Photo:John Russo for Haute Living
John Russo for Haute Living
Kristin Davisis opening up about the challenges of being a working mom.
On Wednesday, theAnd Just Like Thatstar, 58, was featured onHaute Living Los Angeles' coverto discuss the second season of her show and the 25th anniversary ofSex and the City.
While talking about filming the show, Davis shared she was willing to do anything to make the show work, including traveling across the country every week for seven months to see her children on the weekend.
“It’s such a luxury to not only be able to work, but to work with my friends of 25 years — but seven months is a long time to shoot, and a long time to be trying to go back and forth every weekend to see my kids,” she explained.
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“I didn’t want to take them out of school because my daughter had just started middle school,” Davis said. “I was able to get them started with school, so at least I felt like they had a routine, and my plan was not to come back every weekend. My plan was to maybe bring them out or, you know, skip a weekend here and there, but my 5-year-old was not having it. He was mad.”
“So, I had to come back every weekend because I just felt so guilty. But this is what happens with trying to find a work-life balance,” theSex and the Citystar concluded.
Davis is mom to daughter Gemma Rose, 11, and Wilson, 5.
Davis quickly recalled a moment when Gemma pointed out that a person sitting near them on a plane was watching a scene fromSATCwith her mom in it. Though she said it was “a little scary” to discuss the show at the time, the actress explained that she’s more open to her kids watching the show when they’re a little older.
“Now that she’s older and now that she’s getting exposed from her friends to all this stuff, even though I’m very controlling… I’m thinking I’m going to use it as a teaching tool,” Davis said.
“I don’t want her to feel embarrassed. I want her to talk to me. I’m a single mom, it’s super important… gotta keep them talking,” she continued. “You know,Sex and the Cityis kind of a good educational type thing… for later.”
source: people.com
