• Christina Applegate has MS
  • The actress wants to retire from acting
  • This year's SAG Awards were her last appearance for the time being

And not just because the actress was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance in Dead to Me. Christina Applegate suffers from MS, a disease of the central nervous system. The symptoms make life difficult for her.

Christina Applegate has always been a fighter

Applegate has been very public about her condition, even becoming a champion for research that seeks to battle the disease. But the fact is, those who suffer from MS become quite limited in what they can and cannot do!

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The SAG Awards were therefore the last public appearance for her for the time being. It's my last awards show as an actor probably, so it's kind of a big deal. "Right now, I couldn't imagine getting up at 5 a.m. and spending 12 to 14 hours on a set. I don't have that in me at this moment," she revealed...

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