has revealed she returned to work almost immediately after giving birth to her only child, son Julian, in 1998.
Kudrows Bold Return to Work After Baby
Lisa Kudrow has revealed she returned to work almost immediately after giving birth to her only child, son Julian, in 1998.The 62-year-old actress, who opened u...
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The 62-year-old actress, who opened up about on Friends, recently revealed on CBS Sunday Morning that she appeared on The Tonight Show just ten days after giving birth.
Kudrow shares Julian, 27, with husband Michel Stern, 67.
'I'm looking back, and I had given birth to my son and 10 days later I was at a meeting. I did the Tonight Show. And then was in a meeting for Analyze This,' she told Tracy Smith.
After welcoming her son on May 7, she remembered, 'My agent's like, "Yeah, you'll be okay. You're not shooting until July, and it's May. It's no big deal."'
However, the star said she ended up filming significantly earlier than July.
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Lisa Kudrow has recalled going back to work almost immediately after giving birth to her only child, son Julian
Kudrow shares Julian, 27, with husband Michel Stern, 67; pictured in 2003
She shared, 'In the meeting Billy Crystal's saying, "Yeah, I mean, you look great. Are you sure you're able to do this? When did you give birth?" And I told him. He's like, "Alright, well, we start Thursday."'
Her loved ones even encouraged her to head back to work.
The former Friends star said, 'I remember my husband's parents were visiting from France. My parents were around. Everyone around went, "Of course, you can do it."
'And I said, "But it's wrong. I have a newborn."'
'At first, Phoebe was very, very far from me,' she said. 'It took a lot of work to justify the things she would say and do. Not in an irritating way - it was fun.'
Over time, though, the part began to shift as she became more comfortable with it.
'Over the course of 10 years, a little bit of her came into me,' Kudrow continued. 'I lightened up a little more and read some books on spirituality and things, just to try to understand her.'
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Kudrow also pushed back on the idea that she 'only play[s] ditzes,' and admitted that she doesn't even consider Phoebe a ditz anymore.
'In 1994, it was like, "I love her. She’s such a ditz." And it’s like, yeah, OK, that was what a ditz was to us. Someone who wasn’t toeing the line,' she said.
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