Christina Applegate kept cancer diagnosis a secret
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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.
The California-born actress has
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After her double masectomy in August, she continued to shy away from people on the set of her show Samantha Who? but added: “But now I’m good.”
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Christina Applegate hid her breast cancer diagnosis from her Samantha Who? co-stars and avoided hugs for weeks.Applegate underwent a double mastectomy in a bid to beat the disease following her diagnosis in July.But she admits she kept her cancer secret from her co-stars. Comment on this Article
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