Christina Applegate: I Avoided Hugs

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Christina Applegate: The Samantha Who? star kept others away to hide her breast cancer diagnosis. In order to keep her breast cancer diagnosis a secret, Christina Applegate says she told those in her Inner Circle to shield her from contact for... Read full story at www.okmagazine.com

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