The “Dead to Me” actress, 51, disclosed a comment she received from a hater who said her most recent appearance was the consequence of “poor” plastic surgery. not her multiple sclerosis diagnosis’s effects.
The user commented, “MS didn’t make you look like that, a plastic surgery did. And you—not [Christina] Applegate—are a cheater.
Applegate posted an image of the message on Twitter and claimed the conversation started after she learned the individual had made a disparaging comment on a recent article about her and her daughter Sadie, 11, who attended the Critics’ Choice Awards together earlier this week. At the occasion, a snapshot of the two was taken (Above).
Therefore, she added, “I took the terrible decision to look at some comments on a People magazine article about me and my kids at the CCA. Naturally, I informed her that it wasn’t attractive. That was her response.
I laughed, by the way,” she continued.
An autoimmune condition that affects the central nervous system is multiple sclerosis. Although it presents itself differently in various patients, it can disrupt how information travels from the brain to the body. It is also an incurable condition.
Applegate revealed that she had MS in August 2021 and spoke candidly about the condition in interviews before the third and final season of Dead to Me, which launched on Netflix in November 2022, came outIn her New York Times profile that same month, she spoke to fans about her condition so viewers would understand why she might look different in the episodes.
“I gained 40 pounds; I can’t walk without a cane. I want people to know that I’m aware of all of this,” she said.
The Critics’ Choice Awards was the first awards show Applegate has attended since her diagnosis. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Dead to Me, but the trophy went to Hacks star Jean Smart.
