Christina Applegate Details How Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis Has Broken Her Daughter Sadie

Christina Applegate has always been upfront about what her life with multiple sclerosis is really like, but her most recent admission really hits home. The Dead to Me star opened up recently about just how much her 14-year-old daughter, Sadie LeNoble, has been affected by her MS diagnosis.

Speaking candidly to pal Jamie-Lynn Sigler on the August 26 episode of the MeSsy podcast, Applegate opened up about how her daughter has come to terms with watching her once-lively mom deal with a chronic disease. "In my situation, Sadie only knew me as healthy and a runner and a Pelotoner and a dancer, and she only knew that," Christina shared. "So then when this came about in 2021, she was, like, stoic about it."

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The actress, 53, described moments when she feels incapable to move around her home, saying, "I see her look at me when I'm in bed, and can't quite move or, I want to go say goodnight to her in her room but I can't quite get down the hallway for whatever reason my legs aren't working that day." Speaking about the emotional toll this has had on her daughter, the actress, 40, didn't mince her words. "She didn't know this," Applegate said. "It was like losing the mom she had to this f--king thing. And the more she's gotten older now, I think the more it's hurting her."

Christina is open about her own struggles with her cold and also the ripple effects of chronic illness on a family. Sadie, who was raised to regard her mother as a vibrant and healthy role model, has had a tough time adjusting. The girl's patience is a testament to her resilience, though her mother's comments disclose the quiet pain lurking just beneath the surface.

By sharing her story, Applegate underscores the need to understand the emotional struggles faced by relatives of those living with a chronic disease. By sharing her experience, she's offering a voice to countless children walking in her shoes, shedding light on the power and frailty that accompany loving someone with MS. It's a poignant reminder of the wide-ranging pain of chronic illness and the love and resilience that families can muster in the face of it.