Rebecca Cook
Published April 20, 2026 8:53pm
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Christina Applegate has been living with multiple sclerosis since 2021 (Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Critics’ Choice Association)
Christina Applegate has shared her first statement on her health since she was reportedly hospitalised in Los Angeles.
The 54-year-old actress has been living with multiple sclerosis since 2021, and friends worryingly claimed over the weekend that she ‘might not have a tomorrow’.
The Anchorman star has now addressed the speculation over her health in an Instagram post, in which she said she’s a ‘strong chick’.
She shared the message alongside a picture of a coffee mug and the words ‘Kissy Kissy’ written on it, on top of her new memoir You With the Sad Eyes, which was published last month.
The caption read: ‘Thank you for the outpouring of love and well wishes. Health issues are a constant for me, but I’m a strong chick and I’m getting stronger and better every day.
‘I’m taking a moment to focus on my health, but I’ll be back with more to say soon enough.’
The 54-year-old actress was said to have been hospitalised since late March (Picture: Valerie Macon/AFP)
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The Dead to Me actress, who has one daughter with her musician husband Martyn LeNoble, was said to have been hospitalised since late March, according to a report in TMZ.
A source claiming to be close to Applegate subsequently told the Daily Mail: ‘With every setback, if we are being realistic, everyone has it in the back of their minds that they might not have a tomorrow with her.’
They said that Applegate was in ‘rough shape’, but that ‘people aren’t thinking this is the end’.
The source continued: ‘Nobody is planning to be at a funeral. Granted, her disease will take her sooner than anyone would like it to be, but everyone has trust in her medical team and her will to live.’
Applegate said she is a ‘strong chick’ in an Instagram post (Picture: John Salangsang/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)
The Dead to Me star has admitted that health issues are a constant factor in her life now (Picture: BauerGriffin/Instarimages/Cover Images)
Applegate had shared a post celebrating her memoir becoming a New York Times audio bestseller, but she had not directly addressed the concerns over her health until doing so on Monday.
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Alongside her memoir, Applegate has also been open about living with the chronic condition on her podcast the MeSsy Podcast, which she co-hosts with The Sopranos star Jamie Lynn Sigler, who also lives with the autoimmune disease.
While promoting her new book, Applegate told The New York Times of MS: ‘It feels like pushing a boulder up a hill. My friend Cindy and I want to write a pamphlet called MS for Dumbasses.
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‘We’re going to pass it out to help people understand: It’s slowly killing us, guys. Period, end of story. Whether it’s 20 years, 30 years, it’s taking away our functions. … I wake up and my hands are cramped. I can’t move my head, I can’t walk to the bathroom. So don’t say to me, “You’re looking so good today.” I don’t want to hear it. Just help me up. That’s all.’
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