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Christina Applegate Gets Brutally Honest About Trauma, Abuse and Struggles with MS
Christina Applegate launched Next in MS and a memoir to encourage honest conversations among people living with multiple sclerosis, highlighting the challenges faced by the MS community.
- On March 3, 2026, Christina Applegate launched the online platform Next in MS and released her memoir With the Sad Eyes: A Memoir.
- After going public with MS in 2021, Christina Applegate says worsening physical limits shifted her priorities and left her unable to be polite any more.
- In memoir excerpts published recently, Christina Applegate wrote 'I've become an honesty missile' and said 'the truth clarifies, like a camera lens slowly focusing,' describing pain, fatigue and frustration.
- A message posted on the Next in MS site explains the platform invites people living with multiple sclerosis to share experiences and aims to talk openly, ask tough questions.
- Her stance challenges traditional politeness norms, with she says 'I won't lie any more, be the good girl...' and critiques the 'sweet politeness demanded of women' in her memoir extract statements.
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Helena Independent Record
Christina Applegate gets brutally honest about trauma, abuse and struggles with MS
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Christina Applegate says she has become a guided 'honesty missile'
Actress Christina Applegate opens up about her battle with multiple sclerosis, revealing how it transformed her perspective on life and prompted her to become an 'honesty missile.' Discover her new online platform for MS support.
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