Christina Applegate acknowledges adonal for raising her for Christina Applegate adonal was not just her amazing onscreen father but also a father figure in real life on Tuesday August 27th Apple Gates podcast Messi with Christine Applegate and Jimmy Len Sigler included O'Neal as a guest during the podcast the two talked about their experience working on the famous comedy married with children while introducing on the actress stated that he practically raised her she started um I'm I'm not even sure how to describe this individual he raised me whatever you uh do not like about me is his responsibility the dead to me actress joked if you appreciate anything about me it is his responsibility years years of my life spent with this man and he is an incredible actor um he he is an incredible human being she went on on Fox married with Children um which ran from 1987 to 1997 Applegate portrayed Kelly and O'Neal played all Bundy