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

Speaking on ABC’s 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. She’ll undergo reconstructive surgery over the next eight months.

“I’m going to have cute boobs ’til I’m 90, so there’s that,” she joked in the interview, which aired yesterday. “I’ll have the best boobs in the nursing home. I’ll be the envy of all the ladies around the bridge table.”

The 36-year-old actress, currently starring in The Rocker (see review at right), 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.

“I just wanted to kind of be rid of it,” she said. “So this was the choice I made and it was a tough one.”

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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Donnie Wahlberg’s marriage doesn’t have “The Right Stuff.”

The actor-singer-producer and his wife Kim Fey filed for divorce on Aug. 13 in Los Angeles and Ventura County, Calif., reports People.

Fey cited irreconcilable differences in her petition. She’s seeking sole legal and physical custody of their sons Alexander Xavier, 15, and Elijah Hendrix, 7, allowing Wahlberg visitation rights.

She’s also seeking spousal support and attorney’s fees.

The couple, both 39, tied the knot in August 1999 and separated this January.