Christina Applegate admits to relying on 'sick sense of humor' to deal with multiple sclerosis while promoting new podcast on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Christina Applegate admitted that she relies on humor to deal with multiple sclerosis while promoting her new podcast on Monday on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

The 52-year-old actress was diagnosed with MS in 2021 and joked with Jimmy, 56, about her condition after walking onto the stage with a cane.

'I was thinking wouldn't it be funny if I came out and I did a somersault like Willy Wonka? And then I was like ta-da, you'd be ''What a b****. She is such a liar.'' I'm not. I literally am disabled,' Christina said.

'I learned from our text exchanges you have a very sick sense of humor,' Jimmy said.

'It's how I live. It's how I keep myself okay,' Christina said.

Christina Applegate admitted that she relies on humor to deal with multiple sclerosis while promoting her new podcast on Monday on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

'I like it. I think that's good. I think that's the way to go for sure,' Jimmy said.

The Married With Children star indicated that otherwise she would be crying all the time.

'You probably do a little bit of that, I'm sure,' Jimmy said.

'Every day, when I wake up. It's fine,' Christina said.

Jimmy asked how she was doing in her battle with MS.

'I mean, it sucks. I'm not going to lie. And I think anyone who has MS isn't going to be like, ''This is the best thing that ever happened to me.'',' Christina said.

'It really isn't. Because that would mean you have a really crappy life if that's the best thing, the best thing that ever happened to you is something like this,' Christina said.

'It was a joke. You guys don't get me!,' Christina teased the studio audience in Hollywood.

'I was thinking wouldn't it be funny if I came out and I did a somersault like Willy Wonka? And then I was like ta-da, you'd be ''What a b****. She is such a liar.'' I'm not. I literally am disabled,' Christina said

The 52-year-old actress was diagnosed with MS in 2021 and joked with Jimmy, 56, about her condition after walking onto the stage with a cane

The Married With Children star used  her cane while walking on the stage as the studio audience erupted in applause

'I mean, it sucks. I'm not going to lie. And I think anyone who has MS isn't going to be like, ''This is the best thing that ever happened to me.'',' Christina said

Martin Short appeared in a video to settle the argument over who is his favorite between Jimmy and Christina

Christina was on the ABC talk show to promote her podcast MeSsy with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, 42, who revealed in 2016 that she was diagnosed with MS when she was 20 years old.

She revealed that mutual friend Lance Bass encouraged them to talk and they later decided they should record their conversations.

'Because we felt that what we were talking about, and we were being really raw and honest about how we were feeling, that it might help. And I think it will help people. I really do. I think that people listen. And you don't have to have MS to listen to what we're talking about,' Christina said.

Christina and Jimmy also playfully argued about who was the favorite of their mutual friend Martin Short, 73, who settled it by declaring that Christina was his favorite.

The MeSsy podcast featuring Christina and Jamie-Lynn premieres on Tuesday.