Moriarty<\/a>, who plays Annie January aka Starlight in the Prime Video series, shared the details on her social media shortly after the release of the fourth episode of the fifth and final season. <\/p>\n \u201cOkay, so: season 5, episode 4 of The Boys is one of the most important episodes I’ve ever shot,\u201d she wrote on Instagram, over a picture of her bandaged leg. <\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, that part of the season coincided with my health issues peaking before my diagnosis. I am saving you the gnarly part of this picture but not long after this episode, I started to lose the ability to walk.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThe numbness in my feet led to a lot of falling,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe night before we shot my segment of this episode, I fell and shredded up my knee.\u201d<\/p>\n The actor revealed her Graves\u2019 disease diagnosis in June last year<\/a>, saying it had left her nauseous and exhausted. \u201cOne thing I can say: if I hadn\u2019t chalked it all up to stress and fatigue, I would\u2019ve caught this sooner,\u201d she said at the time, adding that she felt her strength increasing within 24 hours of beginning treatment. <\/p>\n Graves\u2019 disease is a form of hyperthyroidism. It is caused when the body\u2019s immune system produces antibodies that disrupt the thyroid gland to make excessive thyroid hormone.<\/p>\n According to the NHS, symptoms may include a fast heart rate or palpitations, tremors, diarrhoea, difficulty sleeping, weight loss, irregular periods, and feeling hot, hungry, or anxious. <\/p>\n Some patients may experience neck swelling or bulging eyes, known as Graves’ ophthalmopathy.<\/p>\n On Thursday, Moriarty said her injury and the worsening symptoms affected her ability to fully enjoy the production. <\/p>\n \u201cI barely have any [behind-the-scenes] shots of this season, especially as things worsened,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t a pity post. It\u2019s mostly to say: f*** autoimmune disease. F*** it so hard. F*** the ignorance surrounding it, too. I can\u2019t remedy that ignorance but not being outspoken about it occasionally feels wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n The Boys, which debuted in 2019, explores what happens when superheroes become as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and as revered as gods \u2013 and abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. <\/p>\n The series also stars Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell<\/a> and Antony Starr as Homelander<\/a>, alongside Jessie T Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, and Karen Fukuhara.<\/p>\n Moriarty shared a tearful picture of herself after <\/a>wrapping up her final scenes last July. Her post came after she was forced to take an \u201cextensive if not permanent\u201d social media<\/a> break following harassment over \u201creductive assumptions\u201d<\/a> about her appearance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-547946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Erin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-093252.png\")
Erin Moriarty says she hurt herself several times while shooting for \u2018The Boys\u2019 (Instagram\/Erin Moriarty)<\/p>\n![\"Erin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777019890_506_newFile-1.jpg\")
Erin Moriarty plays Annie January aka Starlight in The Boys (Prime Video)<\/p>\n