Keeping herself groomed isn’t exactly a day at the spa for Christina Applegate amid her battle with multiple sclerosis (MS).
The Emmy Award winner, 52, got candid about her struggles with bikini trimming as she referred to pal Jamie-Lynn Sigler as the ‘Simon to my Garfunkel’ on the latest episode of their MeSsy podcast.
‘Which is what my bush looks like at this point,’ Applegate joked of Art Garfunkel’s signature curly ‘do. ‘Shave when your stomach is as big as mine. Because you have to lift it up and then get in … you know what I mean?
‘You’re one-handing and you’re trying to stand and you’re falling over in the shower. I know people with MS can relate to this.’
She continued, ‘You can’t get in there, get your leg up and then move your big belly up to see it.’
Christina Applegate got candid about her struggles with bikini trimming as she referred to pal Jamie-Lynn Sigler as the ‘Simon to my Garfunkel’ on the latest episode of their MeSsy podcast
‘Which is what my bush looks like at this point,’ Applegate joked of Art Garfunkel ‘s signature curly ‘do. ‘Shave when your stomach is as big as mine. Because you have to lift it up and then get in … you know what I mean?’
Sigler identified with the struggle, adding, ‘You have to sit on the floor. You gotta literally sit on the floor of your shower and contort yourself in strange ways.’
After revealing she was diagnosed with MS in 2021, Applegate met Sigler, 43, through mutual friend Lance Bass and connected over their shared diagnosis, launching their podcast together in March.
Applegate told People the Sopranos star is ‘the only person who really knows’ her as they ‘talk about the hard stuff’ on their podcast.
‘If I didn’t have her, I wouldn’t be able to do this life thing,’ said Applegate.
Sigler added, ‘We’re in two very different places with MS, but we help each other.’
The Big Sky actress received her MS diagnosis in 2002 when she was 20 years old.
‘Christina opened me up. I didn’t realize how desperately I needed to stop trying to be perfect,’ she said.
Applegate previously opened up to Sigler about feeling ‘real depression’ and like she’s ‘trapped in the darkness,’ adding: ‘I don’t enjoy living.’
The Dead to Me star later clarified, ‘No, I’m not sitting here on suicide watch, OK? I am not. Nor have I ever been.
‘You’re one-handing and you’re trying to stand and you’re falling over in the shower. I know people with MS can relate to this,’ she added
Sigler identified with the struggle, adding, ‘You have to sit on the floor. You gotta literally sit on the floor of your shower and contort yourself in strange ways’
After revealing she was diagnosed with MS in 2021, Applegate met Sigler, 43, through mutual friend Lance Bass and connected over their shared diagnosis, launching their podcast together in March
‘But f*** do dark thoughts come through my head sometimes when you’re dealing with something that has taken a huge part of you away.’
Applegate continued: ‘I dare anyone to be diagnosed with MS or any kind of chronic illness that has taken who you were prior to that moment and go, “This is great.” You know?
‘No, you have moments of feeling, ‘This is tiring and I don’t want to do this.” But you do it, and by having friends like [Sigler] and my beautiful friends that I have saying this s**t loud it releases the pressure in the balloon, man.’
