Christina Applegate is sharing more details about her health journey. The Dead to Me star is opening up about the unexpected way she has been able to cope with her multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with in 2021. “I find reality television very useful,” Christina told James Corden during the Aug.
8 episode of his SiriusXM show This Life of Mine . “That’s kind of it for me.” And her love for the reality TV universe and beyond isn’t a secret she’s trying to hide.
“Anyone who knows me well knows that it's on 24/7 in my room,” the 52-year-old continued. “I don't leave my room very often. I know that sounds really depressing but it's kind of like, I just need to sleep sometimes.
Yeah, reality TV.” And when it comes to her favorite reality show, Christina doesn’t have a preference. “Everything.
Give me any of it,” she said. “Give me a Vanderpump [Rules] , give me a Below Deck , give me a [Real] Housewife , even give me Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay —I'll watch like nine seasons of that in like two days.” The Anchorman alum went on to explain what it is about reality TV that helps her to cope with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disorder that attacks the central nervous system and diminishes the ability for impulses to travel between one’s nerves and their brain, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine .
“I love watching the imperfections of real people, really," she shared. "Like wow, those people exist, I love that. That’s why.