Joe Manganiello breaks silence after health scare to honor late co-star
Ailing Joe Manganiello has broken his silence following surgery over the weekend (16-17Apr16) to pay his respects to late actress Doris Roberts.
The Magic Mike hunk had to pull out of a TV project about a heroic team of NAVY Seals last week (ends15Apr16) after falling ill.
The 39-year-old, who is married to actress Sofia Vergara, checked
in to the hospital, where medics discovered he was suffering
"extremely serious" appendicitis and needed emergency surgery.
Joe, who also scrapped a weekend charity event because he was in
the hospital, has yet to comment on his health scare, but on
Tuesday (19Apr16) he offered up thoughts about Doris after learning
his former co-star had died, aged 90.
He tweeted: "I'll miss you Doris. Thank you for all of the laughs
and the stories. #RIPDorisRoberts You are a legend."
Manganiello and Roberts hit the stage together in 2009, when they
co-starred in a La Jolla Playhouse production of Unusual Acts of
Devotion in California.
Manganiello is the latest of Roberts' many former co-stars who have
paid tribute to the actress' memory. The five-time Emmy
Award-winner, who portrayed Marie Barone on beloved TV comedy
Everybody Loves Raymond, died on Sunday (17Apr16) of natural
causes.
Among those offering heartfelt thoughts about her life were her
Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars Brad Garrett, Ray Romano and
Patricia Heaton.
Ray released a statement, which read: "Doris Roberts had an energy
and a spirit that amazed me. She never stopped. Whether working
professionally or with her many charities, or just nurturing and
mentoring a green young comic trying to make it as an actor, she
did everything with such a grand love for life and people."