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SE.“SHOCKING ANNOUNCEMENT — JANICE DEAN VANISHES FROM FOX NEWS!” — After 20 relentless years battling MS, Janice Dean revealed she’s stepping back from the network, leaving fans and colleagues reeling. Her emotional statement exposed the hidden agony behind her radiant on-screen persona — sleepless nights, relentless pain, and the constant fight just to keep going. Social media erupted within minutes, with hundreds of thousands sharing disbelief, heartbreak, and support, calling it “the most raw, human moment we’ve seen on live TV.” Fellow anchors admitted being moved to tears, praising her courage and honesty in confronting a battle most viewers never imagined. This isn’t just a hiatus; it’s a stark reminder of the silent struggles even the brightest stars endure under the unforgiving spotlight.
Dean, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005, said she has to “get back to feeling healthy and strong”
“It was the shock of a lifetime,” Dean told PEOPLE in an extensive October 2024 interview about her diagnosis. “I remember just feeling all of it was going to end: that my boyfriend was going to leave me, that I would be in a wheelchair, and I wouldn’t be able to do my job at Fox. All of my dreams kind of came crashing down.”Dean, who also wrote about her experiences with MS in the 2019 book Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days, married Sean in 2007. They share two sons, Matthew and Theodore.Since her diagnosis, Dean has been a vocal member of the MS community, reaching out to others with the disease and sharing her experience with it. She told PEOPLE she often tries to respond to MS patients who reach out on social media.:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(399x0:401x2)/janice-dean-7-796a7f427cc74442a3feec280d2a2604.jpg)
“I feel connected to those people, because I know what it’s like to think your life is going to be over,” she told PEOPLE in 2024. “And I had [Fox News host Neil Cavuto, who was diagnosed with MS in 1997] to say, ‘You’re gonna be okay.’ So I try to let them know that. We’re getting better at fighting MS. And they’re going to be okay.”
