Dylan Sprouse is using his platform for good.
The former Disney Channel star made a red carpet appearance in support of his wife, model Barbara Palvin, who walked in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Thursday.
Sprouse used his time on the pink carpet to promote a cause near and dear to both he and Palvin: endometriosis. Endometriosis is a chronic, painful condition where tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus. It often goes undiagnosed, despite the millions of women who suffer from the debilitating condition.
“I brought this endometriosis awareness pin, you want one?” he said in a now-viral interview with E! News on the carpet. “Barbara just went through endo surgery and I’m handing these out tonight, just to raise some awareness for that.”
He said that Palvin was “so strong to go through that herself” and spoke about what happened when she made a post about her surgery.
“Once she posted about it, which she was very nonchalant posting about something that happened to her, turns out a ton of people reached out to her,” Sprouse said. “A ton of women who had experienced the same things, and I just don’t think there’s a lot of awareness about it.”
“Some people were even reaching out and saying that ‘I didn’t realize I had those symptoms until I got diagnosed from seeing you post about it,’” he added. “And so I’m hoping that if this is even a small measure of something we can do, then I hope it helps.”
Sprouse ended the interview by saying that Palvin was “incredibly tough” and that he was “proud to call her my wife.”
Many fans praised Sprouse for using his celebrity to platform a cause rarely talked about on red carpets.
“I just came from Dylan’s interview with E news handing out pins,” one fan wrote on Palvin’s Instagram. “This truly brought tears to my eyes because I feel like people do not talk about it enough. I have the surgery a little over a year ago, I was in so much pain all of the time still am but I am so extremely grateful you guys are shedding light on what endometriosis is and does.”
“I love this! I’ve had two surgeries for my stage three endometriosis and didn’t even know I might have it until I was 34 and a doctor finally took my symptoms seriously,” another Redditor added. “Raising awareness about the condition and supporting your partner suffering through it are both so important.”
“I love this because I think women in general will be super supportive of something their partner is going through publicly but you rarely see men do the same. King shit,” another commenter wrote on Reddit.
Palvin spoke about her endo battle in the post that Sprouse mentioned, where she posted photos from her hospital bed and showed bandages covering her scars from surgery.
Barbara Palvin shines at the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday in New York, New York.
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“For some years now I’ve been dealing with the difficulties that can come with my periods,” the model wrote in her post two weeks ago. “Fatigue, severe pain, heavy and irregular flow, sleepless nights on the bathroom floor. I thought this was just how it works for me.”
Palvin said she was advised to see an endometriosis specialist, but because she’s been seeing a gynecologist every year, she didn’t understand the need.
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“But as it turns out, endometriosis can’t be diagnosed with general examinations. So I went, and 3 months later I got operated on,” the 32-year-old wrote. “Since then I finally experienced a period that was easier, and now I know the difference.”
“If you suspect that you could have endometriosis I encourage you to find it out. It helped me a lot, and I’m grateful I did it,” she said, adding that “early diagnosis and treatment are very important to prevent long-term complications, and now I’m more mindful about my body to act fast if needed.”