Rebecca Gayheart describes 'journey' of supporting Eric Dane through ALS diagnosis

Rebecca Gayheart is helping her family navigate through her husband Eric Dane’s ALS diagnosis.

“It’s a journey, and there’s no real road map for us to follow, so we’re facing things as they happen,” Gayheart told us at the Step Up 2025 Inspiration Awards.

She continued, “We’re trying to do it all with as much dignity and grace as possible and as much love as possible. It’s a really tough situation.”

Gayheart and Dane share two daughters, Billie and Georgia, and she has worked to be a source of support for their family.

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Dane announced his diagnosis in June, telling Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America,” “At the end of the day, all I want to do is spend time with my family and work a little bit if I can. They’re loved. They know it.”

Gayheart is finding time to have fun with her daughters, like watching her 90s teen classic, “Jawbreaker.”

“It offers me this much street cred which I’m so appreciative of,” she said of the dark comedy, which also starred Rose McGowan, Julie Benz, and Judy Greer.

“It's interesting because when we filmed Jawbreaker, it was this tiny little movie that barely got made that we were all really into it. It didn’t have the success when we premiered, but what’s happened over the last 25 years is we keep finding our audience over and over and over, which is really cool.”

“Jawbreaker” has become a cult classic and continues to find new life each year.

“It helped so many people come out to their parents, so many people get through difficult times. People come up to me with real stories their identity and how they identify and how the movie just talked to them and helped them through their difficult teenage years, and I love that,” she said.

She added, “I’m stoked. ‘Jawbreaker’ is special. It really is. And it’s very quotable.”

Gayheart was thrilled to continue the sense of community at the Step Up 2025 Inspiration Awards Friday, saying, “I’ve been coming to this even for quite a few years and I love it because it’s female centric. And I love the idea of offering young women the connections they need to succeed in their field.”

“Everybody needs a mentor, everyone needs help, we all need a second chance, a third chance, a fourth, so we need that village that we sometimes don’t have,” she continued. “I know I didn’t have a village and it was difficult so I love that there’s a lot more women supporting women now. I really find that to be needed, necessary, and I’m glad we’re doing it.”

When it comes to advice for young women, Gayheart said the key is to always keep going.

“Stay true to who you are and don’t give up, because you can’t fail if you don’t give up. And the only ones who fail are the ones who stop trying,” she said. “If you continue to try, you will find your success, you will find your place, you will land in the right job, the right situation, the right relationship with the right friend group, whatever it is, just don’t give up. I think if you give up you’re never going to know.”