In a uncooked and heartfelt interview with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America Monday, J the Euphoria actor, 52, recalled a harrowing incident whereas on a ship outing along with his 13-year-old daughter, Georgia.

“Once I jumped into the ocean that day and realized I could not swim and generate sufficient energy to get myself again to the boat. I believed, ‘Oh God,’” Dane shared. “And I noticed in that second I am not protected within the water anymore.”

Dane, who revealed in April that he has been identified with ALS, usually referred to as Lou Gehrig’s illness, is a progressive neurodegenerative illness that impacts nerve cells controlling voluntary muscle motion, stated his daughter instantly jumped into motion.

“[My daughter] dragged me again to the boat. I used to be breaking down in tears,” he stated, getting emotional. “So I made certain she received again within the water together with her good friend and continued on with the snorkeling with the information. However I used to be simply heartbroken.”

The actor shares daughters Georgia, 13, and Billie, 15, with actress Rebecca Gayheart. The couple, who wed in 2004, separated in 2018 however have since referred to as off their divorce. Dane shared in the course of the interview that regardless of their previous challenges, “We’ve managed to turn out to be higher pals and higher dad and mom.”

Dane first publicly revealed his prognosis that very same month, releasing an announcement that learn: “I’ve been identified with ALS. I’m grateful to have my loving household by my facet as we navigate this subsequent chapter. I really feel lucky that I’m able to proceed working and am wanting ahead to returning to set of Euphoria subsequent week. I kindly ask that you just give my household and I privateness throughout this time.”

The prognosis, which adopted practically a 12 months of assessments and evaluations, got here after Dane started noticing troubling signs.

“I began experiencing some weak spot in my proper hand,” the Gray’s Anatomy alum defined to Sawyer. “I did not actually suppose something of it on the time, I believed possibly I would been texting an excessive amount of and my hand was fatigued.”

However the weak spot progressed. “A couple of weeks later, I observed it’d gotten slightly worse. I went and noticed a hand specialist, who despatched me to a different hand specialist. I went and noticed a neurologist, and the neurologist despatched me to a different neurologist and stated, ‘That is method above my pay grade.’”

Finally, Dane heard the three letters that may change every little thing: “ALS.”

“I’ll always remember these three letters. It is on me the second I get up,” he stated. “It is not a dream.”

He additionally opened up in regards to the toll the illness has taken on his physique.

“I’ve one functioning arm. … My left facet is functioning. My proper facet, [which is my dominant side], has utterly stopped working,” Dane shared. “My left arm goes. I really feel like possibly a pair, just a few extra months and I will not have my left. … I am nervous about my legs.”

As the truth of his situation continues to sink in, Dane admits he is battling the emotional weight of all of it.

“I am offended as a result of my father was taken from me after I was younger,” Dane stated. “And now there’s an excellent probability that I will be taken from my ladies after they’re very younger.”

“On the finish of the day,” he added, “all I would like is to simply spend time with my household and work slightly bit if I can.”