{"id":50592,"date":"2026-11-10T22:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/christina-applegate-praised-by-former-married-with-children-co-star-after-ms-misdiagnosis\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T22:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:34:53","slug":"christina-applegate-praised-by-former-married-with-children-co-star-after-ms-misdiagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/christina-applegate-praised-by-former-married-with-children-co-star-after-ms-misdiagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Applegate praised by former Married with Children co-star after MS misdiagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christina Applegate\u2019s former co-star, David Faustino, has<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/christina-applegate-health-update-lupus-lyme-disease-b3078488.html\"> shared praise <\/a>for the actor\u2019s resilience after she revealed her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/christina-applegate-misdiagnosed-ms-health-update-b3070383.html\">misdiagnosis with multiple sclerosis.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Faustino, who played <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/christina-applegate-married-with-children-anorexia-b2931397.html\">Applegate\u2019s character\u2019s younger brother on hit sitcom <em>Married&#8230;with Children<\/em><\/a>, told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/david-faustino-gives-an-update-on-christina-applegate-after-revealing-her-ms-misdiagnosis-exclusive-12246463\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> that he still sees the actor \u201con a regular basis,\u201d and that he is doing his best to support his longtime friend through a trying time.<\/p>\n<p>Applegate, 54, was diagnosed with MS in 2021, and has been vocal about the effects of the incurable autoimmune disease over the years. However, on the October 20 episode of her podcast <em>MeSsy, <\/em>the actor announced that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/christina-applegate-ms-misdiagnosis-b3074151.html\">she found out that she did not have MS,<\/a> which brought her back to \u201csquare one\u201d with understanding her pain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s struggling to find out what\u2019s going on and I\u2019m just giving her the best and the most love I can through this process,\u201d Faustino, 52, told <em>People<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Applegate is a \u201cstrong soul\u201d who has stayed in good spirits throughout her pain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>David Faustino and Christina Applegate, <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/christina-applegate-david-faustino-ms-misdiagnosis-b3082667.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christina Applegate\u2019s former co-star, David Faustino, has shared praise for the actor\u2019s resilience after she revealed her misdiagnosis with multiple sclerosis. Faustino, who played Applegate\u2019s character\u2019s younger brother on hit sitcom Married&#8230;with Children , told People that he still sees the actor \u201con a regular basis,\u201d and that he is doing his best to support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":50593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[708,36],"class_list":["post-50592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netbuzz","tag-lifestyle","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}