Applegate, who has multiple sclerosis, was visible moved by the warm response when she appeared on stage to present the first award of the night. She found light in the moment, too.

“Thank you so much, oh my God,” Applegate said as the audience honored her. “You’re totally shaming me with [my] disability by standing up. It’s fine, OK.”

Applegate first shared she was diagnosed with MS, an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, in August of 2021.

“It’s been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition,” Applegate wrote in a social media post. “It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some asshole blocks it.”

She spoke with the New York Times a few months later, as the third and final season of “Dead to Me” was about to debut on Netflix. Applegate reflected on how initially handled news of her diagnosis.

“There was the sense of, ‘Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better,’” Applegate told the publication. “And there is no better. But it was good for me. I needed to process my loss of my life, my loss of that part of me. So I needed that time.”

Applegate said she was committed to finishing her work on “Dead to Me,” for which she received an Emmy nomination.

“The powers that be were like, ‘Let’s just stop. We don’t need to finish it. Let’s put a few episodes together.’ I said, ‘No. We’re going to do it, but we’re going to do it on my terms,’” she said.     Applegate, who has multiple sclerosis, was visible moved by the warm response when she appeared on stage to present the first award of the night. She found light in the moment, too.

“Thank you so much, oh my God,” Applegate said as the audience honored her. “You’re totally shaming me with [my] disability by standing up. It’s fine, OK.”

Applegate first shared she was diagnosed with MS, an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, in August of 2021.

“It’s been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition,” Applegate wrote in a social media post. “It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some asshole blocks it.”

She spoke with the New York Times a few months later, as the third and final season of “Dead to Me” was about to debut on Netflix. Applegate reflected on how initially handled news of her diagnosis.

“There was the sense of, ‘Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better,’” Applegate told the publication. “And there is no better. But it was good for me. I needed to process my loss of my life, my loss of that part of me. So I needed that time.”

Applegate said she was committed to finishing her work on “Dead to Me,” for which she received an Emmy nomination.

“The powers that be were like, ‘Let’s just stop. We don’t need to finish it. Let’s put a few episodes together.’ I said, ‘No. We’re going to do it, but we’re going to do it on my terms,’” she said.