Christina Applegate has stepped away from acting since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021, but she’s said she’s hopeful she can return to the entertainment industry in some capacity in the future.
In the first episode of her new podcast, she shared how she’s currently thinking about eventually going back to the job she’s loved since she was a kid.
To broach the subject, her co-host, fellow actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who’s lived with MS for 22 years, said to Applegate, “I will let you say that you’re done acting for now, but you are amazing, and wonderful and important and so talented, and your talent is very singular and special. And there’s no other person that’s like you.”
Sigler, who starred in “The Sopranos,” went on to suggest that Applegate be open to playing a character who has MS, adding that the role wouldn’t have to be all about her illness.
“I could not do that, it would be too sappy,” Applegate quipped, prompting her friend respond, “I’m not going to press that on you now, but I do know that’s in your future.”
Applegate then conceded that she misses acting.
“I do miss that because in all honesty, the only thing I ever had my entire life was work. … I grew up on sets. … The inner workings, the outer workings of being on a set is all I really know. I love that place.”
“I’ve taken this last, you know, since we stopped working to implode, explode, be sad, watch a lot of crap TV, do whatever I need,” she continued. “I’ve never been able to sleep in so it’s been really nice to not have to be somewhere and not have to be on and push. But I know that at some point I’m going to be like, OK, when does someone need me somewhere?”
“And a lot of hands will be raised,” Sigler replied.
The podcast, which is executive produced by Applegate, Sigler and Allison Bresnick of Wishbone productions, launched on March 19 and will bring on friends of the two hosts as guests to discuss their health and other issues.
Applegate has been living with MS since 2021. She…
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