“Oh, by the way, I have a disease, didn’t you notice? I don’t even wear shoes… You’re supposed to laugh about that!”
Christina Applegate She just got a well-deserved milestone – her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
The “Dead to Me” star made a major return to the spotlight at the event, following her MS diagnosis, which she revealed publicly in August 2021. Before the ceremony, she told The New York Times it would be “the first time anyone has ever gone to see me.” As I am,” as she opened up about how her life has changed since her diagnosis.
“I gained 40 pounds; I can’t walk without a cane,” she said before the event. “I want people to know I know all of that.”
The first person to speak at the Applegate ceremony was the “Married… with Children” reps of KAtty Sagal and David Faustino.
“I just want to say that I’m really honored to be a part of history in the making of today,” said Faustino, who recalled his first meeting with Applegate during auditions for the show. “The next 10 years was a wild ride. Christina and I really are like brother and sister, to this day.”
He continued, “Thank you for inspiring me to be fearless and really go for it, I love you,” and thanked Applegate for being there for him when he recently lost his mom, too. “I am so proud of your body of work,” he said, before praising her “powerful” performance in “Dead to Me” and thanking her for introducing him to his “spiritual community” and transforming his life.
As Sagal took the microphone, she celebrated Christina for being “so famous,” before praising Applegate’s humility, sense of humor, grace, and fortitude. [and] Courage” and telling her that she has been “at the top of my list of life teachers since you were 16”.
She continued, “You know, honey, some of us come into this life and it takes broad shoulders because what comes to us needs support to bear it. Broad enough to hold what comes up.” “I’ve seen you, the heights of love and tremendous success combined with extreme challenges, but you come with these shoulders, bearing the weight, bending and not breaking.”
Before concluding, she added, “And your humility and irreverence allow us all to bow low with you, and I still love you, and laugh with you, and learn from you… I love the fact that to this day, you still call me Mom. I love you so much baby, you’re not alone, we love you.” “.
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Dead to Me writer Liz Feldman went on to call Applegate the “lioness” on set and “the den mother of all”, always looking out for everyone in the cast. She called Applegate one of the funniest people she knows, a comic genius and “one of the greatest actors of our generation”.
Linda Cardellini, the “Dead to Me” Applegate actress, got emotional when she took to the stage, saying she was immediately signed to the show when she learned Christina was engaged. “She’s one of the greats,” she continued, saying she made a “lifelong friend” in Applegate, who “has an amazing ability to make you feel at home” and “treats everyone with respect.”
She continued, “She’s also a hero to anyone you love. In some of my weakest moments, she hugged me, looked me in the eye and said, ‘I got you, we got this.'” And you believe her, because she’s exactly the person you want in your corner. A friend and someone who is loyal, honest and generous.”
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Next, Applegate climbed onto the platform, walked with a cane and supported by Sagal, who helped lift her. “It’s Katie stealing thunder and being behind me,” Christina joked as she began to speak.
“I can’t stand for long, so I’m going to thank the people I really need to thank. First and foremost, for my family who spoke here today, you’re everything to me. I love that I started with you,” she said of her co-workers and entrepreneurs who spoke. My people, you are my love.”
Then she thanked her agent and the rest of her team before heading off to her family.
“Finally, the most important person in this world is my daughter,” she said, turning to her daughter. “You are so much more than that, you are so much more than you know.” “You are so beautiful and kind and loving and intelligent and fun and I am happy every day to get up and take you to your school. You are my everything. Thank you for standing by me through all this – oh by the way I have a disease didn’t you notice I don’t even have shoes on you are supposed to laugh at that!
Also in attendance were Applegate’s mother, husband Martine LeNobel, 11-year-old daughter Sadie — who was pictured wearing a face mask — Amanda Pierce and husband “sweetest thing” Selma Blair, who also has MS.
See more photos from the event here and in the gallery below:
