August 6th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff
Christina Applegate isn’t going down without a fight. The 36-year-old Samantha Who star is going about her daily routine, including taping episodes of her ABC show, despite revealing on Aug. 3 that she has breast cancer.
“She’s like this tiny little thing,” co-star Melissa McCarthy tells OK!. “But she’s bionically strong.”
Even before the startling cancer revelation, the summer has been hard for Christina: her ex-boyfriend Lee Grivas died of a drug overdose on July 3 at only 26 years old.
Personal tragedies aside, it seems Christina is ready to battle her disease and is on target for a speedy recovery. “It was detected early on,” a close friend reports to OK! “It’s not life threatening, and she remains very positive throughout this, surrounded by her family and friends.” Christina’s mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, also survived breast cancer.
August 5th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff
Christina Applegate isn’t going down without a fight. The 36-year-old Samantha Who star is going about her daily routine, including taping episodes of her ABC show, despite revealing on Aug. 3 that she has breast cancer.
"She’s like this tiny little thing," co-star Melissa McCarthy tells OK!. "But she’s bionically strong."
Even before the startling cancer revelation, the summer has been hard for Christina: her ex-boyfriend Lee Grivas died of a drug overdose on July 3 at only 26 years old.
Personal tragedies aside, it seems Christina is ready to battle her disease and is on target for a speedy recovery. "It was detected early on," a close friend reports to OK! "It’s not life threatening, and she remains very positive throughout this, surrounded by her family and friends." Christina’s mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, also survived breast cancer.
July 3rd, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff
Christina Applegate’s boyfriend has been found dead in his apartment, the victim of an apparent drug overdose.
Lee Grivas,26, was discovered on Tuesday by a neighbor who found him in the living room of his Hollywood apartment. He was pronounced dead at 5:25 PM.
Lt. Fred Corral of the L.A. Coroner’s office released a statement saying that "Grivas did have a history of drug abuse, and our investigator found a syringe at the scene." He did however caution that they are still awaiting results of the toxicology report."
After hearing the news, Christina released the following statement to OK! through a representative:
"I am profoundly saddened. Lee was an incredible human being who was an extremely important and beautiful part of my life. He is missed beyond words. He touched so many and I feel much sadness for his mother, brother and all of his family and friends."
Grivas and Applegate had been dating on and off following their first meeting through a dancer in her Broadway show Sweet Charity.
The actress, who currently stars on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?, was previously married to actor Johnathon Schaech. They divorced in 2007.
