in early june 2009, he released a statement in which he explained the his daughter, riley dempster, had digeorge syndrome. he released the statement because he wanted to help raise awareness of the genetic disease. when he was asked if his daughter would be able to lead a normal life, he replied, "yeah, she will. there can be (problems), but so far all the signs are good. there’s a lot of work to do. they say there are 186 symptoms you can have. you just check off ones as you go along". his daughter was able to go home in early june after 2 months in the hospital.