Christina Applegate has admitted that she can no longer take a shower due to the severity of her MS.
‘Married with Kids’ star spoke candidly about Jamie Lynn Sigler’s latest episode Podcast “MeSsy” She opened up about the “painful” flare-ups she’s been experiencing. Applegate’s feet hurt so much that she couldn’t shower or bathe for three weeks. “I need to buy some stock in Cottonelle,” she joked, trying to add some humor to her conversation.
Christina Applegate attends a ceremony honoring Christina Applegate with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Photo for Netflix: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
Christina Applegate attends the 28th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on January 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Photo by Matt Winkelmayer/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association
The “Dead to Me” actress explained: There’s no crazy way. ”
Applegate said she tried several solution-based ideas for getting in and out of the shower, but has since abandoned them and found other ways to cleanse herself.
“I have a very small bench, but my butt has gotten so big lately that I can’t sit on it. I feel like I’m going to slide off of it,” she said on the podcast. “So I’ve been cottonelling myself.”
Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini pose with Christina Applegate’s star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.Photo by: Philip Farawan/Getty Images
Christina Applegate attends the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards held at Barker Hangar on January 12, 2020 in Santa Monica, California.Photo by Matt Winkelmayer/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association
Applegate admitted that she “doesn’t have the energy” to push her body beyond its limits.
“The legs are just done. They’re not getting circulation. We can’t make them stop hurting,” she said. As for her lower extremities, the actress has been experiencing “unusual tingling, like a weird tingling coming out of her buttocks and below.”
Applegate says she “almost falls” when trying to do something as simple as walking to the bathroom.
Christina Applegate attends the premiere of Netflix’s Dead to Me at the Eli and Edith Broad Stage on May 2, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. Photo by Charlie Galley/Getty Images for Netflix
Christina Applegate attends the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.Photo credit: Leon Bennett/Getty Images
The famous actress said she also feels pain in her eyes.
“The reason I haven’t slept in 24 hours is because my eyes are doing weird things. Every time I close my eyes to go to sleep, my right eye starts moving,” she said.. (Related: Christina Applegate gets visibly emotional during standing ovation during MS battle, video show)
Christina Applegate and host Anthony Anderson speak on stage at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony held at the Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Actress Christina Applegate attends “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” at Rockefeller Center on October 11, 2012 in New York City.Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Applegate said her condition has gotten so bad that she no longer interacts with anyone except her 12-year-old daughter, Sadie. She said Sadie made it clear to her that her bathing situation needed to be resolved.
“[She’s] I always say, “Oh, Mom, that’s bad.” I make her smell her underarms just to make her gag,” Applegate said.
