“I was taking off my bra and crying every night,” she said.

What was I thinking?"

“Everything I was saying was a freaking lie.

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“Yes, I started a foundation right away.

And I wish that I had said that.”

“I said, ‘Take it down,'” Christina recalled.

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Someone’s daughter just died, someone’s sister just died, someone’s dad just died from this.

Take it down.’

“It ended up that people really were helped by what she did,” she finished.

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Since then, Christina has made it a point to be extremely open about her health.

Listen to Christina’s full episode ofArmchair Experthere.

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