recently for portraying Sue in 'The Substance', a younger version of the character played by Demi Moore.
