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Christina Applegate Credits Her Sick Sense of Humor With Helping Her Through MS Battle: 'It's How I Live'

The 'Dead to Me' star was diagnosed with MS in 2021.

During Monday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Dead to Me star walked onto the set with a cane, poking fun at her health struggles. In noting their previous text exchanges, host Jimmy Kimmel acknowledged Applegate's "sick sense of humor," to which she admitted, "It's how I live. Following the postponement of the 2023 Emmys to January 2024, Applegate received the warmest of welcomes when she stepped out onto the stage as the first presenter that night, accompanied by host Anthony Anderson, to a standing ovation.

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