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While it was announced last week that Christina Applegate was expected to present at the 75th Annual Primetime Emmys, her early appearance during the awards show surprised everyone. She came out looking stunning in a burgundy velvet gown with a cane in one hand and the assistance of host Anthony Anderson on the other hand. As she stepped onto the stage to present Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, the audience at Peacock Theater jumped to their feet with thunderous applause.
Her 2021 multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis rocked the 52-year-old actress to her core because her career was thriving with the Netflix series, Dead to Me. After completing the show, Applegate chose to stay under the Hollywood radar until now. The appreciative response from the audience brought tears to her eyes as she quipped, “Thank you so much. Oh my god, you’re totally shaming me with disability by standing up. It’s fine…Body not by Ozempic. Okay, let’s go.”
But she wasn’t done with the humor because everyone in that theater was with her in that moment as she continued to speak. “We don’t have to applaud every time I do something,” she wittily chimed in. Many of Applegate’s peers are aware of what a struggle it was for her to complete the final season of the Netflix series…
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