Christina Applegate doesn't have MS: "It's a mindfuck, for sure"

Christina Applegate has taken to her podcast to tell the world she was misdiagnosed with MS. Over two episodes of MeSsy, the Married… With Children and Dead To Me star revealed and then tried to process her latest health update, which Applegate says has put her back at “square one.” “You don’t get misdiagnosed and then all of the sudden I’m better,” she said. “If anything, I’ve gotten worse in some ways.” The former actor became emotional during the conversation, saying she felt like she’d “let everybody down” after becoming a public advocate for people suffering from the disease. Applegate retired from acting after receiving the life-altering diagnosis in 2021, but not before pushing through the news to film the finale of Dead To Me following a five-month shut down as she began treatment. She’s since moved on to podcasting with MeSsy, teaming with The Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler to share their experiences with and promote awareness of the disease. Sigler revealed her secret MS diagnosis in 2016, after being diagnosed fifteen years earlier.