I fell apart once I got back to LA.īlair said that prior to her diagnosis, she “gave up almost,” but since she’s felt like she’s been given a new life. I couldn’t admit alcoholism or treatment in my insurance for fear I’d be deemed an insurance risk. … I remember being very, very poorly on Hellboy and was diagnosed with cat scratch fever and possible leukaemia in Prague. The vomiting or body issues were terrifying, baldness or rashes. And usually it was my incoordination or getting stuck, too weak or sick, in my trailer – or any time, really. I was worried since the beginning of time that a glaring fault would remove me from the workforce. Applegate recently spoke to the connection Blair’s diagnosis had with hers, sharing the following: Selma Blair And Christina Applegate are apparently longtime friends following the actresses both appearing in 2002 rom-com The Sweetest Thing alongside Cameron Diaz. Christina Applegate Credits Selma Blair For MS Diagnosis

Since learning she was living with the disease, Blair has shared her experiences with it, along with speaking out about the importance of disability representation in media and making her documentary, Introducing, Selma Blair. Selma Blair was diagnosed with MS back in August 2018, which she made known to the public a few months later via Instagram. As it turns out, Applegate’s diagnosis, which occurred while she was filming the final season of Dead To Me in 2021, was actually caught in part due to Blair encouraging the fellow actress to get tested for MS.

In the matter of a few years, both Selma Blair and Christina Applegate have shared with the public that they were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease of the central nervous system that an estimated one million people live with in the United States. Introducing Selma Blair doc and Christina Applegate in Dead To Me

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