Jenna Fischer Confesses First Celebrity She Called After Cancer Diagnosis

LOADINGERROR LOADINGJenna Fischer says one famous friend provided much-needed levity during her illness.The “Office” actor recently disclosed her private year-long experience with breast cancer and, in a continued effort to raise awareness about lifesaving mammograms, is opening up about beating it — and named the first celebrity she called after her diagnosis.“I called [Christina Applegate], and she answered the phone, and she said, ‘Which one is it?’” Fischer told Hoda Kotb in an exclusive “TODAY” show interview published Monday.“And I said, ‘It’s breast cancer.’ And she said, ‘I effing knew it.’”Advertisement “She’s salty,” the actor continued about her former co-star.

“Salty language.I love her for it.”Applegate not only starred opposite Fischer in 2011’s “Hall Pass,” but had been diagnosed with breast cancer herself in 2008, allowing her to relate to Fischer and put her in touch with fellow survivors.

Fischer said Monday that they took her journey “together.”Fischer only recently publicly announced her diagnosis, however, in an Instagram post for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.The actor said Monday that, after going in for a routine mammogram last October that she’d been putting off, “there were a few spots.”Fischer said the “dense tissue” in her breasts yielded inconclusive results, leading to an advised ultrasound and a later biopsy that determined a “10% chance it’s cancerous.” She recalled being on a hike when an email confirmed her Stage 1 ductal carcinoma.“I think the word that really got to me was when we found out that I was triple-positive and my oncologist said chemotherapy,” the mother of two told Kotb, adding that she was in “disbelief” at the diagnosis.

“That was when I really lost it.”Advertisement Fischer and Applegate starred opposite each other in the 2011 comedy "Hall Pass."Alberto E.Rodriguez via Getty ImagesFischer, 50, ultimately underwent ...