An emotional Christina Applegate received a standing ovation as she made a surprise appearance at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday (January 15).
The 52-year-old seemed to be overcome with emotion as she appeared on stage to present the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award, which was subsequently won by Ayo Edibiri for her role in The Bear. Christina, who shot to fame in the 1980s starring as Kelly Bundy in Married With Children, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2021.
The actress used a walking stick as she was guided by host Anthony Anderson, as she made light of her situation: “Thank you so much. Oh my god, you’re totally shaming me with disability by standing up. It’s fine.”
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She continued: “Body not by Ozempic. Okay, let’s go. Some of you may know me as Kelly Bundy from Married, With Children or Samantha from Samantha Who? or Jen Harding from Dead To Me.
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“Very few of you probably know me from that debut – I’m going to cry, more than I’ve been crying. Baby Burt Grizzell on Days of Our Lives. It was my breakout role.
“And for all these years, it’s look at that. Been an honour to play funny, flawed, complex characters like the women nominated for supporting actress in a comedy series.”
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Christina won an Emmy Award herself in 2003 in the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series category for her cameo role in Friends. She was nominated again the following year, meanwhile, and went on to receive a further five Emmy nominations in an illustrious career.
Other highlights include two Golden Globe nominations, and wins at the People’s Choice Awards (1999 and 2009), TV Guide Awards (1999) and TV Land Awards (2009).
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MS is an incurable condition which is caused when the body’s immune system begins attacking the central nervous system, affecting cognitive function. After being diagnosed, Christina explained that she was being cared for and supported by others with the same condition.
“It’s been a strange journey,” she said at the time. “But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a**hole blocks it. As one of my friends that has MS said, ‘we wake up and take the indicated action’. And that’s what I do. So now I ask for privacy. As I go through this thing. Thank you.”
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