Hollywood actress Christina Applegate (54) has moved fans around the world to tears by confessing that statements she made during her past battle with cancer were "lies." It is her candid confession after taking off the mask of the "warrior."
On the 5th (local time), according to the Daily Mail, Christina Applegate mentioned in her recently published memoir "You With The Sad Eyes" the double mastectomy she underwent after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008.
At the time, she described the surgery as a "blessing" in an interview with Oprah Winfrey and emerged as an icon of hope. But now, 18 years later, she confessed that it was "complete bullst."
Applegate wrote in the book, "Honestly, I was sickened by the words that came out of my mouth," and confessed, "I deceived myself to get through the loss and pain of losing my breasts." She admitted that the pressure to act like a "warrior" made her a liar.
She tested positive for the hereditary breast cancer gene BRCA1 and had both breasts removed as a preventive measure. She acted confident in public, but life behind the cameras was devastating.
Applegate recalled, "I was alone, I was sad, and I was mourning the amputation of the most intimate and destructive part of my body." Although 18 years have passed since the surgery, she said she is still "emotionally and physically broken," adding, "Every time I look in the mirror I see the scars left by cancer and cry at least once a day," evoking sympathy.
Applegate's trials did not end there. In 2021, she faced another ordeal when she was diagnosed with the incurable disease multiple sclerosis (MS).
Through this memoir, she declared that she would no longer glorify her suffering. She said, "I will no longer lie. MS is truly awful," rejecting the kind of hope torture that suggests "have reconstruction surgery and you'll be fine," as she did during her cancer fight.
Her condition has worsened to the point that she now spends most of her time in bed, but she said that the short time she takes her 15-year-old daughter Sadie to school is "the most precious moment," showing a strong side as a mother.
Even amid tragedy, netizens around the world are pouring out support for her courage in choosing "truth".
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