LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Actor and Parkinson's disease sufferer Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in a political campaign ad after criticism from conservative Rush Limbaugh.
Fox, in response to Limbaugh's charges Fox was faking or hadn't taken his medication, said he wasn't acting or off his medication, but was actually over-medicated, CBS reported Friday.
Fox made the comments in an exclusive interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric.
"The irony is that I was too medicated. I was dyskinesic," Fox told Couric. "Because the thing about ... being symptomatic is that it's not comfortable. No one wants to be symptomatic; it's like being hit with a hammer."
The controversy all started over the ad for Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill, where Fox appears and is visibly wracked by tremors throughout.
Since McCaskill is in favor of embryonic stem cell research, Limbaugh speculated Fox was "either off his medication or acting." The Fox ad also has been shown in support of other Democrats, including Tammy Duckworth, who is seeking the House seat being vacated by Henry Hyde, R-Ill., and for Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle.
