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In a new episode of her podcast “Messy”, Christina Applegate spoke openly about her father’s death for the first time – and lost the version. In a tearful voice, the 53-year-old revealed to her co-moderator, the fellow actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“How I Met Your Mother”): “My father died just a week ago.” It was the first time that she really cried. “I think I’ve not allowed myself that so far.”
As a result, appeals described how difficult it was to let her feelings run wild. She didn’t reveal what her father died of. “We knew that he would die. Is that an excuse not to feel? Because somehow you know that someone will go and you have already said goodbye.”
Applegate: “He was always part of my life”
The death of her father Robert Applegate, who was 82, and worked as a producer at Dot Records in the music industry, would leave a noticeable gap with her – despite a complicated family history.
“He and my mother separated when I was five months old, but since then he has always been part of my life,” said the actress, who had been with Brad Pitt in the late 1980s. Even if she did not grew up with her father, he always played a role in her life.
More than 30 hospital stays since the diagnosis
In 2008, Applegate had the tissue of both breasts removed due to breast cancer diagnosis. In 2021 the next bad news followed her: multiple sclerosis. After the disclosure of your autoimmune disease, which attacks the central nervous system and shows itself in different forms (such as sensitivity and visual disturbances as well as muscle scales, etc.), appeals 2021, probably not to be in front of the camera.
In March 2025, she spoke in her podcast about the physical stress of recent years: “In the three years since I was diagnosed, I was more than 30 times in the hospital because I had to hand over and had diarrhea and pain that was unimaginable.” Her condition was also visible in public appearances – around November 2022, when she had to support her daughter Sadie when she was unveiled at the Walk of Fame.
The Emmy award winner became known for her role as a Kelly Bundy in the 90s cultural series “A terribly nice family” (1987–1997). This was followed by the main roles in the sitcom “Jesse” (1998–2000) and in the Netflix series “Dead to Me”, which ran from 2019-2022.