Christina Applegate says her onscreen dad Ed O'Neill 'raised her' while filming Married...
with Children: 'If you don't like anything about me, it's his fault' Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Sonia Horon For Dailymail.Com Published: 00:19, 28 August 2024 | Updated: 00:38, 28 August 2024 e-mail 26 shares View comments Christina Applegate revealed that her onscreen dad Ed O'Neill not only played her father on TV but also took on a paternal role in her personal life.
The actress, 52, was joined by O'Neill, 78, on her MeSsy podcast on Monday, where they talked about co-starring on the sitcom Married...
with Children. The Dead to Me star — who recently shared a devastating health update amid her battle with multiple sclerosis — gushed about the actor, saying he 'raised' her, as she introduced him to her audience. 'I don't even know how to explain this person.
He raised me, so if you don't like anything about me, it's his fault,' she said. She jokingly added, 'If you do like anything about me, also his fault.' Christina Applegate, 52, revealed that her onscreen dad Ed O'Neill, 78, not only played her father on TV but also took on a paternal role in her personal life; they are seen in 2012 She was joined by O'Neill on her MeSsy podcast, where they talked about co-starring on Married.
.. with Children; seen in a still from show along with Katey Sagal and David Faustino Read More Christina Applegate shares devastating health update amid MS battle The actress then offered more praise for O'Neill, saying, 'Years years of my life spent with this man and he's an incredible actor, he's an incredible human being.
' Applegate and O'Neill starred as Kelly and Ted Bundy, respectively, on Fox's Married...
with Children from 1987 to 1997. The series also featured Katey Sagal as Peggy Bundy, Ted's wife, and David Faustino as their son, Bud. Applegate was cast on the show at the age of 15, and formed a bond with O'Neill, despite having her 'armor up' during filming.
'I mean, he went through everything with me. My mom's cancer and other things,' she said. Meanwhile O'Neill told Applegate's co-host, Jamie Lynn Sigler, of the star: 'She was just, a pro.
Yeah. It was great to work with her. It's hilarious.
So that was, it was always fun to work with Christina.' Applegate and O'Neill also revealed that their friendship has deepened over the years and that she even enjoys talking to him on the phone, even though she usually avoids calls. 'I love our relationship now, Eddie.
Like, our relationship now of me being 52 years old and the fact that you and I can talk on the phone for hours and giggle and talk about everything. Like, we talk a lot. I talk to you more than I talk to anyone else on the telephone.
' 'I don't even know how to explain this person. He raised me, so if you don't like anything about me, it's his fault,' she said Applegate and O'Neill starred as Kelly and Ted Bundy on Married..
. with Children from 1987 to 1997. The series also featured Katey as Peggy Bundy, Ted's wife, and David as their son, Bud Applegate was cast on the show at the age of 15, and formed a bond with O'Neill.
'I mean, he went through everything with me. My mom's cancer and other things,' she said; Applegate, Sagal, O'Neill and Faustino seen in 2016 The star also revealed that their friendship has deepened over the years: 'The fact that you and I can talk on the phone for hours and giggle and talk about everything..
. I talk to you more than I talk to anyone else on the telephone'; seen in 2012 The actor stated he's 'very proud' of Applegate, adding that she has something in common with his other TV daughter, Julie Bowen from Modern Family. 'You're completely different people.
The thing that you both have that I really like is, good hearts. You know, you're good-hearted.' Applegate also stated that she nearly turned down the role because she found the pilot script 'gross.
' 'This is toilet humor and I don't do toilet humor,' she remembered thinking at the time. But once she saw the pilot with her mother, she said they both thought it was 'f*****g hysterical.' It comes after Christina recently revealed the devastating physical impact multiple sclerosis has had on her body since her heartbreaking 2021 diagnosis.
During her MeSsy podcast, Applegate admitted to feeling like 'Humpty Dumpty' as she described the muscle atrophy in her legs and weight gain. 'I have no muscles in my legs, which I showed you,' she said to her co-host. 'I look like Humpty Dumpty.
My little tiny, weird legs and then my big menopausal belly.' Christina recently revealed the devastating physical impact multiple sclerosis has had on her body, since her 2021 diagnosis, saying she feels like 'Humpty Dumpty'; pictured in 2023 Applegate has become more of a homebody due to her physical limitations and the side-effects of her illness. 'I like being home now because, well, I like being in my bed, but also I don't want to be in my bed.
But once I do go out, I'm happy I've done it,' she told listeners. Since she can't be as active as she used to be, Applegate has given a 'disclaimer' to friends who wish to hang out with her. 'I always say, sure, if you want to go to lunch, just know — and you have to know this and you can't be mad at me — that if right before you come to pick me up, if I say can't do it, you can't be mad.
It's my little disclaimer,' she explained. Applegate publicly announced her MS diagnosis in August 2021 — months after learning the news from her doctor. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves.
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