Christina Applegate isn’t going to let her Multiple sclerosis take the wind out of her sails.
The actress, who got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year, opened up about her battle with MS and what got her through the tough times.
Christina Applegate Reveals What Helped Through MS Battle
Applegate appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Friday, December 23, and talked about the effect of humor on her MS.
A bare-chested Kelly Clarkson asked Applegate, “Are you a naturally optimistic person when you’re sick or when you’re struggling with something, because I love humor, and really dark humor. I don’t know how you deal with things.”
The “Sweetest Thing” actress replied, “Yeah, my humor shield makes me ok. Um, but of course on the inside you feel that and I do it to deflect a little bit and make people not afraid to be around me.”
Applegate’s “Humor Shield” Is Strong
Applegate walks with a cane because of her MS, and she explained that people now see her as “disabled.”
“I want them to feel comfortable that we can laugh about it,” he continued. “I have a song I wrote called, ‘Disaby Baby, hurry down the chimney tonight. I can’t have my wheelchair not fit on it.’”
Clarkson loved the dark humor of Applegate’s holiday jingle; however, he became serious about being diagnosed and living with MS.
Applegate Admits MS Demotivated Him At First
“Honestly, being diagnosed with MS last year and what happened to my body, to my mind, to my spirit, to everything… of course I didn’t want to be around anyone or talk about it. But, I had to go through work. I wasn’t forced to work, but I made sure we finished the show,” he said.
The show Applegate is referring to is the third season of “Dead to Me” on Netflix starring Linda Cardellini and James Mardsen.
“I tried as hard as I could through it and it was really, really hard, and I slept for months. Then all of a sudden I had to come out again and be this person who, you know, people have seen me as this person for almost 40 years and I’m different now,” Applegate explained. “I don’t want to be a fish in a fish tank, but you know, I’ll do my best to get through it.
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Applegate showed off her funny side during her Walk of Fame ceremony. She chose to take a shoeless stance and made sure to show it off.
“You’re going to change that disabled woman,” he joked before adding, “Oh, I have a disease. Don’t you notice? I’m not even wearing shoes. Anywho, you should laugh at that.”
In an interview with DiversityApplegate discusses the next steps for her acting career following her MS diagnosis.
The actor was diagnosed with the condition in August 2021 while filming the third season of Netflix’s “Dead To Me,” which made the rest of the production challenging to complete.
As she manages the symptoms of the reportedly incurable condition, Applegate claims she’s still figuring out what she can and can’t do.
He admitted, per Many people, “I’m very new to this now. It takes time to know the disease, and know what brings the symptoms. I’m just new to all this.”
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