Christina Applegate
It shows up for the first time after the MS diagnosis at the award ceremony
Christina Applegate at the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles.
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US actress Christina Applegate has appeared at an awards ceremony for the first time after her MS diagnosis.
Christina Applegate, 51, has made her first appearance at an awards ceremony since her MS diagnosis. According to US media reports, the actress did not walk the red carpet at the Critics’ Choice Awards 2023 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. But she posed for photographers backstage. Applegate, who was leaning on a cane, was accompanied to the show by her 11-year-old daughter, Sadie Grace LeNoble.
The 51-year-old was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the Critics’ Choice Awards for her performance in the Netflix series Dead to Me. In the end, the prize went to Jean Smart (71, “Hacks”).
Applegate, who rose to fame in the ’80s sitcom Awfully Nice Family, looked dapper at the awards ceremony. She wore a black suit and combined it with black platform boots. She complemented her outfit with an eye-catching silver necklace with a moon-shaped pendant and a pearl bracelet. Her blond hair fell from the middle parting over her shoulders.
nervousness beforehand
Before the event revealed Applegate on Twitterthat she is nervous. She wrote, “So this Sunday will be the first awards show I’ve attended since 2019. And the first since MS. Nervous! But thanks to @CriticsChoice for having me there.” The actress announced in August 2021 that she had multiple sclerosis.
In a conversation with the New York TimesChristina Applegate opened up about the disease in November. “I’ll never accept it,” she said at the time. “I’m pissed off.” After receiving the diagnosis, filming for the third season of the series “Dead to Me “, in which Applegate plays one of the two main roles, for around five months.