“I’ll be there for you” went way beyond theme-song lyrics forLisa Kudrow.
Fans of theiconic N.Y.C.-set comedy serieswill remember Kudrow’s character Phoebe acting as a surrogate mother for her brother Frank and his wife Alice during seasons 4 and 5, when Kudrow was pregnant herself in real life.
“The six of us would do a huddle backstage and just say, ‘All right, have a good show, love you love you love you love you,’ " recalls the actress, 55. “And when I was pregnant, then they would say, ‘Have a great show, love you love you — love you, little Julian!’ ‘Cause we knew it was a boy and that was his name.”
“So sweet, they included my little fetus in the huddle,” she adds.
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Jennifer Anistonand Lisa Kudrow on the set ofFriends
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Now that she has two decades of parenting experience under her belt, Kudrow says “Nothing on planet Earth prepares you for being a mother” — but she knows how much of a positive impact she has made over the years.
“I gave [Julian] advice about the internet and I [said], ‘That stuff’s there forever,'” says theRomy and Michele’s High School Reunionstar. “You’re gonna look back at this stuff and you’re gonna go, ‘Oh my God, I can do so much better than that now,’ and you might be embarrassed.”
“And he said, ‘You were right,’ " she adds of why it was her single proudest parenting moment.
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Lisa Kudrow and son Julian
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Kudrow believes her best parental quality is her ability and willingness to explain the logic behind her decisions and rules instead of going the “Because I said so” route with Julian.
But she has her drawbacks, too. “I monologue at him,” she admits. “He’ll ask me one question and then I take that opportunity to go into every area of, ‘And now you canlearn something about history!’ … More than any human being can possibly listen to.”
source: people.com
