Christina Applegate gets standing ovation amid MS battle at Emmys, jokes: ‘Body not by Ozempic’
Christina Applegate is back!
The “Married With Children” alum, 52, made a surprise appearance at the 2024 Emmy Awards on Monday evening amid her multiple sclerosis battle.
The actress got emotional as she received a standing ovation from the crowd after joining host Anthony Anderson on stage.
Applegate paired her cane with a gorgeous red gown to present the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series to Ayo Edebiri for “The Bear.”
As she walked up to the stage, Applegate joked that her body was “not by Ozempic.”
After Edebiri accepted her award and left the stage, the “Sweetest Thing” star introduced comedy legend Carol Burnett.
The icon, 90, presented the accolade for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series to “Abbott Elementary” star Quinta Brunson.
Applegate revealed her diagnosis of MS in 2021 while filming her Netflix series “Dead To Me.”
In a 2022 interview with Variety, Applegate opened up on being diagnosed with the disease while in the middle of filming.
“I didn’t know what was happening to me,” she said. “That January, my toes got numb, and I ignored it. The balls of my foot got numb, and I ignored it. All of a sudden, I’d be, like, falling over. People were like, ‘Oh, it’s just neuropathy.’”
She continued: “At this point, they had to take me with a wheelchair to set because I couldn’t walk if the set was far. I was sleeping all the time, and I gained 40 pounds — a lot of things happened.”
In February 2023, Applegate said that her then-recent Screen Actors Guild Awards appearance would most likely mark the final awards ceremony she attended.
She told the Los Angeles Times at the time: “It’s my last awards show as an actor probably, so it’s kind of a big deal.”
