Christina Applegate leans on TV mom Katey Sagal at Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony 1 year after MS diagnosis - Yahoo Entertainment

Christina Applegate was honored for endowment and bravery arsenic she collected her prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Dead to Me star, making her archetypal nationalist quality since her aggregate sclerosis diagnosis past year, debuted her walking instrumentality astatine Monday's event, but leaned connected her Married … With Children TV ma Katey Sagal, who helped Applegate to the podium and physically supported her during her speech. She attended the lawsuit sans shoes to beryllium much comfortable.

"I can't basal for excessively agelong truthful I'm going to convey the radical I truly request to thank," Applegate, 50, said astatine the start. As for Sagal's presence, Applegate said Sagal was "just gonna beryllium here" holding her steady, joking it was"so Katey to bargain [my] thunder."

Applegate — besides known for the Anchorman films and TV's Jesse and Up All Night, to sanction a few— cracked jokes during her code and did not straight notation the illness of the cardinal tense system. However, she alluded to the diagnosis she received successful the summertime of 2021, referring to herself astatine 1 constituent arsenic "the disabled lady." Later, portion thanking "the astir important idiosyncratic successful the world," her daughter, Sadie, with her instrumentalist husband, Martyn LeNoble (who were some there), she said, "Thank you for lasting beside maine during each this." Then, to the audience, she added, "Oh, by the mode I person a disease. Did you not notice? I'm not adjacent wearing shoes Anyhoo, You're expected to laughter astatine this."

Applegate besides suggested, arsenic she's hinted previously, that she's done with acting arsenic she navigates her wellness challenges. While thanking the stars who spoke connected her behalf, she said, "I similar that I started with you 2 — referring to Married … With Children's Sagal and David Faustino — "and ended with you two" — pointing to Dead to Me co-star Linda Cardellini and showrunner Liz Feldman — "and I convey you truthful overmuch from the bottommost of my heart. You are my people." (Applegate has antecedently said she'd similar to proceed producing, but she can't bash agelong days connected the set.)

Applegate said that increasing up successful L.A., and getting her showbiz commencement arsenic a young girl, she ever "effing" wanted her ain star. Feldman praised her arsenic a "comic genius and and 1 of the top actors of her generation."

Sagal, whom Applegate inactive calls "Mommy," it was revealed, spoke of Applegate's grace and bravery overcoming her challenges, besides including a bosom crab diagnosis successful 2008.

"You know, sweetheart, immoderate of america travel into this beingness requiring wide shoulders due to the fact that what's coming astatine america needs enactment to carnivore it," Sagal said. "Broad capable to clasp what shows up. I've seen you — the precocious highs, the emotion and tremendous success, coupled with utmost challenges. But you came successful with those shoulders, and you carnivore the value and you crook and you don't break. I proceed to emotion you, laughter with you and to larn from you. ... You are not alone. We're each here. We emotion you."

Applegate was seated by her prima — which is adjacent to those of Sagal and Married dada Ed O'Neill, who was incapable to be — arsenic it was unveiled, playfully doing a small seated creation with her caller cane that she shared a sneak peek of connected Twitter past month. She aboriginal got down onto the crushed for photos — solo shots arsenic good arsenic photos with her co-stars, past and present, and hubby and daughter.

Applegate expressed nervousness up of attending the event, which was expected to instrumentality spot successful 2020 but was delayed by the pandemic.

"Now my beingness is simply a antithetic story," the histrion told Variety earlier this month. "People are going to spot maine for the archetypal clip arsenic a disabled person, and it's precise difficult. So, for me, 2 years agone would person been truthful overmuch better!" She's spoken astir her 40-pound value summation to the New York Times, saying, "I privation radical to cognize that I americium precise alert of each of that."

Applegate besides spoke astir her health, saying accumulation unopen down on Dead to Me for 5 months past twelvemonth aft her diagnosis. When she returned to the set, she needed a wheelchair to get to set. She had to beryllium physically propped up for scenes. She napped during the time to get done it, but she was determined to decorativeness the last play of Dead to Me, which premieres Nov. 17 connected Netflix, and bring closure to fans of the amusement arsenic good arsenic to the cast.

As for the MS, Applegate told the New York Times she is "never going to accept" her diagnosis, adding, "I’m pissed."