
Last updated: Saturday, October 11, 2008
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE hid her breast cancer diagnosis from her SAMANTHA WHO? co-stars and avoided hugs for weeks.
Christina Applegate at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre. Los Angeles, California - 21.09.08
Applegate underwent a double mastectomy in a bid to beat the disease following her diagnosis in July (08).
But she admits she kept her cancer secret from her co-stars.
She tells talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, "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."
And the 36-year-old confesses she had been reluctant for a time to hug people "but now I'm good".
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- APPLEGATE PUZZLED BY JOAN JETT SILENCE
- APPLEGATE CONFIDENT SAMANTHA WHO? WILL SURVIVE NETWORK CULL
- PUSSYCAT DOLLS CREATED IN APPLEGATE'S GARAGE
- APPLEGATE FORCED TO RETHINK MOTHERHOOD
- APPLEGATE STILL STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH EX-BOYFRIEND'S DEATH
- CROW OFFERED 'SOUNDING BOARD' FOR FELLOW CANCER SURVIVOR APPLEGATE
- APPLEGATE SOBBED BEFORE SURGEON
- APPLEGATE PRAISED BY CO-STAR SMART
- APPLEGATE WOWS CROWD AT EMMYS
Source: WENN
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