{"id":78625,"date":"2026-04-17T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/christina-applegates-rep-responds-to-hospitalization-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:25:14","slug":"christina-applegates-rep-responds-to-hospitalization-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/christina-applegates-rep-responds-to-hospitalization-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Applegate&#8217;s Rep Responds to Hospitalization Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Christina Applegate\u2019s<\/strong> representative has responded to reports the actress has been hospitalized amid her battle with MS.<\/p>\n<p><em>TMZ<\/em> reported on Thursday, April 16, that the <em>Married\u2026 With Children<\/em> alum, 54, is currently staying in a Los Angeles hospital after being admitted in late March. It is unclear whether her hospitalization is due to her MS.<\/p>\n<p>Applegate\u2019s rep told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> in a statement, \u201cI have no comment whether she is in the hospital or what her medical treatments are. She\u2019s had a long history of complicated medical conditions that she has been refreshingly open about, as evidenced in her memoir and on her podcast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Applegate has been candid about her battle with multiple sclerosis (MS) since she publicly revealed her diagnosis in August 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1456672062-Christina-Applegate.jpg?crop=0px%2C72px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Christina Applegate\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1456672062-Christina-Applegate.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Christina Applegate Lays in Bed &#8216;Screaming\u2019 Daily Over \u2018Sharp\u2019 MS \u2018Pains\u2019<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tChristina Applegate has opened up about her daily battles with Multiple Sclerosis. Speaking on the Tuesday, November 5, episode of her \u201cMeSsy\u201d podcast, cohosted with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also suffers from the autoimmune disease, Applegate, 52, said she feels sharp pains \u201cevery single day.\u201d \u201cI lay in bed screaming,\u201d Applegate said while detailing how the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a strange journey,\u201d she wrote via X at the time. \u201cBut I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It\u2019s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a**hole blocks it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Variety<\/em> in November 2022, Applegate recalled experiencing symptoms while filming Netflix\u2019s Dead to Me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know what was happening to me. 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\u2019d be, like, falling over,\u201d she explained. \u201cPeople were like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s just neuropathy.\u2019 At this point, they had to take me with a wheelchair to set because I couldn\u2019t walk if the set was far. I was sleeping all the time, and I gained 40 pounds \u2014 a lot of things happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4312372\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:136.71428571429%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4312372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1469963672-Christina-Applegates-Rep-Responds-to-Hospitalization-Reports.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Christina Applegate.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">(Photo by Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In January 2026, she detailed a recent flare-up and expressed her fears that MS may be \u201ctaking\u201d her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Applegate got emotional during an episode of her \u201cMeSsy\u201d podcast, which she cohosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1456672062-christina-applegate.jpg?crop=233px%2C109px%2C1004px%2C567px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"GettyImages-1456672062-christina-applegate\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1456672062-christina-applegate.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Christina Applegate Thinks She Got COVID at &#8216;Married With Children&#8217; Reunion<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tChristina Applegate is reflecting on her recent rare outing to the Married With Children reunion. \u201cIt was at the Wiltern theater in Los Angeles. A couple thousand folk there,\u201d Applegate, 54, said during the Tuesday, February 10, episode of her and Jamie Lynn Sigler\u2019s \u201cMeSsy\u201d podcast, recalling the January 28 event titled \u201cAn Evening With [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the emotional moment, Applegate read a letter from a fan named Steven, who suffers from myasthenia gravis (MG). The autoimmune disease causes weakness in certain voluntary muscles. Steven wrote that MG has \u201ctaken [his] soul piece by piece, day by day, hour by hour,\u201d which reminded Applegate of a recent MS flare-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m reading it and I\u2019m trying not to start being a crybaby again with every single thing that I\u2019m reading, because I\u2019m getting very emotional because I\u2019m really touched by the fact that we\u2019re all sitting in that space,\u201d she said. \u201cLike yesterday, I was walking, kind of OK. \u2026 Today, I was falling over, stumbling. I just feel like, is it taking me? Is it taking me day by day, piece by piece? I can\u2019t even read s*** like this without getting super highly triggered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christina Applegate\u2019s representative has responded to reports the actress has been hospitalized amid her battle with MS. TMZ reported on Thursday, April 16, that the Married\u2026 With Children alum, 54, is currently staying in a Los Angeles hospital after being admitted in late March. It is unclear whether her hospitalization is due to her MS. 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