2024-03-13 16:04:50
In a touching interview given to Good Morning America, Christina Applegate has opened up about her new reality since her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021.
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“I live a little in hell […]but yes, the support is wonderful,” Christina Applegate recently told Robin Roberts in an interview at Good Morning America alongside her friend Jamie-Lynn Sigler, 42, who also lives with the disease.
“My symptoms started in early 2021, and it was tingling on my toes.” When filming the final season of Dead to Me, By the summer of the same year, the actress’s condition had deteriorated significantly. “I was brought to the set in a wheelchair. I couldn’t walk that far,” said Christina Applegate, who believes she lived with the disease for almost six to seven years before her diagnosis.
After receiving confirmation that she indeed had the disease, Christina Applegate saw her life change drastically. His friend Lance Bass quickly introduced him to actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, 42, who was seen in The Sopranos. She offered her support to Christina Applegate without hesitation.
This new friendship led, among other things, to the creation of the podcast MeSsy, which will not only focus on the disease. “Multiple sclerosis has bonded us, but it’s not all about us. “It’s the starting point for a conversation about how to get through something difficult,” said Jamie-Lynn Sigler in a recent interview with the magazine. People.
“It’s about honesty. It’s okay to be afraid. It’s okay to be angry,” added Christina Applegate.
By agreeing to participate in his first photo shoot in four years for People with her friend, Christina Applegate said: “I wouldn’t have done it today without her.”
“The last five days I was sobbing, saying, ‘I’m going to have to cancel.’ I was throwing up yesterday, thinking about all this. Being touched, makeup and hair done, just talking about it, it gives me spasms. Strange positions, shoes, people, noise, climate that I can’t control. It’s going through my head and I want to go back to my bed and watch Naked and Afraid“, explained Christina Applegate to People.
A standing ovation at the Emmy Awards
Christina Applegate moved people – and made people laugh! – more than one with a rare public appearance to present an award at the Emmy Awards in January.
After a long standing ovation, the very emotional star addressed the crowd with the humor that we know well.
“Oh my god, you’re making me feel ashamed of my disability by standing up,” she joked. “You don’t need to clap every time I do something.”
Christina Applegate, who said she didn’t know if her role in Dead to Me was his last, received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in November.
The ballad MeSsy will be available on March 19.
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