Christina Applegate’s Christmas song about multiple sclerosis may not become a holiday classic, but it will make you laugh. (Watch the video below.)
And that’s the point. The “Dead to Me” star found out she had the disease last year and said she doesn’t want people to go crazy around her.
“When people see me now as a person with a disability, I want them to feel comfortable that we can laugh about it,” the “Married … With Children” alum told host Kelly Clarkson in a segment shared Thursday.
Applegate then sang his version of “Santa Baby”.
“Diaby baby, hurry up the chimney tonight / I can’t / ’cause my wheelchair won’t fit.”
The verse had the desired effect on the “Kelly Clarkson Show” audience.
Applegate said that “a shield of humor keeps me going, but obviously inside you feel things.”
Last month, Applegate made her first public appearance, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, since revealing her MS diagnosis in an August 2021 tweet. She readily admits that the way people see her now it can be worrying.
“I’m different now,” she said. “And it’s incredibly difficult. I don’t want to be the fish in the tank. But I’ll do my best to get through it, I suppose.”
