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Applegate Memoir: Brutal Honesty or Cruelty?
6 Mar
Summary
- Applegate admits lying about cancer being a 'blessing'.
- She harshly criticized a friend's positive cancer post.
- Her memoir details a cruel assessment of her first husband.

Christina Applegate's memoir, 'You with the Sad Eyes,' offers a starkly honest portrayal of her struggles with multiple sclerosis and breast cancer. Applegate reveals she lied about her cancer diagnosis, stating it was not a 'blessing' as she previously claimed to media outlets.
She recounts a harsh confrontation with a friend whose Instagram post expressed strength amid illness. Applegate admitted to demanding the post be taken down, insisting on a more negative depiction of the disease.
The memoir also delves into her first marriage to actor Johnathon Schaech, offering critical and seemingly superficial judgments about his taste, particularly his footwear.
Applegate's writing also includes a diary entry about a past abortion, expressing a callous disregard for the pregnancy at the time.
Additionally, the book touches on her time at Johnny Depp's Viper Room club but omits her presence during River Phoenix's fatal overdose, an event that occurred on Halloween 1993.
Applegate also shared a recent comment from her teenage daughter expressing sadness over Applegate's health-related changes.




