Wrestler Rebel Reveals ALS Diagnosis, Seeks Prayers

0:00It's May 2. From Hollywood to your headphones, this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. Powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Wrestling vet Tenea Brooks, known in the ring as Rebel, just dropped a heavy update, she's 47 and got hit with a terminal ALS diagnosis. That's the same brutal nerve disease called Lou Gehrig's disease that waste the way your muscles over time with no cure in sight. She shared his straight from the Mayo Clinic this Friday after a long search for answers. For two years, Brooks battled mystery symptoms, doctors first pegged as pneumonia, then a rare lung cancer called primary pulmonary lymphoma. Last November, she also revealed functional neurological disorder that wrecked her walking, talking, and hand control, forcing her onto a walker. In her emotional Instagram video, she fought back tears explaining how it all clicked while prepping for lung surgery. The ALS diagnosis explains her. The client and lets her family prep for what's next.

1:01She shouted out AEW and Bostoni con for their massive support through it all. This hits close after actor Eric Dane, the Grey's Anatomy Heartthrob, lost his fight to ALS just three months back following a ten-month slide since. His own reveal. Brooks joins a somber list from Stephen Hawking to Roberta Flack who faced this thief of motion and voice. Now with the truth out, she's asking fans to keep the prayers coming for peace in her journey ahead, turning a dark answer into a call for strength and gratitude.