Christina Applegate and boyfriend Lee Grivas leave the Petrossian Paris Boutique & Cafe while hiding under a black sweatshirt, Los Angeles, California - 23.04.08

The Anchorman star reveals she learned of Grivas' death as she was preparing for breast cancer surgery and, in many ways, the sad news was more painful than the fact she was about to lose her breasts in a mastectomy.

She explains, "I think that was more difficult and more painful than anything else. It still is a lot of the time."

Grivas, an aspiring photographer, was found dead at his Los Angeles home on 1 July (08), aged just 26.

Source: WENN