When we think about relationships between celebrities, the first thing that comes to mind is that they don’t last very long.
Every wedding anniversary is a big deal, but in Hollywood, these celebrations are even more special because they don’t happen very often.
When they first met on the set of Household Ties, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan probably didn’t think that their real-life relationship would last longer than that of their characters, Alex, a 19-year-old teen, and Ellen Reed, a smart dancer.
When he was found to have Parkinson’s disease, Michael J. Fox was in his late 20s. It wasn’t long after he married Tracy and they had their first child.
Tracy has never left her husband’s side, and she is the best thing for him. The two are doing their best to help Michael and are working hard to raise money so that a cure for Parkinson’s disease can be found.
The couple’s four children, Esme, 20, identical twins Aquinnah and Schuyler, 27, and Sam, 33, all live much quieter lives than their parents. In fact, only Sam has an Instagram account that anyone can see. He usually posts pictures of his dad and family, and he looks exactly like Michael.
All of Michael’s children are very supportive and never miss a chance to go with their father to important events that raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease.
We love this family because they use every event to show each other how much they love each other.
Michael recently posted a picture of his twins with the words “Twice the love, 100 times the laughs. Happy birthday to my lovely ladies right away. I like you very much.”
In an interview during the COVID-19 pandemic, Michael talked about what his family did when they all moved to Long Island to be under one roof. “We were the kind of people who liked to linger after dinner anyway, so we did that and talked about what other people were going through. Putting together jigsaw puzzles, watching Tracy cook up a storm, and hanging out with the other friends, like these amazing kids and this nice girl. I find it hard to accept that this is how my life is.”
Michael’s kids recently told him something that made his heart stop. Michael’s mother, Phyllis Piper, died in September 2022. She turned 92.
Michael joked that his mother thought he shouldn’t have filmed Back to the Future because at the time he was doing Household Ties during the day and she thought he would be too tired to film another movie in the evening.
“My mom still thinks it’s a bad idea for me to do Back to the Future. Well, she did think that until about two weeks ago. “She liked the movie, but she was right, I got tired,” said Michael.