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'I was - and this only recently figured out - wrongfully diagnosed with TIAs (Transient Ischemic Attack, or mini-strokes). “You do what you've got to do and you go where you need to go and you do your best job, but then you forget it.”Įxclusive interview: Why Arizona is home for Paige and Frankie Muniz How the rumor about Frankie Muniz's memory loss started Muniz did, however, contribute some of his memory struggles to his health, after revealing he's had nine concussions in his life, mainly from playing sports in his youth. Muniz appeared on the Wild Ride With Steve-O podcast and revealed that over the course of his life hes had nine concussions, contributing to his poor memory. “Literally every moment of my life from when I started acting until I stopped, I had to be somewhere and had to do something,” Muniz said. Frankie Muniz said that rumors of his memory loss surrounding his time on Malcolm in the Middle began as a misconception while he was on Dancing with the Stars. An agent wanted to sign him as a client after seeing him play Tiny Tim in a production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Muniz started acting when he was 8 years old and spent his teenage years playing Malcolm. “I just think it's the fact that I did so f-ing much in that time frame that of course I can't remember all of it.” “I don't want to blame the concussions or blame anything else,” Muniz said of his memories. He also played sports such as basketball and football as a kid, so the concussions were caused by multiple hobbies, he said.

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He left acting to become a racecar driver - a career he announced he will be returning to - and suffered from some racing accidents. “I've thought about it a lot like over my years of like, you know, why do I have a bad memory? You know what I mean? The only logical thing I can say is, yeah, I've had nine concussions,” he told Steve-O. But for “a lot” of these memories, he can’t distinguish whether it was a dream.įor subscribers: Why Paige, Frankie Muniz sold their Scottsdale olive oil store He remembers auditioning and a fan experience he had on the subway before the premiere aired, among other memories.

He starred alongside Bryan Cranston -his dad, Hal - throughout all seven seasons and 151 episodes. Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz has led a seemingly perfect life, but on Dancing With the Stars he revealed he suffers from severe memory loss.

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The series received critical acclaim as well as a Peabody Award and seven Emmy Awards. Muniz played the role of Malcolm, a gifted teenager with a dysfunctional family, on the sitcom, which aired on Fox from 2000-2006.

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