“I’m so tired of not being honest,” the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alum said. “I don’t want special treatment from nobody. I never asked for it.”
in an interview published Tuesday that she is “so tired of not being honest” about her illness.
“Beyond that, my daughter has changed my perspective,” the actress added of Knightley, explaining that the 6-year-old has “a 30 percent greater chance of coming down with” the disease herself. “I’m not actually doing everything I can for her because I have my mouth shut,” Caulfield continued. “If I have a platform at all, I should be using it.The actress has kept her diagnosis under wraps since 2010.The “WandaVision” star, however, clarified that she isn’t looking for “special treatment” from anyone in the industry after her announcement.
“I never asked for it,” Caulfield, whose late father suffered from the same chronic illness, told the magazine. “I don’t expect it. … Oh, God, please don’t make me a role model. [But] if me talking about this offers some solace or encouragement to somebody who has it, that’s so great.”The “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum went on to say, “My attitude is not crumbling under the fear of ‘what if’ or ‘what can’ or ‘what has’ for other people. I just have to keep doing.
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