"Dancing with the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba has spoken candidly about living with Sjögren's disease, an autoimmune condition that leaves her in constant, "debilitating" pain. The 58-year-old shared her experience during a recent interview with Fox News Digital at Televerse 26, a Television Academy festival, revealing that her polished on-screen persona masks a much tougher daily reality behind the scenes.

Inaba explained that the disease causes her to be "always in pain", underscoring how the chronic condition affects her day-to-day life away from the cameras. Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disorder that typically affects moisture-producing glands, and her openness sheds light on a health struggle not previously widely known to fans of the long-running dance competition show.