“I don’t have that in me at this moment”: Christina Applegate's sad announcement
Christina Applegate continues to hint that she may be retiring from acting.
The star has given a heartbreaking career update, following her announcement in August that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
In a recent interview, the actress opened up about the difficulty of filming the final season with her condition, and how reluctant she is to return to another set.
“Right now, I couldn’t imagine getting up at 5am and spending 12 to 14 hours on a set,” Applegate told the Los Angeles Times. “I don’t have that in me at this moment.”
Applegate has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for her role as Jen Harding, and she revealed, “It’s my last awards show as an actor probably, so it’s kind of a big deal.”
In August 2021, Applegate announced her diagnosis and took some time off work for her treatment and to “grieve”.
“Shooting the show was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life because I was diagnosed during shooting, and I didn’t know it was happening to me,” she told The Kelly Clarkson Show in December 2022.
She told the Los Angeles Times that watching the final season of Dead to Me was not enjoyable for her to watch. “I don’t like seeing myself struggling. I gained 40 pounds because of inactivity and medications, and I didn’t look like myself, and I didn’t feel like myself,” she said.
Earlier this year, Applegate slammed down an internet troll after she was accused of getting “bad” plastic surgery.
“MS didn’t make you look that way,” the person wrote.
Applegate took to twitter, positing a screenshot of the troll’s message, adding “What is wrong with people. By the way, I laughed,”
“When people see me now as a disabled person, I want them to feel comfortable. That we can laugh about it,” Applegate explained on the The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Applegate was also recently given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and during her acceptance speech she was seen with a manicure that read “FU MS.”
She said she’s doing “her best” to get through it.
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