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Kyra Sedgwick is an empty nester, both on and off-screen.
The actress, 55, plays a mom who recently became an empty nester in the new ABC sitcom,
Call Your Mother. During a Tuesday interview promoting the show on
Good Morning America, Sedgwick opened up about her own two kids leaving home years ago. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. I think it s a real crushing blow, honestly, when they leave you, she said of daughter Sosie, 28, and son Travis, 31, whom she shares with husband Kevin Bacon. It s the only job that you have that if you do it well, you get fired.
Kyra Sedgwick is a well-meaning helicopter mom in ABC’s ‘Call Your Mother’
Kyra Sedgwick plays Jean, an empty-nester mom who follows her kids (Rachel Sennott and Joey Bragg) across the country. (Lara Solanki, ABC/TNS)
Published January 20. 2021 9:29AM
Kate Feldman, New York Daily News Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
Kyra Sedgwick never flew halfway across the country because her kids didn’t return her calls, but she understands that empty-nest feeling.
The New York native has returned to ABC in “Call Your Mother” as Jean Raines, a devoted mom of two who uproots her life and moves from Iowa to Los Angeles to stay in their lives literally and figuratively.
Actress
The Closer) stars in the new ABC sitcom
Call Your Mother as empty-nester Midwestern mom Jean Raines. When she reinserts herself into the lives of her adult children (she flies out to Los Angeles to check on them), her kids realize they might need her help more than they thought. Jean’s son Freddie (
Joey Bragg) is dating the gorgeous and gregarious social media influencer Celia.
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