Christina Applegate Reveals ‘The Only Plastic Surgery’ She’s Had, And It’s Heartbreaking

Christina Applegate is opening up about cruel remarks she’s gotten over the years about her appearance ― unwelcome comments that she says started when she was only 27 years old.

The “Dead to Me” star opened Tuesday’s episode of her podcast “MeSsy ” — which she co-hosts with her friend, actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler — by discussing her “weird insecurities about my aging [and] how I look.”

Applegate, 52, said her lack of confidence stems from an incident that occurred in the late 1990s — around the time she was ending her stint as the ditzy bombshell Kelly Bundy on “Married with Children.”

“At 27 years old, I was on a show,” she recalled to Sigler about 10 minutes into the episode. “And one of the producers… said, ‘Hey, we’re having trouble lighting under your eyes. Your bags under your eyes are so big.’”

Applegate explained that the undereye bags were a “hereditary thing,” and even joked to Sigler that her father has “got, like, Louis Vuitton luggage under his eyes.”

She said the producer suggested she get the bags under her eyes surgically removed, and she obliged.

“The only plastic surgery I’ve ever had was to remove the bags under my eyes,” Applegate said. “I went under, and I had them removed, at 27.”

The “Anchorman” alum went on to emphasize how much the ordeal still affects her self-esteem, making her feel “shame” about her appearance because of “t he things people just plant, these seeds they plant into your head.”

The “Bad Moms” actor also spoke about an instance that occurred in her 40s, when a director criticized her looks. Applegate said she was redoing audio for a movie she was in, which meant she had to continually rewatch scenes of herself on screen in order to sync the new audio with her lip movements.

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