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Longtime pals Selma Blair and Christina Applegate are supporting one another by their journeys with a number of sclerosis (MS). After the “Dancing With the Stars” season finale on Nov. 21, Blair spoke about her friendship with Applegate and the way the 2 have leaned on one another throughout their respective battles with the situation. After exiting “DWTS” early on account of well being issues, Blair, who was identified with MS in 2018, had returned for a ravishing last efficiency.
“She’s nailing simply being who she is with this MS.”
Within the interview with Leisure Tonight, the “Merciless Intentions” actor opened up about being there for her good friend and former costar at Applegate’s Hollywood Stroll of Fame ceremony on Nov. 14. The ceremony marked the “Lifeless to Me” star’s first public look since she shared her MS analysis in August 2021. “I am a fan of hers,” Blair stated. “She is an iconic, iconic California woman, actress of my technology, and he or she is it. There has not been one factor that she’s carried out that I have never been like, ‘Nailed it.’ She’s nailing simply being who she is with this MS.”
Blair had joined Applegate’s household, followers, and pals, together with her “Lifeless to Me” costar Linda Cardellini and former “Married . . . With Kids” costars Katey Sagal and David Faustino. She added, “She’s humorous and positively, her efficiency was wonderful, however to be there, I simply wished to witness the greats in my pals’ lives, simply quietly again there. To know I used to be there for one thing that we dream about once we’re little.”
Although Applegate not too long ago spoke candidly about her challenges forward of the discharge of “Lifeless to Me” season three, Blair shared, “Christina nonetheless helps me. She’s simply such a robust one, she actually is. She’s such a nurturer. In the event you want one thing, she’s at your own home. There have been issues that I had been unglued, and he or she’s like, ‘I am exterior, reply the door.'” Blair, alternatively, stated she’s provided recommendation on canes. “I am actually into all that, all of the issues that assist me get round. However she’s getting it locked down. She has rather a lot on her plate. It is rather a lot, however she’s simply sensible and delightful as ever.”
Blair and Applegate have identified one another for greater than 20 years. They costarred within the 2002 comedy “The Sweetest Factor” alongside Cameron Diaz and have since remained shut pals. Forward, watch Blair’s touching interview in full.
