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Christina Applegate Clarifies 'I Don't Enjoy Living' Comments, Says She's Not Suicidal Amid MS Battle

Christina Applegate is clarifying her 'I don't enjoy living' comments, which she made earlier this month on the 'MeSsy' podcast.

The 52-year-old actress prefaced her explanation by underscoring the soothing antidote that it's OK to not be OK. Applegate said that after sharing she's "in a depression right now" on the June 4 episode and that being "trapped in this darkness" resulted in her not enjoying living and not enjoying things anymore, people from all walks of life reached out to her to comfort her. What many failed to understand, Applegate said, is that when she expressed those sentiments it's something she was feeling at the time, adding that she's not a proponent of holding things in when you're not OK, which is the whole point of her and Sigler's podcast -- a platform where they can express their moments and heal with a community that shares their same struggles. She added, "I dare anyone to be diagnosed with MS or any kind of chronic illness that has taken who you were prior to that moment and go, 'This is great.'

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