Overview

• The Aug. 26 MeSsy podcast centers how the actors’ children are coping with a parent’s multiple sclerosis.
• Christina Applegate, 53, says her 14-year-old daughter, Sadie, feels “broken” after losing the healthy mom she once knew.
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler, 44, recalls her 11-year-old son, Beau, sobbing and saying he hates seeing her suffer.
• Both emphasize that MS is a chronic, progressive condition their kids must expect to live with rather than “fight and get over.”
• Applegate notes worsening mobility and a recent Los Angeles hospital stay, while describing Sadie’s steady help with an arm, a cane, and checks on tasks like stairs.