Christina Applegate has become an 'honesty missile' since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
Actress Christina Applegate has revealed she's become an "honesty missile'" since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Christina Applegate has become an "honesty missile'" since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
The 54-year-old actress went public with her diagnosis in 2021 and she's now confessed her health battle totally changed her outlook on life and she no longer feels she has time to "be polite".
In an extract from her memoir You With the Sad Eyes - published by the Guardian - she writes: " I’ve become an honesty missile. When your physical situation deteriorates, and your life shrinks to the size of a king-sized bed, suddenly all the things you thought were important shift, too.
"The truth clarifies, like a camera lens slowly focusing."
She later added: "For so much of my life, I’ve felt like the good underlies the bad, but something strange has happened to me, something I’m not used to.
"I won’t lie any more, be the good girl, and say that any of this is a blessing ...
"All this has left me unable to be polite any more – it’s boring and it takes too much energy. Being kind and loving and nurturing is beautiful, but to be polite is almost to lie. To be respectful is important, but there’s something about that sweet politeness demanded of women that stinks of faking our true feelings."
