Actress Christina Applegate opens up about being mostly bedridden due to multiple sclerosis

Christina Applegate opens up about her daily struggle with multiple sclerosis, detailing the impact on her mobility and family life. Read more at straitstimes.com.

American actress Christina Applegate has revealed that she spends most of her day bedridden due to pain from multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic, often disabling autoimmune disease of the central nervous system.

Speaking to American entertainment publication People, the 54-year-old says the saddest part of her mobility loss is her inability to be a more active parent to her 15-year-old daughter Sadie.

However, Applegate is grateful that she is still able to drive Sadie to school and other activities, after which she returns to her bedroom.

“I want to take her; it’s my favourite thing to do. It’s the only time we have together. I tell myself, ‘Just get her there safely and get home so you can get back into bed.’ And that’s what I do,” she says.

The Emmy-winning actress and producer gave the interview ahead of the release of her memoir, You With The Sad Eyes, to be released on March 3. It will include details about her mother and American actress Nancy Priddy’s struggle with heroin addiction, and mentions Applegate being molested by a female babysitter when she was five.

Since 2013, she has been married to Dutch musician Martyn LeNoble, 56, Sadie’s father.