Christina Applegate may never perform in front of a camera again amid her battle with the progressive disease Multiple Sclerosis.
The 51-year-old actress, who slammed Candace Owens after criticizing a Skims ad featuring a model in a wheelchair, has been reflecting on what her future might look like – two years after her diagnosis.
“I can’t even imagine going on set right now,” said the Emmy winner Vanity purse.
“This is a progressive disease. I don’t know if I’m going to get worse,” she explained.
Adjusting to her new life as a person with multiple sclerosis has been difficult for the star who has been acting since she was five months old.
Future: Christina Applegate may never perform in front of a camera again amid her battle with a progressive disease, multiple sclerosis (pictured February 2023)
Diagnosis: Christina was diagnosed with MS just before the third and final season of Dead to Me went into production (pictured on the show)
‘With MS, it’s never a good day. You just have little off days.’
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that causes damage to the nerve sheaths in the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms may include numbness, speech disorders, problems with muscle coordination, blurred vision, and severe fatigue.
“There are just certain things that people take for granted in their lives that I took for granted. Walking down the stairs, carrying things, that is no longer possible. It fucking sucks.’
‘I can still drive my car for short distances. I can bring my child food. Up, never down.’
The Bad Moms actress has turned to a friend to help her care for her daughter, Sadie, 12, who she shares with husband Martyn LeNoble, 54.
A caretaker comes on weekends to do whatever is needed.
“I don’t really want to be around a lot of people because I’m immunocompromised,” she explained.
‘I also don’t want too much stimulation of the nervous system, because that can be just a bit too much for me. I like to keep it as quiet and soft as possible.’
Adjustment: The actress said she has adapted to her new life by having a boyfriend who helps her look after daughter Sadie, 12, during the week. A caretaker comes to her house on weekends to do whatever is needed
Human: “I’m probably not going to work on camera again, but I’m so glad I dated someone who is by far the best actress I’ve ever worked with in my entire life, if not the best human being I’ve ever known ‘ she said of her co-star Linda Cardellini, 47.
The actress received her diagnosis in August 2021, just before production on the third and final season of Dead to Me began.
“None of us knew I was going to get sick and gain 40 pounds from medication and become immobile.”
“I’m probably not going to work on camera again, but I’m so glad I dated someone who is by far the best actress I’ve ever worked with in my entire life, if not the best human being I’ve ever seen.” did I ever know,” she said of her co-star Linda Cardellini, 47.
Christina said she received good advice from her friends Jamie-Lynn Siegler and Selma Hayak, both of whom had been diagnosed with MS several years earlier.
Jamie-Lynn suggested she set boundaries quickly. “She was like, ‘You have to tell them [what you need] now that you’ve taken it out of the bag.”
The veteran actress said she wished she had received the same advice when she was recovering from breast cancer following her 2008 diagnosis while shooting Samantha Who.
“I didn’t speak for my limits then. I should have asked for a little more time after one of my surgeries. Two weeks after my reconstruction I went back to work. And I found that very difficult.’
Limits: Christina said her friends Selma Hayak and Jamie-Lynn Siegler, both of whom have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, advised her to set limits on her limitations on set
Breast cancer: The actress said she was given the same advice while recovering from breast cancer following her 2008 diagnosis while shooting Samantha Who. I should have asked for a little more time after one of my surgeries…that was really hard for me to do’
Family reunion: The actress will be able to take part in an animated reboot of Married with Children, reuniting with her on-screen family, including Ed O’Neill, Katey Segal, and David Faustino. “I can’t say much, but all I know is that all four of us are attached to it,” she said
Christina said it was hard for her to watch the last season of Dead to Me.
“I’ve only seen bits and pieces of the show because it’s kind of hard for me to watch.”
But that doesn’t mean she’ll give up acting altogether.
“I can do voiceovers because I have to support my family and keep my brain working.”
The actress can lend her voice talents to an animated reboot of Married with Children, which sees her reunite with her on-screen family, including Ed O’Neill, 77, and Katey Segal, 69, and David Faustino, 49.
“I can’t say much, but all I know is that all four of us are attached to it. It’s not in our hands right now, so we’ll just wait and see.”