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Christina Applegate seen for first time with cane after 'gaining 40 pounds' due to MS

Christina Applegate stepped out for the first time, walking with her cane, since revealing she had 'gained 40 pounds' amid her battle with MS.

The Dead to Me actress, 50, sported 'FU MS' nails as she made her first public appearance while being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She walked barefoot, held up with the support of her sparkly cane, as she sobbed alongside her Married With Children co-star Katey Sagal.

Christina told the audience about her battle with the autoimmune disease, which disrupts communication between the brain and body.

"This day means more to me that you could possibly imagine," she said before tearing up at the podium as she addressed the crowd.

She was supported by Dead to Me co-star Linda Cardellini (Getty Images for Netflix)
She stepped out walking with the help of her cane (Variety via Getty Images)

She added: "I don't say I have friends, I have family. These people take care of me every day of my life, and without them I don't know what I would do."

Christina, who was also supported by her daughter Sadie Grace, told her she was "the most important person in this world".

"You are so much more than even you know," she said. "You are so beautiful and kind and loving and smart and interesting, and I am blessed every day that I get to wake up and take you to school."

Addressing the audience, she quipped: "Oh and by the way: I have a disease. Did you not notice?"

Christina was honoured with a Hollywood star (Getty Images for Netflix)

The outing comes after the Hollywood star revealed she had 'gained 40 pounds' and can 'no longer walk without a cane' following her shock multiple sclerosis diagnosis.

Christina admitted that she was "very aware" of changes to her appearance and mobility after announcing her diagnosis last year.

She says there's been a rapid decline in her physical health and that she is 'never going to accept' her MS in a recent tell-all newspaper interview.

"This is the first time anyone’s going to see me the way I am," she confessed ahead of the final season of the hit-Netflix series Dead to Me.

It was her first public appearance since opening up about MS (AFP via Getty Images)

"I’m never going to accept this," Christina told the New York Post. "I’m pissed."

The actress previously spoke of several years of tingling and numbness, all before the 'extremities grew worse'.

It was while she was on set for the third and final series of the Netflix programme, during the summer of 2021, that she received her diagnosis.

After being told the news that she had the autoimmune disease, which disrupts communication between the brain and body, production was halted.

Speaking of the five-month break, she said: "I needed to process my loss of my life, my loss of that part of me. So I needed that time."

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