Christina Applegate kept cancer diagnosis a secret

www.reuters.com - 10th Oct 2008

Christina Applegate: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate avoided hugs for weeks and hid her cancer diagnosis from nearly everyone working on her hit television program, the actress said in an interview airing on Friday.
Applegate, 36, publicly revealed her diagnosis for breast cancer in August and had a double-mastectomy performed.
The actress told chat show host Ellen DeGeneres that she went back to work on her sitcom "Samantha Who?" for about five weeks right after her surgery, but mostly kept her diagnosis a secret.
"I told my make-up and hair people and people that are really close to me just so I had a protection wall so that no one was pushing me," Applegate said.
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