CHRISTINA APPLEGATE

Opens up about ‘tough road’ after MS diagnosis

Actress Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with the degenerative disease multiple sclerosis (MS).

The star revealed the news to fans in a tweet, writing: “A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS. It’s been a strange journey. It’s been a tough road.”

Actress Selma Blair, who was diagnosed with MS herself three years ago, tweeted back: “Loving you always. Always here. As are our kids. Beating us up with love.”

Christina, 49, who found fame as a teenager in the US sitcom Married… With Children and won an Emmy for her role in Friends, underwent a double mastectomy for breast cancer in 2008, from which she has made a full recovery. She has ten-year-old daughter Sadie with husband Martyn LeNoble.