{"id":138077,"date":"2024-12-12T21:15:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/christina-applegate-missed-ms-symptoms-filming-for-netflix\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T21:15:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:15:13","slug":"christina-applegate-missed-ms-symptoms-filming-for-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/christina-applegate-missed-ms-symptoms-filming-for-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Applegate Missed MS Symptoms Filming for Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Christina Applegate revealed her MS diagnosis in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>She has since opened up, using her platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/03\/christina-applegate-gets-candid-about-ms-says-she-wears-a-diaper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to get real<\/a> about the devastating autoimmune disease. <\/p>\n<p>Before her diagnosis, however, there were warning signs.<\/p>\n<p>But she missed those signs while filming. The grueling hours that go into making television made her symptoms look like routine exhaustion \u2014 at first.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Applegate tears up in November 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-515107 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-2048x1375.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-960x644.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-1080x725.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-1200x806.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actress Christina Applegate speaks during her Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, on November 14, 2022. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: VALERIE MACON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-christina-applegate-missed-early-warning-signs\">Christina Applegate missed early warning signs <\/h2>\n<p>Speaking on the Wednesday, December 11 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.messythepodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the <em>MeSsy <\/em>podcast<\/a>, Christina Applegate told co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler and guest Liz Feldman about how her fall on the set of the latter\u2019s <em>Dead To Me<\/em> should have been a wakeup call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember falling that day,\u201d the actress said, recalling it happening as she was filming a running sequence in a field.<\/p>\n<p>In retrospect, Applegate understands: \u201cHi, first sign of MS! So, not to bring everybody down, but there it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Putting Life on Paper with Liz Feldman\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lwg6WKKAnEQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In August of 2021, Christina Applegate revealed that she was suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS).<\/p>\n<p>Sigler revealed her own MS battle years earlier, in January of 2016. Thus, their shared podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Feldman is the creator of <em>Dead To Me<\/em>. That three-season Netflix series (yes, Netflix used to give <em>three whole seasons<\/em> to shows) was where Applegate began experiencing physical symptoms. But not, as they both initially assumed, because of the series itself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"812\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-812x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Applegate on January 15, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-515108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-1625x2048.jpg 1625w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-762x960.jpg 762w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-857x1080.jpg 857w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-952x1200.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-scaled.jpg 2031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"812\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-812x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Applegate on January 15, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-515108 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-1625x2048.jpg 1625w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-762x960.jpg 762w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-857x1080.jpg 857w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-952x1200.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-scaled.jpg 2031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_02-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christina Applegate speaks speaks onstage during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-it-wasn-t-the-late-hours-it-was-ms\">It wasn\u2019t the late hours \u2014 it was MS<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI remember you losing your balance when we were shooting the pilot a couple of times,\u201d Feldman told Applegate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very hard to figure it out,\u201d she explained, \u201cbecause, you know, I remember one time, it was really late at night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feldman detailed: \u201cWe\u2019d been shooting probably 14 or 15 hours \u2026 it seemed completely reasonable that anybody would be collapsing.\u201d Yes, filming \u2014 especially for television \u2014 can involve truly brutal hours.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Applegate in January 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-515109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-2048x1394.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-960x654.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-1080x735.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-1200x817.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Applegate in January 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-515109 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-2048x1394.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-960x654.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-1080x735.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-1200x817.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christina Applegate attends the 25th Annual Critics\u2019 Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 12, 2020.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was MS,\u201d Christina Applegate then acknowledged. Even so, she continued working on the Netflix series through the third season \u2014 by which time she had received her diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could just sense A, that she was scared, and B, that something was wrong \u2026 that something in her body was not working the way that she wanted it to,\u201d Feldman described. As the series creator, she was unsure of what to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no handbook for this,\u201d she admitted. \u201cI can\u2019t compare it to any experience I\u2019ve ever gone through with a person before.\u201d So, she \u201cjust always tried to put [Christina Applegate\u2019s] health first in my mind\u201d as they filmed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Applegate on February 26, 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-515110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Applegate on February 26, 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-515110 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1212_christinaapplegate_04-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christina Applegate attends the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 26, 2023.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-netflix-series-was-not-as-important-as-christina-applegate-and-her-health\">The Netflix series was not as important as Christina Applegate and her health<\/h2>\n<p>Applegate praised how Feldman and the show\u2019s crew went above and beyond to accommodate her. At one point, production halted for a week while she recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would not happen anywhere else, so my gratitude towards you guys being humans \u2013 because you should be humans and love other humans \u2013 is astounding,\u201d Applegate expressed.<\/p>\n<p>She concluded: \u201cI can\u2019t even tell you \u2026 that\u2019s not the normal reaction.\u201d But it really should be.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/christina-applegate-ms-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christina Applegate revealed her MS diagnosis in 2021. She has since opened up, using her platform to get real about the devastating autoimmune disease. Before her diagnosis, however, there were warning signs. But she missed those signs while filming. The grueling hours that go into making television made her symptoms look like routine exhaustion \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}