Backstage at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

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By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff | Monday, September 22, 2008

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Jean Smart was “extremely flattered” to be taking home her third Emmy tonight, but despite all the accolades, she couldn’t help but sing the praises of another woman in her life; Christina Applegate.

“I feel very protective of her,” Smart says of her Samantha Who? co-star. “I was shocked when she told me [she had breast cancer] and I started to cry a little bit when she told me…I started tearing up and I said it’s not because I think anything is going to happen to you, but I hate that you have to go through this. She’s a very spiritual person, she’s very strong and now she’s 100 percent so it’s all good.”

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