Christina Applegate Hints astatine Her Retirement From Acting
Christina Applegate made a afloat connection with conscionable 4 letters.
The Dead to Me star—who was diagnosed with aggregate sclerosis successful the outpouring of 2021—attended the 2023 SAG Awards connected Feb. 26 with her girl Sadie Grace, 12. In summation to wearing a full-length tuxedo gown for the occasion, the histrion made a connection with her cane, which donned stickers letters that read, "FU MS."
For this year's SAG Award ceremony, the Married...with Children alum earned a information for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor successful a Comedy Series for her relation successful Dead to Me. Her chap nominees included Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) and Jean Smart who won for her role in Hacks.
Christina's astir caller information proved to beryllium peculiarly special, arsenic the histrion precocious shared that playing Jen Harding on Netflix's Dead to Me may have been her last on-screen acting role.
"Right now, I couldn't ideate getting up astatine 5 a.m. and spending 12 to 14 hours connected a set," the 51-year-old precocious told the Los Angeles Times. "I don't person that successful maine astatine this moment."
Noting the SAG Awards, she continued, "It's my past awards amusement arsenic an histrion probably, truthful it's benignant of a large deal."
However, don't number retired the Hollywood fable each together, arsenic she is determined to person her dependable beryllium heard—in different way. As Christina shared, she sees herself "doing a s--t ton of voice-overs to marque immoderate currency to marque definite that my daughter's fed and we're homed."
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The histrion besides opened up astir watching herself successful the 3rd and last play of the dramedy—which she starred successful alongside Linda Cardellini—noting that it was a situation astatine first.
"I don't similar seeing myself struggling," Christina admitted to the outlet. "I gained 40 pounds due to the fact that of inactivity and medications, and I didn't look similar myself, and I didn't consciousness similar myself."
"At immoderate constituent I was capable to region myself from my ain ego and recognize what a beauteous portion of tv it was," the Anchorman actress noted. "All the scenes I wasn't successful were truthful overmuch amusive to spot and acquisition for the precise archetypal time."
Christina's triumph comes besides 3 months aft she earned different accolade: receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She people utilized the pinch-me infinitesimal to springiness Sadie a shoutout.
"The astir important idiosyncratic successful this satellite is my daughter," the Bad Moms star said during the ceremony. "You are truthful overmuch much than adjacent you know. You are truthful beauteous and benignant and loving and astute and interesting."
Christina continued, "I'm blessed each time that I get to aftermath up and instrumentality you to school. You are my everything. Thank you for lasting by maine done each of this."
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