'She still drives me a little crazy': Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro says his mother Mary 'will never stop being my mom' despite battle with ALS
His mother is battling the debilitating condition ALS.
But Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro has revealed that his mother Mary is still as fiery as she has ever been despite her condition.
She was diagnosed in 2012 with the neurodegenerative disease, which affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord, and is also known as motor neuron disease.
She takes the cake: Celebrity cook Buddy Valastro said his mother Mary is still fiery despite suffering from ALS
It has made the 37-year-old more passionate than most about the ALS Association's Ice Bucket Challenge, doing it himself last week and nominating his bakery staff, as well as his fans on social media.
Talking about their relationship, he told People: 'She's still my mom. She still yells at me. She still calls me. She still drives me a little crazy. She'll never stop being my mom.'
And the TLC star believes they are extremely lucky, despite the 66-year-old being diagnosed back in 2012 with the condition.
He said: 'She's got good days, she's got bad days. You've gotta look at it (glass) half-full, we've been blessed
'The form of ALS my mom has, it's not really attacking her breathing or her speech. It's more of her limbs, so she can't really walk or move too much."
Cooking up a storm: The Cake Boss star has taken the Ice Bucket challenge and nominated all of his staff and social media followers
Buddy, who also started his own Mama Mary Foundation charity after his mother's diagnosis, said: 'The worst part about ALS is that one day you're able to brush your teeth, then you'll never be able to brush your teeth again.
One day you're able to walk, you're never going to walk again. The basic functionalities of life are stricken from you day by day.
'I've seen the most independent, lively person that I've ever met in my life, I mean she was just like a ball of energy, reduced to not being able to do anything for herself.
'And I think that's the part that kills her the most because she was the matriarch. Se did so many things for everyone.
'And now everyone has to do for her, which nobody minds doing, it's just a big pill to swallow.'
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