Christina Applegate, 52, shares devastating health update amid her MS battle - admitting she 'blacked out' during Emmy Awards appearance: 'I'm living in hell'

Christina Applegate has admitted she lives 'in hell' after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and revealed it took a lot for her to attend the 2024 Emmy Awards in January because going out is 'a little difficult'.

During an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, the 52-year-old actress said she got 'so freaked out' at the star-studded ceremony when she took to the stage to present the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

'I actually kind of blacked out,' she told 63-year-old Robin. 'People said, "oh you were so funny", and I'm like, "I don't even know what I said". I don't know what I was doing, I got so freaked out that I didn't even know what was happening anymore.'

When asked if she felt the love after making her appearance at the 75th Emmy Awards, she replied: 'I mean, yes, yes. I live kind of in hell... I'm not out a lot so this is like a little difficult just for my system, but yeah of course the support is wonderful and I'm really grateful.'

Christina Applegate has admitted she lives 'in hell' after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021

The 52-year-old actress admitted that she got 'so freaked out' when she made an appearance on stage at the Emmy Awards in January 2024

Christina had the support of a male host while she presented an award and also used a cane

The Married... with Children actress looked stunning when she took to the stage at at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles earlier this year wearing a floor-length burgundy velvet Christian Siriano dress and using a cane to help her walk.

Christina received a standing ovation on the night and decided to make light of the beautiful moment as she told the famous crowd: 'You're totally shaming with disability by standing up, it's fine!'

Touching on that moment again with Robin, she said: 'I felt really beloved and it was a beautiful thing,' before making another joke adding: 'I'm just going to say this, that audience stood up for everybody!'

Christina sat alongside fellow actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler for her Good Morning America interview.

The 42-year-old Sopranos actress was diagnosed with MS when she was 20-years-old, whereas Christina was 40 when she started experiencing symptoms of the disease which impacts the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.

Last year, Christina said she may never act in front of a camera again due to her battle with multiple sclerosis.

The actress said she had been thinking about what her future might look like and told Vanity Fair: 'I can't even imagine going to set right now.

'This is a progressive disease. I don't know if I'm going to get worse. With the disease of MS, it's never a good day. You just have little sh**ty days,' she explained.

The Bad Moms star sat alongside Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also has MS, as she spoke to Good Morning America's Robin Roberts

Christina admitted that she doesn't go out a lot because it's a 'little difficult' for her system

The mother-of-one said she 'kind of blacked out' during her Emmys appearance and can't remember what she said

Christina pictured with her teenage daughter Sadie at the 29th SAG Awards in February 2023

'There are just certain things that people take for granted in their lives that I took for granted. Going down the stairs, carrying things - you can't do that anymore. It f**king sucks,' she continued.

'I can still drive my car short distances. I can bring up food to my kid. Up, never down.'

The Dead To Me actress confirmed she had turned to a friend to help her care for her 13-year-old daughter Sadie, whom she shares with husband Martyn LeNoble, 54, and a caretaker comes on the weekend to do what is needed.

She admitted: 'I actually don't want to be around a lot of people because I'm immunocompromised. I also don't want a lot of stimulation of the nervous system because it can be a little bit too much for me. I like to keep it as quiet and as mellow as possible.'

Christina received her MS diagnosis back in August 2021, just before production on the third and final season of her Netflix series Dead to Me began. 

'None of us knew I was going to be sick and gain 40 pounds from medication and have immobility,' she explained.

'I’m probably not going to work on-camera again, but I'm so glad that I went out with someone who is by far the greatest actress I’ve ever worked with in my entire life, if not the greatest human I’ve ever known,' she said of her co-star Linda Cardellini, 48. 

Christina has also had huge support from her friend Jamie-Lynn as well as fellow actress Selma Blair, who was diagnosed with MS in August 2018.

Christina pictured at the 71st Emmy Awards in 2019 a few years before her MS diagnosis

Christina was accompanied by her Married... with Children co-stars David Faustino and Katey Sagal when she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in November 2022

Speaking about the guidance that Jamie-Lynn gave her about setting boundaries, Christina revealed: 'She was like, "You need to tell them [what you need] now that you’ve let it out of the bag".'

The veteran actress said she wish she had received that same advice when she was recovering from breast cancer after her 2008 diagnosis while shooting TV sitcom Samantha Who?

'I didn't speak up for my boundaries back then. I should have asked for some more time after one of my surgeries. I went back to work two weeks after my reconstruction. And that was really difficult for me to do,' she said.

Christina announced that she was cancer-free after undergoing a double mastectomy in July 2008, even though cancer had been found in only one of her breasts. She revealed that she had the inherited genetic trait, a BRCA1 mutation, which can trigger breast and ovarian cancer.