Christina Applegate is sharing her one and only plastic surgery procedure.
The actress explained on Tuesday’s episode of her and Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s “Messy” podcast that a producer’s comment led her to go under the knife at age 27.
“I was on a show and one of the producers — [a] very famous [person] who did a very famous show as well — said, ‘Hey we’re having a lot of trouble lighting under your eyes. The bags under your eyes are so big,'” the “Dead to Me” alum, 52, recalled.
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The unidentified producer suggested she “get them removed.”
Applegate, who starred on “Jesse” at that age, noted that the feature was “a hereditary thing” and joked that her dad “has got Louis Vuitton luggage under his eyes.”
She told listeners, “You know what I did? At 27 years old, I had the only plastic surgery I’ve ever had to remove the bags under my eyes. … I went under.”
The “Married… With Children” alum blasted the producer for making her feel “shame” by “plant[ing] seeds into [her] head.”
Last year, Applegate called out an Instagram troll attributing her changing looks to plastic surgery instead of her battle with multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with in 2021.
“Sooooo I made the unfortunate decision to look at some comments on an article … about me and my kids at the [Critics Choice Awards],” she tweeted in January 2023.
When Applegate told the hater that she wasn’t being “nice,” the social media user claimed the Golden Globe nominee had a “bad plastic surgeon.”
Applegate wrote that she “laughed” at the comment, asking, “What is wrong with people?”
The Emmy winner has been open about her health struggles since 2021 and often discusses them on her and Sigler’s podcast.
Last month, she said she didn’t “enjoy living” and was “in a depression.”
Applegate later clarified her statement, insisting she was “good” and wasn’t “sitting here on suicide watch” despite her “dark thoughts.”
The Tony nominee added, “There’s so much shame that people feel when they’re going through mental health issues. It’s a moment. It’s a thought. It’s a feeling. … I dare anyone to be diagnosed with MS or any chronic illness that has taken who you were prior to that moment and go, ‘This is great.'”
