Christina Applegate sobs in pain after ‘cancer lesson learned’

Christina Applegate regrets not revealing every detail of her experience with breast cancer, both the good and the bad.

In a recent interview with Dax Shepard Armchair Expert PodcastApplegate, 52, said she regretted not being more open and honest about her feelings after undergoing a double mastectomy and diagnosis in 2008.

“I learned this the hard way because in 2008, when I was 36 when I had breast cancer, I went out and I was a good girl and talked about ‘oh I love my new boobs’ and they were all scarred and then Just screwed up. What was I thinking?” she said.

“My first interview was with Robin Roberts when I was having cancer, and I sat there and poured out my feelings,” Applegate continued.

After the interview, Married with children The alum claimed she “literally fell through the wall” and started crying because “it was a lie.”

“Everything I said was a horrible lie. I was trying to convince myself of something and I don’t think that was helpful to anyone,” she said.

“Yes, I immediately started a foundation. Yes, I did everything I had to do and we raised millions of dollars to help at-risk women get MRIs. Yes, we did a good thing , but on the back of it, I would take my bra off and cry every night. I wish I had said that.”

Using the class, the actress encouraged “a friend who is in the public eye” to speak out about her experience with cancer.

“If anyone can beat this, it’s me,” Applegate’s friend said on social media.

She remembers asking her friend to delete the message immediately.

“I said, ‘Take it off,'” Applegate recalled.

“I said, ‘Take it down right now, because someone’s mom just died and she was so strong. Someone’s daughter just died, someone’s sister just died, someone’s dad just died from this. Take it down. .’ I said, ‘All you have to do is be honest every step of the way with chemo, radiation, everything.’ ”

“Ultimately, people did get help because of what she did,” Applegate added.