Meg Ryan makes rare public appearance to support Michael J. Fox

Meg Ryan made a rare public appearance to support her longtime friend, Michael J. Fox.

The duo came together on 3 May for a special screening of Fox's documentary, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, and posed for the shutterbugs at the Alice Tully Hall in New York.

After his meteoric rise to fame, the Back to the Future actor has battled incurable disease Parkinson's for the last 30 years.

The documentary highlights the success stories of his biggest Hollywood movies and his road to survival and recovery after the diagnosis.

Fox, who is married to Tracy Pollan, spoke about his wife's unwavering support and has stood by his side like a rock during these challenging years.

“One of the things I’ll always love Tracy for is that at that moment, she didn’t blink,” he told Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist in 2020.

“Tracy’s amazing. She’s there in the front lines with me every single day. She never pretends to know as much as I know.”

Michael Simon/Shutterstock

The screening night was made special by his loving wife and close friends including Bill Murray, Joan Jett, Katie Couric, and Elvis Costello.

The Back to the Future actor has recently given an update on his health, admitting that life is getting 'harder' and opened up about not being able to live until 80.

In a candid interview with CBS Sunday Morning, he said life was getting ‘harder’ to cope with every day and revealed that he’d also had surgery to remove a tumour from his spine.

Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo

He told the broadcaster: “[Parkinson's is] banging on the door. I’m not gonna lie. It’s gettin’ hard, it’s gettin’ harder. It’s gettin’ tougher. Every day it’s tougher. But, that’s the way it is.

“I mean, you know, who do I see about that? I had spinal surgery. I had a tumour on my spine. And it was benign, but it messed up my walking,” he confessed, adding: "And then, [I] started to break stuff. Broke this arm, and I broke this arm, I broke this elbow. I broke my face. I broke my hand.”

He said: “[That’s] a big killer with Parkinson’s. It’s falling … and aspirating food and getting pneumonia. All these subtle ways that get ya … You don’t die from Parkinson’s. You die with Parkinson’s. So I’ve been thinking about the mortality of it … I’m not gonna be 80. I’m not gonna be 80.”

On the other hand, Meg was seen in the public's eye after November, and has also been scrutinised for going under the knife and getting a nose job, lip injections, Botox, and even potentially a facelift.