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Human Centipede director Tom Six reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis in ‘final film’
The Dutch creator of the controversial trilogy set to detail struggles with neurological disease in homemade documentary, after spending six years ‘as a recluse’
TL;DR
- Tom Six, director of 'The Human Centipede', has been living as a recluse for six years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2020.
- His homemade documentary, 'The End of Tom Six', is described as his final film and details his struggles with the neurological disease.
- Six attributes the stress from failing to find a distributor for his film 'The Onania Club' as a factor that exacerbated his MS.
- He describes a self-destructive lifestyle and criticizes the film industry for 'woke cowardice' and 'safe-space crybabies', blaming them for distribution failures.
- The documentary will be released on YouTube with a pay-what-you-want model.
- Six's producer stated that the prolonged stress 'totally ravaged his body up to the point that he is now nearing the end of his life'.