Christina Applegate Discusses Her Acting Future After MS Diagnosis: 'I'm So New in This Right Now'

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Christina Applegate, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August 2021, is opening up about how the disease may impact the future of her acting career.

TheBad Momsstar, 50, was diagnosed with MS while filming the third season of her Netflix dramedyDead to Me. In a recent interview withVariety, the beloved actress revealed that filming the final season was “as hard as you would possibly think it would be.”

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Applegate, who will be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Nov. 14, explained that she’s seeking “a place that will allow me to do that if I’m not the star,” and that starring in something might be off the table in the future. “There’s no way I could do the work that I just came off again. I mean, it wassohard.”

Her focus at the moment is on her family, specifically her 11-year-old daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble, who she shares with husband Martyn LeNoble. “I love being here for her 100% all the time — to take her to school, to pick her up from school, to be here for her homework, to make her dinner, to be here when she needs me,” she added. “That’s kind of what I missed out on for a while. And she’s very happy to have me here.”

While Applegate is now “tired all the time,” she admitted that she’s “getting stronger,” having come off six straight days of a Peloton workout at the time of her latest interview. As long as she gets bored with being inside, she said there’s a chance fans can see her name on screen in more ways than one.

“I’m pretty convinced that this was it, you know? But who knows — I’m probably gonna get real bored of being in my room. I’d like to develop stuff, I’d like to produce stuff,” she said. “I’ve got a lot of ideas in my mind, and I just need to get them executed.”

Applegate previously told theNew York Timesthat the new season of the Netflix show will mark the “first time anyone’s going to see me the way I am,” after she gained 40 pounds and now has to walk with a cane. However, the show’s cast and crew adapted to the changes, oftentimes altering scenes. Her co-star,Linda Cardellini, was especially a “mama bear” for her, Applegate said. But she’s unsure whether fans will accept her in the new “role.”

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Season 3 ofDead to Mepremieres on Netflix Nov. 17.

source: people.com