Busy Philipps took to social media on Thursday to celebrate as her first-born child Birdie Leigh nabbed a role in With Love, an upcoming series from Amazon Prime Video and creator Gloria Calderón Kellett.
Calderón Kellett announced that Birdie Leigh, 12, who identifies as non-binary, was going to be in a recurring role on the show as non-binary character.
The One Day at a Time co-creator wrote, More casting news. I first met Birdie when they were a baby. It is thrilling that I now get to have them on my little show.
The latest: Busy Philipps, 42, took to social media on Thursday to celebrate as her first-born child Birdie Leigh, 12, nabbed a role in With Love, an upcoming series from Amazon Prime Video and creator Gloria Calderón Kellett, 46
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The Cougar Town actress is teaching her mother about new pronouns after her daughter came out as non-binary two years ago when she was only 10 years old.
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Busy Philipps is teaching her mother about different pronouns after revealing her daughter is non-binary.
The 45-year-old actress revealed in December that her eldest child Birdie Leigh, 12, came out as gay when she was 10, and also said they use they/them pronouns.
And now, Busy – who has Birdie, as well as seven-year-old Cricket Pearl, with her husband Marc Silverstein – has said she’s doing her best to help her own mother “understand the pronoun conversation” so she can properly address her granddaughter.
Busy said: “[My] mom is older and wants to understand the pronoun conversation more. I said to my mother, Here’s the deal: You don’t have to understand it.’
Busy Phillips has explained how she spoke to her mother about her non-binary child Birdie’s pronouns.
The Dawson’s Creek star and abortion rights campaigner revealed on a December episode of her
Busy Phillips Is Doing Her Best podcast that her eldest child Birdie Leigh, 12, is gay and uses they/them pronouns.
In a new interview with
Health.com she shared that Birdie is “femme-presenting non-binary”, and explained how she spoke to her own mother about their pronouns.
“My mom is older and wants to understand the pronoun conversation more,” she said.
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