Christina Applegate gives advice on how to dress for single women.
“If you go on a first date with a guy and you don’t like his shoes, run,” the actress writes in her now-released memoir, “You With the Sad Eyes.”
“Shoes are a clear sign of whether or not a relationship will last.”
Although she didn’t mention his name, the “Married with Kids” alum, 54, did refer to her first husband, saying, “That’s what you do!” She married star Jonathan Scheck (56 years old) in 2001.
“On our first date, he showed up wearing boots, and they weren’t even cowboy boots. I think they were supposed to look like cowboy boots, but they missed the mark by a wide margin,” she recalls in the book.
“Throughout that dinner, I remember thinking, ‘Those shoes are terrible. Terrible shoes, bad shoes, bad shoes, bad shoes.'”
Applegate admitted that she had doubts about the relationship even as she walked down the aisle, but Scheck checked off so many boxes that she convinced herself she was self-sabotaging.
“My future husband had over $3.50 in his bank account and was not dependent on me financially,” the “Bad Moms” star wrote.
“He’s handsome. He loved sports, so his dad was supportive…He didn’t disappoint anyone, except maybe me.”
Unsurprisingly, the marriage didn’t last long, and the two eventually called it quits in 2007.
Applegate is currently happily married to Dutch musician Martin Lenoble. The couple said yes in 2013 and have one daughter together, named Sadie.
Meanwhile, Sheck was briefly married to country singer Jana Kramer and married Julie Solomon in 2013. They have two children, a son and a daughter.
In Applegate’s new book, she also delves into her professional life, revealing that she improvised the role in Anchorman during an audition with Will Ferrell.
She recalled telling her co-star during her audition: “I thought it was your finger when we were together last night, but it was actually your finger.”
Both Ferrell and director Adam McKay laughed, and she accepted the job.
According to Applegate, the studio initially gave her a “low rating,” so she passed.
But McKay and Ferrell called her and said, “We want you so much that we’re going to pay you a portion of our salary.”
Applegate was moved by the gesture and accepted the role. The film was initially a huge flop, but later became a huge hit, and the cast received a “huge” check from the holdovers.
