Applegate: Mastectomy was a logical choice

Applegate: Mastectomy was a logical choice

NEW YORK — Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer — the really long view.

Speaking on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” in her first interview since announcing her diagnosis earlier this month, the “Samantha Who?” star said she had a double mastectomy three weeks ago.

“I’m going to have cute boobs ’til I’m 90, so there’s that,” she joked in the interview, which aired Tuesday.

The 36-year-old actress elected to remove both breasts even though the disease was contained in one breast. She said she is now cancer-free. Applegate called the operation a logical decision. Her mother battled breast cancer, and she tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation linked to breast and ovarian cancer.

Today’s birthdays

News anchor Connie Chung is 62. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 61. Singer Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin is 60. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 56. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 56. “Today” show weatherman Al Roker is 54. Actress Joan Allen is 52. Actor James Marsters (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 46. Rapper KRS-One is 43. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 38. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 37. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan (“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”) is 37. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 33.