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Friends star had to wear nappies after contracting virus from a salad-Laura Harman-Entertainment – Metro
‘I’m wearing diapers…’
Christina Applegate revealed she had to wear ‘diapers’ after contracting a virus (Picture: Everett /Shutterstock)
Friends star, Christina Applegate has revealed that a recent infection from a salad caused her to have to wear diapers.
Christina, 52, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in recent years revealed that her health took another hit as she was forced to be toilet-bound after eating takeout food.
The star, who is beloved for playing Rachel’s self-centred sister Amy in two episodes in 2002 and 2003 and even won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for this role, explained she was ‘so sick’ after accidentally consuming ‘faecal matter.’
On her most recent episode of the MeSsy podcast, which she co-hosts with fellow actor, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the star admitted she was ‘pissing out of [her] a*s for a few days.’
‘I was so dizzy, I was so sick. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t anything. And finally I had to do one of those samples – [a stool test], which is fun, and that’s sarcasm, as we know – because you poop into a receptacle and then you have to scoop your own poop into vials. And it was so gross I started vomiting while doing this.
‘Anywho, came back [and] I had something called sapovirus. It is when you ingest the faecal matter of someone else from your food. Someone else’s poop went into my mouth and I ate it.’
Sapovirus is a virus that’s typically spread when food or water is contaminated with faeces and ingested by an individual. Symptoms typically include vomiting, diarrhoea, nausea, abdominal cramps, chills, and headaches.
The actress starred as Rachel’s sister Amy Greene in two episodes of Friends (Picture: Everett/Shutterstock)
The Dead To Me star said she was able to work out that it may have been contracted from a restaurant she’s been eating at for 15 years.
‘We have kind of traced it back to takeout salad.’ She added: ‘I got a salad and I think that they say that it’s mostly from salads because cooked food kind of kills the bacteria. We’re tracing it back to that.’
Explaining why this caused her to wear ‘diapers’ the Anchorman star recalled one horrible incident that meant she could no longer avoid nappies.
‘I’m gonna be gross. I woke up at 3 o’clock in the morning in a pool of s**t. Didn’t know it happened, and having MS at 3 o’clock in the morning and trying to change your sheets, it’s not fun.’
Christina with a cane reading ‘ F U MS’ in February 2023 (Picture: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Christina Applegate launched their podcast MeSsy in 2024 (Picture: MeSsy)
She then added: ‘This brings me to my next point, I’m wearing diapers.’
The actor went on to explain that protective adult diapers aren’t ‘accessible’ and she and her co-host, who also suffers from MS, agreed that adult nappies should be less floral and twee for women.
‘Putting on an adult diaper, you’re not going to feel sexy,’”‘ said Jamie-Lynn. ‘It’s something you’ve got to wear because your body is malfunctioning.’
Jamie-Lynn then added that she and Christina would both prefer something a little more reflective of their mood while wearing the diaper.
‘I think it would be very nice if you can give me an adult diaper that fully supported my mood when I looked at it, which would be something along the words of ‘F**k me’ across my pelvis.’
The actor and her podcast co-host Jamie Lynn both suffer from MS (Picture: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
From the NHS, MS is a condition affecting the brain and spinal cord, affecting balance and vision.
It’s a lifelong condition that affects people differently, ranging from mild symptoms to serious disability, and can be progressive.
Symptoms include:
Fatigue
Difficulty walking
Vision problems
Numbness and tingling, muscle stiffness and spasms
Balance and co-ordination problems
Problems thinking, learning and planning
The Bad Moms star has continued to use podcasts to keep fans updated with her MS journey. In March she revealed that she had around 30 lesions on her brain, and one that is pressing painfully into her eye.
The Hollywood icon w also revealed earlier this month she was unable to shower for weeks after ‘pretty bad’ health relapse.
She has been candid with other symptoms has spoken about being supported by other MS sufferers such as Selma Blair.
The podcast description for this recent episode revealed that ‘parts of this episode were recorded in 2023’.
Making it unclear if Christina’s illness was recent or whether this was something that took place several months ago.
A new episode of the MeSsy podcast is released every Tuesday.
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