The winter months can feel like they drag on forever, especially for parents waiting for their children to come home for the holidays. Come autumn (or fall, if you’re a US resident) many mums and dads see their kids off to college or university – and the associated feelings of sadness and grief that may follow is well known as “empty nest syndrome.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
While it\u2019s not a clinical condition, being an empty nester can leave parents feeling bereft. According to BACP-accredited<\/a> therapist, Billie Dunlevy<\/a>, parents can feel a “loss of purpose, an identity crisis and an increase in anxiety and depression” when their children move out. All of a sudden, their days are not filled with busy school calendars, endless washing and requests for lifts. The house is quiet and they wonder, what will I do with my quieter evenings?<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] And it’s no different for celebs. Reece Witherspoon admitted to Ellen De Generes that she laid on her daughter Ava’s bed and sobbed when she left home. It’s not all doom and gloom, however – Kelly Ripa’s husband Marc Consuelos says the pair now have more time to go on vacations together.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Be warned – you may need to grab the tissues for a few of these bittersweet stories of A-Listers watching their talented babies fly\u2026<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] Coco is the only child of <\/b>Courteney<\/b> Cox and David Arquette <\/b><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Courteney Cox found the second year of watching her daughter Coco return to college was unexpectedly harder than the first.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||1px|||” custom_padding=”||10px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”] The 60-year-old star <\/span>is extremely close to her daughter, whom <\/span>she welcomed with ex-husband David Arquette in 2004. <\/span>Coco is actually named after her mother – her name is made up the first two letters of Courtney\u2019s first and last names. “It’s sort of an abbreviation of ‘Courteney Cox’ \u2026 ‘CoCo’,” David told George Lopez on Lopez Tonight in 2010.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”20.8px” global_colors_info=”{}”] The mother-daughter team have matching tattoos and even collaborate on beauty campaigns together.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] When the actress spoke at the Inc. 5000 45th Annual Conference in Gala in Palm Desert, she admitted she didn’t think her daughter leaving home was a “big deal”. The Friends<\/em> actress jested that Coco “doesn\u2019t talk to me anyway, she’s always in her room”.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] However, when the now 20-year-old returned from her first year at college to spend the summer at home, Courteney noticed her daughter had become “more mature.” This left Courteney feeling sad about her not-so-little girl returning to college, with the second year being harder to watch her go.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] Malia and Sasha were roommates at university<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Former US President Barack Obama has some great tips for any parents sending their kids off to college. “Cry in the car”, and “bribe them with holidays” to make them come home, he told Today host Al Roker.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Since his and Michelle Obama’s daughters Malia and Sasha had both left for college, Barack was asked for advice by Al – who was about to go through the same thing himself with his son Nick.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] “Well, first tip is you are going to weep copiously when you drop Nick off at college, but you can’t let him see you cry, so you drop him off and then you quickly leave, and then you cry in the car,” said the former US President.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] “Tip number two is you try to bribe them with like nice trips – ‘Hey, we’re going to Hawaii, you guys want to come?’ – So that they show up,” he added.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Michelle, meanwhile, has had a different experience. When asked by Kelly Clarkson who at home has taken it harder that the kids are no longer around, Michelle didn\u2019t hesitate.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] “Oh, my husband,” she said “He was weeping and … he still is like, ‘They left me!”’ She has some theories as to why. ”That\u2019s because I spent all the time with them,” she explained of raising their girls. ”He was president.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] She joked: “I was like, ‘Kick them out the door.”’<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] When the time came to fly the nest, the siblings attended separate universities – Malia went to Harvard and Sasha attended Michigan University. However, the pair became roommates in California due to their universities being situated near each other.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] With both of her girls now making their way in the world (Malia as a writer, Sasha as a sociology graduate) Michelle’s role as a mom has changed. She opened up on her podcast We Can Do Hard Things<\/em> about the transitional period in “moving from mom-in-chief to advisor-in-chief”. Whilst missing her girls, Michelle said it was a relief to watch them both do well and that she would always be there to support them.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] Gwyneth Paltrow found her daughter leaving home to be very emotionally challenging. The Goop<\/em> founder told People in 2022 that when she dropped her mini-me off at college she felt “sick to her stomach” and was “bursting into tears”.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Apple, 20 – her daughter from her marriage to Colddplay\u2019s Chris Martin – is in her final year at Vanderbilt University and their other child, 18-year-old Moses, was the last to fly the nest – to Browns University, this fall. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Ahead of his departure, the prospect of having an empty home gave her mixed feelings, she told the Sunday Times. “On the one hand incredible sadness. A deep sense of impending grief,” she answered when asked what she was feeling “On the other hand this is exactly what should be happening.”[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]”Your kids are supposed to be, you know, young adults who can achieve and cope and make connections and be resilient. That\u2019s exactly what you want. And that means they leave the house.”[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Gywneth confided in her pal Victoria Beckham, telling the former Spice Girl on The Goop Podcast<\/em> that she didn\u2019t know what was in store for her as an empty-nester parent. “I feel like I’m on the precipice of change, I can feel it coming,” she lamented, before telling Victoria: “You’re lucky you’ve still got a little one, you’ve got some years left.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Comforting her friend, Victoria reassured Gwyneth the best is yet to come, telling her: “You’ll have some wild parties, Gwyneth, when you’ve got an empty house you’ll have a lot of fun doing all those things you couldn’t do.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] Husband-and-wife presenter duo Mark Consuelos and Kelly Rip warned their viewers that empty-nest syndrome can end marriages – but thankfully, not in their case.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] The pair – who have been married for 28 years – have three children: Mark, Lola and Joaquin Consuelos who they raised in New York City. On the American morning show, Live with Kelly and Mark<\/em>, which they\u2019ve co-hosted for two seasons, the couple joked about “gray divorces” – which are couples who split up in their fifties or afterwards.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] “They say empty nest syndrome can contribute to that,” Kelly said, to which Mark agreed: “That’s a real thing.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] “Relationships are so built upon the children that once the children leave, the couple find they no longer have anything in common,” Kelly continued. The audience then started to laugh as Mark pulled a face, and the All My Children<\/em> alum reassured them: “We still have a lot in common,” as her husband smiled and nodded.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Despite Mark,<\/span> 53,<\/span> telling People that he felt a type of “loss” when his only daughter moved out; there was a newfound sense of freedom for him and his wife,<\/span> whom he met on the set of <\/span>All My Children <\/span><\/i>in 1996.<\/span> He described <\/span>their <\/span>dreamy, new lifestyle\u00a0 – watching sunsets, eating when they want, hiking together and going rock climbing. <\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] That\u2019s not to say the kids haven’t been missed, and the family enjoy reuniting during the holiday season. Mark told People that his children now bring their partners over on Christmas and he feels “honoured” that his kids aren\u2019t “embarrassed” to hang out with him with their significant others<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] Jaden and Willow’s careers took off when they were young<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Jada Pinkett-Smith had to deal with an empty nest earlier than most moms. Kids Jaden and Willow – who she shares with Will Smith – were away from home a lot as teens thanks to their music and screen careers.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] The experience was made easier by the duo checking in often, however. “It\u2019s funny \u2014 they\u2019re not around, but they are!” Jada told Yahoo in 2017. “I don\u2019t even have time to miss them! Willow loves to call me every day, and even Jaden, when he’s away on set, still needs to see Will and I when he gets homesick.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Willow has often spoken about her upbringing as a testimony to her independence. She told Pharrell Williams that growing up, she admired her parents for “trying to be the best people they could be” and always giving back to others.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] The Hairspray star revealed it was actually her two children that prompted her to take on more work projects again. “So I remember actually it was my kids,” she said during an appearance on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast<\/em> in 2023. “They said, ‘Mom, are you ever gonna go back to work?’ I said, ‘What do you mean? Isn’t it great that I’m home?’ “<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] The star returned from her Hollywood hiatus in 2017 in full force and gained her eighth Golden Globe nomination for French Exit<\/em> the following year.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] The two boys have followed in her footsteps to become models and her daughter is pursuing music. Christine told Parade of her creative children: “I have three real individuals. They all find magic in different places, and I feel so fortunate to experience that.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The glamorous mum has fully embraced this current chapter of her life, posting on Instagram that: “70 is the new 40, a great time to take on new challenges, volunteer, travel or start a new company.”[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] “It\u2019s shocking for parents when their kids get older. Suddenly they\u2019re 18 and doing things on their own. Childhood seems to last forever, but adolescence goes by in a flash,” she told the Daily Mail. “I was looking at my son\u2019s room and I was, like, ‘He’s never going to be back here.’ And my husband said, ‘He’ll be back, but not in the same way.’ College is a halfway house – they\u2019re on their own and responsible, but obviously not entirely responsible.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] When the kids were younger – Liv is now 22 years old and Caleb is 26 – the Oscar winner made sure to maintain flexibility in her work schedule to accommodate family life. In 2010 she told The Guardian about of trying to balance it all: ”Just like every other working parent I’m trying to figure out: ‘How do I work, how am I available for soccer games, how can I make sure that I’m home when everybody’s doing their homework?’ So if I come to do press in London, I come for two days, and I get right back home.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] When the time came for her daughter to move out she told Italian IO she felt a ”flood of emotions” and she was preparing for the ”inevitable moments of nostalgia for when they were young” to resurface.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-h3-futura” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] Reece Witherspoon was not prepared for the flood of emotions when her oldest child left home. Her lookalike daughter Ava Phillipe left to study at University of California, Berkeley, and Reese reflected on the experience during an appearance on pal Ellen Degeneres’ talk show in 2019.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]”It’s weird when your children go away to college. It’s hard,” she said. ”And I never imagined how it felt for my mom. I might’ve gone into her empty room, laid down on her bed and cried when she went to college. But it’s okay, she’s coming back. Apparently, they come back, right?”[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] During an interview with Gayle King for InStyle, Reese said her kids were her ”first, most important priority.” She shares Ava, 26, and her 21-year-old brother Deacon with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe and 12-year-old Tennesse Jameswith Jim Toth, whom she divorced in 2023.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-bottom-credits” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-27px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] By<\/strong> Iona MacRobert<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”fp-read-more” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#a2823d” divider_weight=”6px” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”read-more-h2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] The secrets of Lourdes Leon\u2019s unshakeable relationship with lookalike father Carlos<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/religious-celebs-copy.jpg” title_text=”religious celebs copy” module_class=”read-more-img” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”read-more-title” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto Condensed||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] 12 A-listers who you never knew were religious<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/beautifuldaughters.png” title_text=”beautifuldaughters” module_class=”read-more-img” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”read-more-title” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto Condensed||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]Courteney Cox<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-14.35.13.png” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 14.35.13″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Michelle Obama<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-12.11.04.png” title_text=”Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 12.11.04″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Gwyneth Paltrow<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-12.19.30.png” title_text=”Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 12.19.30″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]Her son, Moses, started at Browns University this fall [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-12.27.27.png” title_text=”Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 12.27.27″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]The pair say empty nest syndrome has not affected their marriage[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Jada Pinkett-Smith and Willow Smith<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-1353325460-scaled.jpg” title_text=”2021 AFI Fest: Closing Night Premiere Of Warner Bros.’ %22King Richard – Red Carpet” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Michelle Pfeiffer<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-12.40.02.png” title_text=”Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 12.40.02″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] Michelle’s adopted daughter Claudia[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Michelle Pfeiffer battled empty-nest syndrome by making a full return to Hollywood once her kids were grown. The three-time Oscar-winning actress has two children with TV writer and producer David E. Kelley – Claudia, who she adopted in 1993 and John who was born less than a year later.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]”I’m an empty nester now,” Michelle told Interview in 2017. “I’ve never lost my love for acting. I feel really at home on the movie set. I’m a more balanced person, honestly, when I’m working. But I was pretty careful about where I shot and how long I was away, whether or not it worked out with the kids’ schedule. And I got so picky that I was unhirable. And then … I don’t know, time just went on … I disappeared, yeah.”[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]She has been frank about the first few years of being an emptynester, telling Parade in 2012 that it was “really hard”. She explained: “I remember reading an interview with Dustin Hoffman; his first child had just gone off to college, and he said, ‘Nobody talks about their [empty] room.’ I feel like I\u2019m going to cry just thinking about it.”[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]It was actually Michelle\u2019s two children who prompted their talented mum to pick up work projects again.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Christine Brinkley<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-1040580942-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Alexa Ray Joel Performs At Cafe Carlyle” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]The model says turning ’70 was the new 40′[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Supermodel Christine Brinkley has watched all three of her kids leave home and is living her best life at 70. The former cover girl shares Alexa Ray with ex-husband Billy Joel and has Sailor and Jack-Brinkley from her marriage Peter Cook. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]She initially struggled at the the thought of her babies moving out. ”When I first realised I was about to be an empty-nester, I couldn’t even say the word without getting all misty-eyed,” Christine told Page Six in 2016. Although, the star is proud of raising her three children to be ”independent”. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Julianne Moore<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-521435984-scaled.jpg” title_text=”%22Wolves%22 Premiere – 2016 Tribeca Film Festival” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”] The actress says it\u2019s ‘shocking’ for parents when their kids get older[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Julianne Moore has said having an empty nest leaves her free to spend more time with her director husband Bart Freundlich, but she’s still wistful about the time when she had a full house.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Reece Witherspoon<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-12.54.39.png” title_text=”Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 12.54.39″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#696969″ custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||2px|15px|true|false” border_width_left=”2px” border_color_left=”#d2ab57″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]Reece cried in Ava’s empty room when she moved out[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
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