Christina Applegate Makes “Real, Raw, Honest” Instagram Debut Amid MS Battle

Christina Applegate is sharing an unfiltered look at her private life.

The Dead to Me alum launched her new social media profile as a new way to engage with her friends and fans, though she admitted the move left her somewhat in disbelief.

“If you told me a year ago that I’d be on Instagram, I would have said, F–k off!” she wrote in an Oct. 16 post on the platform. “But here I am, so I’m going to do it my way. Real, raw, honest.”

Alongside the message, the 53-year-old—who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021—shared her “favorite picture of [herself] lately,” a moody black-and-white photo in which she wore a white T-shirt and jeans while gazing into the camera lens.

“It was taken by my lifelong friend @kevingrackle,” she continued, “in my backyard with the chimes that remind me of my mother and a moon necklace from a dear witchy friend. -C”