Ned Fulmer Breaks Down in Tears as He Reveals Diagnosis He Kept ‘Secret’ for 12 Years

Ned Fulmer is opening up about a diagnosis he received 12 years ago.

On Nov. 23, the 38-year-old internet personality uploaded a video titled “I Have MS” to YouTube, where he revealed that, following a health scare and hospitalization in 2013, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Fulmer — who gained notoriety as one-fourth of The Try Guys, a YouTube channel that began on Buzzfeed in 2014 — shared that he first started experiencing MS as a tingling sensation in his hands, which quickly spread throughout his arms and to his chest and back. After several days of tingling, he went to the hospital, where he received an MRI that found lesions in his brain.

“The doctor was like, ‘You probably have MS,’ and I was like, ‘What is that? Isn’t that really bad?’ ” shared Fulmer. “I was totally in denial — didn’t want to have MS.”

Fulmer left the hospital, hoping that the symptoms would go away on their own, but instead they worsened. In the middle of the night, days after that initial hospital visit, he collapsed on the floor as he was walking to the bathroom and was unable to pull himself up with the strength of his legs. He was rushed to the hospital, where he received more tests.

“I remember sitting in that hospital bed and it getting worse and just being so scared and wondering if I was going to be able to walk again,” shared the content creator in his YouTube video, breaking down in tears.

At that hospital visit, Fulmer received a pair of medications, which helped reduce the inflammation in his brain, and he slowly began to regain mobility in his limbs.

“At one point, amazingly, I realized I could move my legs again,” he remembered. “It kind of felt like a miracle.”

12 years after receiving the diagnosis, Fulmer said that his recent MRI scans have been “clean” and that the “treatment has been working.” He still has “low-level sensory issues,” which he described as a dullness in his hands and forearms that can sometimes worsen in extreme temperatures, with stress or with alcohol.

“I was keeping it a really big secret for a long time, and I don’t think that was very healthy for me,” said the YouTuber. “I’m trying to be more open with it, just in conversation, and I am very grateful to be in remission, and I am very happy to be making this video.”

Fulmer’s health update comes several months after his return to the internet following his shocking infidelity scandal in 2022, where it was revealed that he had an extramarital affair with one of the employees of his production company, he exited The Try Guys and he was edited out of all of their future videos.

In September, Fulmer broke his silence in a wide-ranging interview with PEOPLE about his affair, his time away from the spotlight and his plans moving forward. The internet personality shared that he initially wanted “nothing to do with the internet” after his infidelity was exposed — but after reaching “a place of healing” with his wife Ariel through time and couples therapy, he regained his interest in content creation.

On Sept. 17, Fulmer debuted a new podcast titled Rock Bottom, the first episode of which was an interview with Ariel, where they shared that they are no longer together romantically and do not live together, but continue to coparent their two children. In the episode, Ariel maintained that she has “absolutely not” forgiven Ned and called it “a win” that she can “be around” him and “still have a good time.”

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A representative for Ned told PEOPLE in September that the pair are still legally married and “not focused” on divorce, instead “prioritizing spending time together as a family and continuing to strengthen their parenting partnership.”