There is nothing fun, funny or for that matter, enjoyable from listening to Christina Applegate read her own unflinching account of abuse and self-loathing. Granted, Applegate's own redemptive purging is purported for sharing and belaboring years of sexual abuse starting at age 5, through her controlling and brutal boyfriend and her painful struggles with multiple sclerosis (MS). Christina was diagnosed with MS in 2021 while working on the third season of "Dead to Me". Ironically, working on "Dead to Me" was the happiest and most rewarding work experience of Applegate's five decade acting career. "You with the Sad Eyes" is the understatement title of Applegate's just released autobiography. A subtitle should read: You who dares read this will be devastated to learn all of the suffering the pert blonde who become a household name as the bumptious teen Kelly Bundy on the groundbreaking show "Married with Children." The unquantifiable love Christina has for he daughter Sadie and the single mom who raised her are boundless. The love she has for her current husband, father of Sadie, doesn't garner the gushing or final acknowledgements paid Sadie - but hey, "you're doing it" you're way Christina. And, you took the blows and still you did it your way and shared in ways that are not only disturbing and upsetting, it's TMI. And, too much intended for whose benefit? I finished listening (although I bore it out over two weeks) out of a sense of respect once I commenced to listened. Congrats Christina on the longevity of your career which have earned you an Emmy and additional Emmy, Golden Globes and Tony nominations. I'm sorry for your MS diagnosis and the ravages to your physique. I'm especially sad for the loss of your ability to love life through dance. I sense you've unburdened a heavy heart. But, your troubled life story is not one I recommend for gaining life lessons. It serves to lessen one's sense of a life having been well-lived but sadly. merely survived.
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