Christina Applegate is taking each day after her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021.
IN preview of her interview with Good morning AmericaRobin Roberts published on Tuesday, the actress, 52, spoke candidly about living with the condition and where she is in her “grieving process” after her diagnosis.
When Roberts, 63, was asked if she was still in the grieving process, Applegate replied, “Mm-hmm.” Then she added, “I’m not going to put a time stamp on it.”
“I’m never going to wake up and say, ‘This is great.’ I’m just going to tell you this,” said Applegate, who was joined by friend and fellow actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also has MS.
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“Like, it’s just not going to happen. I wake up and remind myself of that every day. So that’s not going to happen,” Applegate continued. “But maybe I’ll get to a place where I’ll function a little better. I am currently in isolation. And so I kind of deal with not going anywhere because I don’t want to do it… It’s hard.”
In May 2023, Applegate shared with vanity fair that she does not think she will work as an actress again after the end of the third and final season of the Netflix series Dead to mewhich aired in November 2022, as she continued to deal with her health issues.
In another review from her GMA In an interview published Monday, Applegate shared her emotional reaction to the standing ovation she received during a rare public appearance at the 2023 Emmy Awards in January.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Applegate discuss their journey together with MS in an upcoming interview.
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“I actually kind of passed out,” Applegate said when asked by Roberts if she was able to grasp the moment. “People said, ‘Oh, you were so funny.’ And I say, ‘I don’t even know what I said. Like, I don’t know what I did!’ I was so freaked out that I didn’t even know what was going on.”
“I felt really loved and it was really a beautiful thing,” she added.
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The actress then joked with Roberts about the reception, “I’ll just say this … that the audience stood up for everyone.”
GMA will release more previews of Roberts’ interview with Applegate and Sigler on Wednesday. ABC’s morning show airs weekdays beginning at 7 a.m. ET.
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