Josh Brolin’s health was in jeopardy during a “stressful” relocation to Montecito, California.
On SiriusXM’s “Literally! With Rob Lowe” podcast, Brolin shared with the host that he developed a “mild case” of Bell’s Palsy due to the move.
“I became so stressed about moving here because it symbolized something very specific to me that I ended up with a mild case of Bell’s Palsy,” Brolin explained.
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Josh Brolin contracted a “mild case” of Bell’s Palsy while moving to Montecito, California. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Lowe questioned Brolin about the source of his medical condition being stress, to which the actor replied, “Absolutely a hundred percent. There’s nothing else to blame it on.”
According to the Mayo Clinic, Bell’s Palsy “is a condition that causes sudden weakness in the muscles on one side of the face. Often the weakness is short-term and improves over weeks. The weakness makes half of the face appear to droop. Smiles are one-sided, and the eye on the affected side is hard to close.”
“I got so stressed out about moving here because it represented something very specific to me that I ended up with a mild case of Bell’s Palsy.”
Brolin shared with Lowe that he had experienced a previous diagnosis of Bell’s Palsy in another stressful scenario.
“The last time I got Bell’s Palsy was 17 years ago when I was considering moving back up here. So, the two times I’ve had Bell’s Palsy were when I was contemplating moving up here. And then I moved up here, and I was like, ‘Oh! it’s all good,'” Brolin mentioned.
Josh Brolin said there is “nothing else” to blame his Bell’s Palsy on except stress. (Getty Images)
Lowe inquired if Brolin had managed to overcome his past associations with Montecito, to which he revealed that “all these good memories are starting to emerge.”
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Brolin added, “I’m like, wow, I remember when I was on Biltmore, we’re down in Butterfly. Was it Miramar? All these great things. So all these things are popping out of the ground. My childhood wasn’t as severe as I kind of illustrated it to be. Which we do anyway, as writers and storytellers, we make everything more dramatic and more severe. And not that it wasn’t, because I think it was. But, all the other stuff came too, and it’s been really nice.”
Josh Brolin was a guest on Rob Lowe’s podcast. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
The “Goonies” star resides in California with his wife, Kathryn Boyd, and their daughters, Westlyn and Chapel. Brolin was formerly married to Alice Adair, with whom he has two adult children, Trevor and Eden.
Brolin’s health update comes after he jokingly mentioned about “quitting acting” following director Denis Villeneuve’s omission from major Oscars nominations for “Dune: Part Two.”
Brolin, who appeared in both “Dune” and “Dune: Part Two,” had previously threatened to quit acting if Villeneuve’s work in the sequel was overlooked.
From left to right, Austin Butler, Josh Brolin, Zendaya Coleman, Timothee Chalamet, Souheila Yacoub, Rebecca Ferguson, Denis Villeneuve, Lea Seydoux and Stellan Skarsgard attended the “Dune 2” premiere in 2024. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)
“Just want to say congratulations on the ‘Dune’ best picture nomination, to Greig Fraser on cinematography, for best visual effects, for Patrice [Vermett] on production design and for sound,” Brolin said in a video shared to his Instagram story. “Apparently, I am going to quit acting because Denis Villeneuve didn’t get nominated.”
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“This is just how this thing works,” he added. “It makes no sense to me. That’s OK. [Editor] Joe Walker and Denis, you deserve it. It’s an amazing film. It was even better than the first one. The people who have gotten accolades surely deserve it. Happy to be a part of it. Congrats everyone.”
Josh Brolin starred in both “Dune” movies. (Joe Maher/Getty Images)
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