People applaud Dylan Sprouse for his red carpet interview with his wife
Dylan Sprouse is using his platform for good.
The former Disney Channel star made a red carpet appearance in support of his wife, model Barbara Palvin, who walked in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Thursday.
Sprouse used his time on the pink carpet to promote a cause near and dear to both him and Palvin: endometriosis. Endometriosis is a chronic, painful condition in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus. It often goes undiagnosed, despite the millions of women who suffer from this debilitating condition.
“I brought this endometriosis awareness pin, do you want one?” he said in a now-viral interview with E! News on the carpet. “Barbara just had endosurgery and I’m giving these to you tonight, just to raise awareness about that.”
She said Palvin was “strong enough to go through it herself” and talked about what happened when she posted about her surgery.
“Once she posted about it, and she was very nonchalant about posting something that happened to her, it turns out a lot of people reached out to her,” Sprouse said. “A lot of women have experienced the same things, and I just don’t think there’s a lot of awareness about it.”
“Some people would even reach out and say, ‘I didn’t realize I had those symptoms until I was diagnosed after seeing your post about it,’” she added. “And so I hope that if this is even a small measure of something we can do, then I hope it helps.”
Sprouse ended the interview by saying that Palvin was “incredibly tough” and that he was “proud to call her my wife.”
Many fans praised Sprouse for using his celebrity as a platform for a cause that is rarely talked about on red carpets.
“Just got back from Dylan’s interview with E News handing out pins,” one fan wrote on Palvin’s Instagram. “This really made me cry because I feel like people don’t talk about it enough. I had surgery a little over a year ago and I was in a lot of pain the entire time, but I’m so grateful that you guys are shedding light on what endometriosis is and does.”
“I love this! I had two surgeries for my stage three endometriosis and I didn’t even know I might have it until I was 34 and a doctor finally took my symptoms seriously,” another Redditor added. “Raising awareness about this condition and supporting your partner who has it is very important.”
“I love this because I think women in general will be very supportive of something their partner is going through publicly, but you rarely see men do the same. Shit,” another commenter wrote on Reddit.
Palvin opened up about her endo battle in the post Sprouse mentioned, where she posted photos from her hospital bed and showed off bandages covering her surgery scars.
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“For a few years now I have been dealing with the difficulties that can arise with my periods,” the model wrote in her post two weeks ago. “Fatigue, severe pain, heavy, irregular flow, sleepless nights on the bathroom floor. I thought that’s how it works for me.”
Palvin said she was recommended to see an endometriosis specialist, but since she visited a gynecologist every year, she didn’t understand the need.
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“But it turns out that endometriosis cannot be diagnosed with general examinations. So I went and three months later I had surgery,” the 32-year-old woman wrote. “Since then, I finally experienced a period that was easier and now I know the difference.”
“If you suspect you might have endometriosis, I encourage you to find out. It helped me a lot and I’m grateful I did,” she said, adding that “early diagnosis and treatment are very important to prevent long-term complications, and I am now more aware of my body to act quickly if necessary.”