Christina Applegate has gained 18 kg and walks with a cane after multiple sclerosis

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Just over a year after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Christina Applegate, 50, is back in the final season of “Dead to Me”, which arrives on Netflix on the 17th. The actress has gained weight. 18 kg and only walks with a cane, but made a point of ending the series started in 2019.

According to the New York Times, the disease is almost invisible on the series, thanks to a mix of production effort and talent for the actress, who started acting as a child, excelled in “Married With Children” and won an Emmy for “Friends”. , as one of Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) sisters.

Today, Applegate says he recognizes the signs of the disease, but didn’t see them at the time. It was tingling in her limbs, an imbalance here, a slippage in her tennis shoes there. “I wish I had paid attention,” she tells the NYT. After the diagnosis, the series was stopped for five months.

Little has changed in the script, which was already written, but the actress saw that everything would be different. She couldn’t work as hard or for as long. She struggled down the stairs to her trailer and a wheelchair was needed on set. And the sound technician was holding her legs without being caught by the cameras.

Ultimately, Applegate says finishing the series was one of the hardest things he’s ever done and he doesn’t intend to watch this final season, he finds it too painful. According to her, the acceptance of the disease did not come: “I will never accept this”. But she hopes fans will enjoy this farewell.

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