02.11.2022 - 20:07 / perezhilton.com
Christina Applegate is opening up about how her multiple sclerosis diagnosis has affected her over one year later.
If you don’t remember, the Anchorman actress revealed her diagnosis in a tweet in August of 2021, explaining at the time:
See her full tweet (below):
She later added:
Ever since then, word has been pretty quiet on the Christina front. However, ahead of the final season of her Netflix dramedy Dead to Me, the star is ready to re-enter the spotlight. In a Tuesday interview with the New York Times, the 50-year-old revealed some details about her diagnosis, the signs leading up to it, and what has come of it. She recalled a time during the filming of season one where she felt off balance and tingly, noting:
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After she received her diagnosis, she explained production on the show shut down, adding:
She continued:
The comedian then noted the Dead to Me creators wanted to cut the third season short, without fully seeing it through, but the Married… With Children alum had other plans. Christina explained:
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What an inspiring amount of determination in the face of such adversity! As for how things changed on set for her, she noted she had to work less hours, stay out of the heat, let a wheelchair take her around set, and some scenes had to be rewritten to accommodate her reduced physical mobility. However, she revealed that shockingly enough, the third season is in large part about illness, which she confessed was hard to film at times, considering her circumstances:
Still, Christina persevered and finished the show’s season, keeping her word. As for it’s November 17 release, she explained:
It was only days ago that the
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Christina Applegate is "never going to accept" her Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. The 50-year-old actress had experienced tingling and numbness for several years before she was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition in the summer of 2021, and while she admitted it was "good" that production on the final season of 'Dead To Me' shut down for five months so she could receive treatment and process the news, she's still angry about her health issues. She said: “There was the sense of, ‘Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better.
Christina Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis during the filming of the third and final season of Dead to Me back in 2021. The Netflix show took a pause for about five months and the star is now recalling how she felt during that time.