Christina Applegate's MS Battle: Weight Loss, Cravings & Hope

0:00It's April 20th, Entertainment and Celebrity News. Today starts now, AI-powered and spotlight-ready. I'm Cory with the story. Christina Applegate, the 54-year-old actress from Married With Children, has been fighting multiple sclerosis since her diagnosis in two. 2021. Friends call her battle treacherous, leaving her mostly bedridden with better days and really bad ones, but no great ones at all. She's been brutally honest about it. Telling podcasts, she doesn't enjoy living anymore and calling her life a living hell. In her new memoir, she reveals dropping 50 pounds from stomach issues tied to the disease, putting her on a clear liquid diet that made everything fall off-est. Pals are getting realistic, emitting with every setback they worry about tomorrow, yet they praise her fighter spirit and the friends who listen, cry. With her and lift her up when she stays positive. The weight loss hit hard, scaring her more than the MS at times. She avoided mirrors for a year as her legs turned into skinny sticks with no muscle.

1:02Left. Now she battles cravings for things like tamales that could land her in the emergency room again. Still, she's building a healthier vibe with food and shutting down those voices, praising the thinness as a win. Her circle trusts her medical team and grit to keep pushing forward.