Twenty-five years later, Christina Applegate has not forgotten these “seeds” folks have planted in her head about her look.
Throughout the latest episode of her and co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler‘s podcast, MeSsy, the longtime actress revealed the one cosmetic surgery she’s ever had was a results of feedback a producer made.
“At 27 years old, I was on a show and one of the producers, very famous people who did a very famous show as well, said, ‘Hey, we’re having trouble lighting under your eyes. Your bags under your eyes are so big,'” the now 52-year-old star stated, noting they’re a hereditary trait. “And he goes, ‘I suggest you get them removed.’ And you know what? I did.”
The Emmy winner additionally shared a newer expertise earlier than she was identified with a number of sclerosis when she went in to file sound for a film she was in and realized from the director that the studio had spent greater than $100,000 to edit her face within the footage. “He goes, ‘Yeah, the studio was really upset,'” she recalled him saying. “He goes, ‘Yeah, I mean I told them it’s like she’s not Kelly Bundy anymore and, you know, so she looks older’ and they literally erased my face.” Applegate famously performed Kelly Bundy for 11 seasons on the hit Fox sitcom, Married… with Youngsters, as a young person and younger grownup.
Sigler, who additionally has a number of sclerosis, weighed in, revealing that an editor as soon as instructed her the best way she walked didn’t “look right” and he was having a tough time working round it. “Then they need to f**king film us differently,” Applegate clapped again. “That’s the thing.”
Grappling with these experiences over her look whereas residing with a power illness, Applegate candidly shared her concern about returning to performing, notably after sharing private particulars on their podcast.
“We talk a lot about fear of going back to work and, you know, and I’m having, like, this idea of, like, I might want to,” she stated. “And now I’m like, ‘Oh, s–t, we’re being so honest about this. Are they gonna think that I’m not gonna be able to do it?'” she contemplated. “Well, I filmed an entire season of television with this disease and, you know, was very successful with it.”
For extra on what Applegate has candidly shared about her MS battle, try ET’s tales under.
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