Instagram/Bristol Palin In January 2025, Bristol Palin revealed she had facial paralysis. One year later, the 35-year-old daughter of former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin posted an update on her condition. “Today’s day 323 of my face being paralyzed,” Palin says in the video, on January 3, 2026, in response to a fan-submitted question. “How’s your face? Updates? Progress?” the fan wrote to Palin on Instagram during a Q&A. Read more at The Daily Beast.