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Christina Applegate in 2023. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Christina Applegate said she would still be a “warrior” for people with multiple sclerosis after revealing that she’d been misdiagnosed with the autoimmune disorder.
“Even though I don’t have this disease, I have fallen in love with everyone that we know, our listeners, our friends that have MS,” Applegate said on the new episode of MeSsy, the MS-focused podcast she started in 2024 with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who does have MS.
“I’m still your warrior,” Applegate continued, “and I’m still going to speak out on your behalf forever and ever. I still feel like pat of this community. No matter what, I love you.”
Applegate revealed her misdiagnosis on MeSsy last week, though she learned about her misdiagnosis earlier this year. She had taken a leave of absence from the show so she could process the news, which she called a “mindfuck.” That episode also featured an interview with a doctor, who noted that MS misdiagnoses are “fairly common,” since there’s no single binary MS test to determine whether a patient definitely has the disorder.
