"A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS. It's
been a strange journey. 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," she said in a
tweet on Tuesday https://bit.ly/3CC8vJe.
"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," her tweet added.
Applegate won a Primetime Emmy for outstanding guest actress in
a comedy series for "Friends" in 2003. She was nominated in the
same category for the same show in 2004. She was also nominated
for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for "Samantha
Who?" in 2008 and 2009.
In 2019 and 2020, Applegate was nominated in the lead actress
category again for "Dead to Me", which was also nominated for
outstanding comedy series.
Applegate, who first gained fame as a child actress in the hit
sitcom "Married With Children", was diagnosed with breast cancer
in 2008 and had a double mastectomy.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Mike
Collett-White)
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