Christina Applegate celebrated her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony Monday, marking the primary time the actor has made a public look since revealing her a number of sclerosis prognosis.
Applegate, stories Variety, was speculated to get her star on the Walk of Fame in 2020, however the ceremony was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. She introduced her prognosis on Twitter the next yr whereas she was filming the ultimate season of her Netflix comedy Dead to Me.
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“Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS,” learn the tweet. “It’s been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a–hole blocks it.”
Prior to Monday’s celebration, Applegate instructed The New York Times it could be the “first time anyone’s going to see me the way I am.”
“I put on 40 pounds; I can’t walk without a cane. I want people to know that I am very aware of all of that,” she mentioned within the interview.
She additionally shared an image of a number of of her canes, telling her Twitter followers she was making an attempt to determine which one she would use for “a very important ceremony coming up.”
Applegate was all smiles on the Walk of Fame ceremony, showing barefoot on the purple carpet surrounded by pals and co-stars.
Out to help Applegate have been her Married with Children co-stars Katey Sagal and David Faustino, in addition to her Dead to Me co-star Linda Cardellini and the present’s creator, Liz Feldman.
According to NBC, Applegate’s star sits adjoining to the celebrities of Sagal and Ed O’Neill, who performed her dad on Married with Children.
Applegate was celebrated for her lengthy profession, having made her tv debut on Days of Our Lives only one yr after she was born because the child son of the character performed by her real-life mom, Nancy Priddy.
She performed small roles in a number of motion pictures and exhibits all through her childhood and into her teenagers, however her breakout position was taking part in Kelly Bundy, the gorgeous and sarcastic daughter on Married with Children.
Chair of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Lupita Sanchez Cornejo, David Faustino, Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal, Sadie Grace LeNoble, Mitch O’Farrell, Linda Cardellini and Liz Feldman pose with Christina Applegate’s star throughout her Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony at Hollywood Walk Of Fame on Nov. 14, 2022 in Los Angeles.
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Her star continued to rise when she was awarded an Emmy for excellent visitor actress in a comedy sequence for her portrayal of the center sister of Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) in Friends.
She was additionally nominated for a Tony award for finest actress for her position as taxi dancer Charity Hope Valentine within the 2005 revival of Sweet Charity.
Applegate’s movie credit embrace the Anchorman franchise, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Bad Moms, Hall Pass and The Sweetest Thing.
Applegate took to the rostrum on the Walk of Fame ceremony assisted by Sagal, who stayed on stage together with her throughout her speech.
Christina Applegate and Katey Sagal communicate onstage throughout the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony honouring Christina Applegate at Hollywood Walk of Fame on Nov. 14, 2022 in Los Angeles.
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She grew to become tearful whereas speaking about her daughter and thanking her for her help.
“The most important person in this world is my daughter,” Applegate mentioned. “You are so much more than even you know. You are so beautiful and kind and smart and interesting. I’m blessed every day that I get to wake up and take you to school…. Thank you for standing by me through all of this.”
For Applegate, filming the brand new season of Dead to Me — a dramedy wherein she performs Jen, a widowed actual property agent — was no simple feat. She determined to take part totally within the manufacturing regardless of her prognosis as a result of she felt she had an “obligation” to the story and her on-set colleagues.
Applegate struggled to work as exhausting or so long as she’d beforehand been in a position to, particularly within the warmth. She had issue strolling down the steps of her trailer and needed to usually use a wheelchair on set. Some days, Applegate couldn’t work in any respect.
However, by savvy on-camera blocking (and the assistance of a sound technician and longtime pal who held up her legs for sure scenes), the season was accomplished.
Applegate instructed The New York Times she wished she had paid extra consideration to the warning indicators of MS, together with dizziness and tingling and numbness of her extremities, previous to prognosis.
Though she claimed to have processed her sickness, she has not accepted it.
“Acceptance? No. I’m never going to accept this,” she mentioned. “I’m pissed.”
— with information from Global News’ Sarah Do Couto
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