Overview

• On the Aug. 26 MeSsy podcast, the actors focused on the emotional toll their multiple sclerosis has on their families, especially their kids.
• Christina Applegate said her 14-year-old daughter, Sadie, has been "broken" by watching her mother lose mobility and strength.
• Applegate described struggling to move around the house and said her daughter often steadies her in public and helps with her cane.
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler recounted her 11-year-old son, Beau, sobbing after a movie and telling her he hates seeing how much she suffers.
• Sigler emphasized that their children are confronting the reality that MS is chronic and progressive, following Applegate’s recent hospitalization for infections in both kidneys.