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David Faustino<\/strong> played Christina Applegate<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s annoying younger brother on Married \u2026 With Children<\/em><\/a> – but in real-life he is one of her biggest supporters, especially amid her multiple sclerosis battle.<\/p>\n

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“It’s extremely difficult for me to understand having a debilitating disease,” Faustino, 52, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> on Tuesday, June 9, while promoting his Bundy Club<\/a> special event with Ed O’Neill<\/strong><\/a>. “I can’t. I don’t know what that’s like. I can only go from her experience and what she’s told me.”<\/p>\n

The actor, who has known Applegate, 54, since he was a teenager, revealed that she has made it clear that “it’s extremely difficult” to manage her multiple sclerosis (MS), which she was diagnosed with in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I admire her being strong in the face of this, even though it’s been a real blow,” Faustino told Us<\/em> of his former TV sister. “It’s been very hard for her, but she does keep her humor.”<\/p>\n

Faustino shared that Applegate has had a “dry, sarcastic sense of humor since the moment I met her” and luckily, “Nothing has changed.”<\/p>\n

He confirmed the Dead to Me<\/em> actress<\/a> is still “extremely sarcastic, extremely dry” as she continues to battle the disease. (MS is a disease that causes “breakdown of the protective covering of nerves” and can lead to numbness, weakness, trouble walking, vision changes and more symptoms, according to Mayo Clinic<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

“She gets through this with some humor, and that’s kind of her way that she moves through it,” Faustino told Us<\/em>, noting that his role is to “just [be] there as a support, as a person on her team that gives her as much love as I can.”<\/p>\n

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“I have no comment whether she is in the hospital or what her medical treatments are,” a rep for the actress<\/a> told Us<\/em> at the time. “She’s had a long history of complicated medical conditions that she has been refreshingly open about, as evidenced in her memoir and on her podcast.”<\/p>\n

Applegate, meanwhile, took to Instagram on April 20<\/a>, writing, “Thank you for the outpouring of love and well wishes. Health issues are a constant for me, but I’m a strong chick and I’m getting stronger and better every day. I’m taking a moment to focus on my health, but I’ll be back with more to say soon enough.”<\/p>\n

As Applegate continues to focus on her health, Faustino is keeping the Married \u2026 With Children<\/em> fandom alive thanks to the Bundy Club.<\/p>\n

Faustino is the cofounder of the Bundy Club (a members only podcast), which is hosting a special live event in front of a dedicated audience on Thursday, June 11, at 9 p.m. ET with O’Neill as the special guest.<\/p>\n

“Ed doesn’t really do many things like this,” Faustino told Us<\/em> of the show, which is available to watch via Zoom. “The fans are super excited because now they’ll get to be in on a somewhat intimate conversation, but they’ll get to see us in a completely different light than they’ve really ever seen us before.”<\/p>\n

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Tickets for O’Neill and Faustino’s reunion are available online now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Us Weekly. All rights reserved<\/i><\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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