Christina Applegate chronicles trauma and MS in candid new memoir

Christina Applegate’s memoir You With the Sad Eyes weaves decades of personal journals into a revealing account of a troubled Laurel Canyon childhood (absent father, chaotic home, sexual abuse by a caregiver) alongside her 2021 MS diagnosis. The book balances stark truth with humor, recounting relationships, fame, and the joy of her daughter Sadie, and previews a new MS-focused platform while she describes the emotional weight of reading the chapters aloud for the audio version.