Let’s look at the facts. Denzel Washington has been busy. The man is still directing, still acting, still showing up to premieres looking like he just stepped out of a GQ magazine from 1995.
He just directed and starred in The Equalizer 3. That movie has action sequences that would leave a 20-year-old winded. Does that sound like a man recovering from a major stroke?
No. It sounds like a man who is annoyingly talented and refuses to slow down. If he had a stroke, we’d know about it from his publicist, not from a blurry YouTube thumbnail with a scream-cap font.
Why Do We Do This?
Part of me wonders if we just can't handle the idea of our heroes aging. Denzel is 69 years old. He isn't 29. He might have a little gray in that perfect beard.
He might walk a little slower sometimes. That’s not a stroke. That’s called Saturday afternoon for most of us over forty. We project our own fears onto these stars.
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We panic because if Denzel can break down, what hope is there for the rest of us? Spoiler alert: he’s fine. You can breathe now.
