Christina Applegate Discusses Her Resolve To Finish The Final Season Of ‘dead To Me’ 

Christina Applegate is speaking out about her battle with MS

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the significance of completing her critically acclaimed series "Dead to Me."

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The 50-year-old actress gave an interview to The New York Times on Tuesday

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just days before the release of the final season of her Netflix show.

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Applegate discussed the impact of learning she had MS in the summer of 2021 on set.

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for about five months, production halted while she received treatment for the autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system.

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She even went back further, to when she was filming the first season of "Dead to Me," which premiered in May of this year.

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