Christina Applegate Says It Was Difficult Watching Herself in Season Three of 'Dead to Me'

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Dead to Me, which was filmed in the midst of her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis in 2021. In a new interview with , published February 7, the opened up about her experience getting through it all.While filming in 2021, Applegate began experiencing leg pain and tremors, which eventually led to her MS diagnosis. “I was a wreck every day, but most of that wreck would take place in my trailer by myself," she told the LA Times. "But there were times I’d break down on set and be like, ‘I can’t, we have to take a break, I need a half-hour,’ and everyone was so loving that it was okay.” The season, which began filming in May 2021, to accommodate Applegate's health issues in August, and wrapped production in early 2022, per .

Christina Applegate in season 3 of Dead to Me. said that it took her months to watch the final season Dead to Me, which dropped on Netflix on November 17, 2022. "I don't like seeing myself struggling," she said. “Also, I gained 40 pounds because of inactivity and medications, and I didn't look like myself, and I didn't feel like myself.

At some point I was able to distance myself from my own ego, and realize what a beautiful piece of television it was," Applegate continued. "All the scenes I wasn't in were so much fun to see and experience for the very first time."Christina Applegate made her public in August 2021. “Hi friends,” she wrote. “A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS.

It's been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition,” she wrote. “It's been a tough road.