Overview
- Applegate’s memoir, You With the Sad Eyes, was published on March 3 and lays out long‑kept personal experiences and health challenges.
- She says she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021 and underwent 15 hours of steroid injections that led to about 18 kilograms of weight gain.
- In the book, she describes severe muscle loss in her legs, saying they are now extremely thin and leave her bones vulnerable in a fall.
- She discloses sexual abuse in childhood by a babysitter and describes a later abusive relationship, emphasizing how fear and self‑doubt can trap survivors.
- Promiflash, citing the Daily Mail, reports she later lost more than 22 kilograms in seven months after being placed on a liquid diet for stomach issues.