Scialfa has been largely absent from Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023-2024 tour.
While she is doing well, the disease impacts her immune system.
“That’s my new normal right now.”
Patti Scialfa.Credit: Gardiner Anderson/Bauer-Griffin for Getty
She makes appearances when she can, generally only joining for a few songs, to limit her exposure.
Director Thom Zimny tellsEntertainment Weeklythere was no master plan to waiting for the documentary to announce Scialfa’s health.
“I’m not aware of any decision for it to be in the film,” Zimny says.
“It’s coming from a place of spending a lot of time with her talking.
“She’s an essential part of that sonic quality on the stage.
So it all came about through trust.
This is completely intact.
Theres not much room for me to add anything special.'
So I took that opportunity to do my record.”
Springsteen has had his own health struggles during this tour.
Hepostponed all of his tour dates from September to December 2023while he was recovering from peptic ulcer disease.
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She and Springsteen started living together in the late 1980s before they married in 1991.
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street BandhitsHuluandDisney+on Oct. 25.
