Christina Applegate calls out troll who claims her changed looks were due to ‘bad plastic surgeons’ and not MS battle: ‘What’s wrong with people’
Christina Applegate upset a troll who claimed she had a “bad plastic surgeon” do the job.
Applegate, who announced her MS diagnosis in 2021, posted a screenshot of a message she received from a troll, who insisted her changed appearance wasn’t due to her battle with multiple sclerosis, but that she went under the knife.
But Applegate, 51, hadn’t – she posted the comment on her Twitter account after “laughing” at the affair.
‘What’s wrong with people’: Christina Applegate upset a troll who claimed she had a ‘bad plastic surgeon’ do the job; Applegate was pictured at the Critics Choice Awards earlier this week
Applegate revealed she met the netizen after making the “unfortunate decision to look at some comments” on an article about her attending the Critics’ Choice Awards with her kids.
It appears that Applegate personally messaged the troll before replying with the cruel remark.
“Of course I told her it wasn’t pretty. This was her answer. What’s wrong with the people. By the way, I laughed,” Applegate wrote.
The troll replied: “Ms didn’t make you look like a plastic surgeon. And you’re a scammer and not Christi a Applegate(sic),” the person posted, before adding, “And a bad plastic surgeon at that.”
“That was her response”: Applegate, who announced her MS diagnosis in 2021, posted a screenshot of a message she received from a troll who insisted her changed appearance was not due to her battle with multiple sclerosis but that she went under the knife
Christina announced her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in August 2021 and has been candid about how life-changing the disease has been.
In addition to affecting the filming of her Netflix series Dead To Me, MS resulted in a 40-pound weight gain and a decrease in her mobility.
“This is the first time anyone has seen me for who I am. I gained 40 pounds; I can’t walk without a cane. I want people to know that I’m very aware of all of this,” she said in a recent interview with The New York Times.
Health issues: Christina announced her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in August 2021 and has been open about how life-changing the disease has been; pictured 2019
Applegate was diagnosed with MS during production of the show’s final season, which then took a five-month hiatus to begin her treatment.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering around nerves, disrupting the flow of information between the brain and body.
Announcing her diagnosis on Twitter, she wrote: “It’s been a strange journey. But I’ve had enough support from people that I know who also has this disease. It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, there is a long way to go. Unless some idiot blocks it.”
Life-changing: In addition to affecting the filming of her Netflix series Dead To Me, MS resulted in a 40-pound weight gain and a decrease in her mobility