Christina Applegate Says Taking a Shower Is 'Frightening' with MS: 'Certain Things I Took for Granted'

Photo: Leon Bennett/Getty Christina Applegateis giving more insight on how much multiple sclerosis has impacted her everyday life. In a recent interview withVanity Fair, theDead to Meactress reflected on the little things she took for granted before she was diagnosed with MS in 2021. “With the disease of MS, it’s never a good day,” the 51-year-old told the outlet. “You just havelittleshitty days. People are like, ‘Well, why don’t you take more showers?

Christina Applegate Sends Love to Selena Gomez: 'From One Immunocompromised to Another'

Christina Applegate and Selena Gomez.Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Christina Applegateis sharing the love with fellow immunocompromised celebritySelena Gomez. “To @selenagomez Am watching your documentary,” Applegate wrote in a tweet. “From one immunocompromised to another. I’m here xo.” Applegate, 50, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021 and has been open about her struggles with the disease. Both MS and lupus leave people with a weakened immune system leaving them extremely susceptible to infection.

Christina Applegate Shares Her 2022 Goal: 'Cure for MS'

Christina Applegate.Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Christina Applegateis setting her sights on a cure for multiple sclerosis this year. TheDead to Mestar, 50, shared her goal for 2022 on Twitter Friday during an impromptu Q&A with her followers. “My daughter just kicked me out because my breathing was annoying. Sooo. I’m bored. Any questions?” Applegatetweeted. When a fan replied, “do you have any goals for 2022?,” Applegate — who wasdiagnosedwith MS last year — wrote back, “Cure for MS maybe?

Christina Applegate Slams Candace Owens for Calling SKIMS Ad with Wheelchair Model 'Ridiculous'

Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images; Jason Davis/Getty Images Christina Applegateis defending brands for featuring people with disabilities afterCandace OwensquestionedKim Kardashian’s SKIMS for showcasing such individuals in its ads. On a Feb. 28 episode of herDaily Wirepodcast, Owens, 33, focused a segment on one of Kardashian’s SKIMS campaigns that features a model in a wheelchair wearing the brand’s products. “I don’t really understand howfar we’re going to take this inclusivity thing, I really don’t get it, and if I am wrong educate me,” Owens said on her podcast, then asking “why this needs to be done.

Christina Applegate Slams Comment Saying Plastic Surgery Changed Her Looks, Not MS: 'I Laughed'

Photo: Stewart Cook/Shutterstock TheDead to Meactress, 51, said she reached out to someone on social media who commented on a recentPEOPLE articleabout her and her daughter at theCritics Choice Awardsand received a startling message in response. Alongside the tweet, she shared a screenshot of the messages that the person appeared to send, which read, “MS didn’t make you look that way a plastic surgeon did. And you are a scammer and are not [Christina] Applegate.