My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.
My mom was a soap opera queen in Mexico and Latin America. I started acting because of her.
In Fargo, they say, well, that’s a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written about in Entertainment Weekly, and it was kind of cool because my mom asked me if Entertainment Weekly was a magazine or a newspaper.
My mom and dad will look at me and my husband, and they’re like ‘I feel so sorry for this child! He’s not eating fish sticks and pizza!’ I’m like, ‘We try to give it to him, but he doesn’t wanna eat it!’
I grew up in a two-bedroom house with my grandfather, my mom and dad and four kids. I slept on the couch or on the floor, and I always wanted to have my own space.
As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.
As a mom to biological children and adopted gay children all around the world, nothing gives my heart strings a tug as much as seeing a parent stand by their queer/gay/trans child with beaming pride.
The fact that I’m very close with my past relationships is something I pride myself on. My mom is still close to her first husband. It’s nice to be able to enjoy someone in a different form.
I was born on March 3, 1970, as Mom and Dad’s stardom was nearing its peak, while The Johnny Cash Show, was airing regularly on network TV.
When my mom travelled, she would bring me basketball tapes.
My mom was one of the original designers for Coach in the eighties, and she designed some classics, including the City Bag. It’s the only bag I use!
People know my story – how I started like they did and that I struggled with things, like being a working mom. They ask me things they wouldn’t ask anyone else.
My mom, the fabulous Bertie Kinsey, is an amazing seamstress. She quilts and sews and is so crafty. We call her the Southern Martha Stewart!
My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I’ve always grown up around theater.
My mom was always there. Even if she got off work late sometimes, I still went to practice, whether I was 30 minutes late, 45 minutes late… I was still going to practice.
My mom was tough.
My mom was a big ‘Smurfs’ fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, ‘Hurray, cartoons!’ and she would say, ‘Smurfs! That’s what you’re watching.’
My family is very creative. My grandfather played the guitar in Cuba. My sisters, my mom and two aunts would do harmonies, so I would see them and think, ‘I want the attention.’
I read that John Hughes script for ‘Mr. Mom,’ and I thought, ‘This guy is a funny writer.’ I went: ‘You ought to stick around and direct this thing.’ But he didn’t; he left, and look what he became. A really legendary comedy director.
My mom made me a Shawn Michaels costume when I was a kid. I wore it every day and ran around the house dancing like him.
I’m very excited to be partnering with Vaseline because I’ve been a fan for years. It’s products I grew up with – my mom always used them on us – and now, I use it all, from the petroleum jelly to the lip gloss and lotion.
When I was 13, my mom said she had a dream that I would win Miss Universe in a red dress.
I’d go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.
My mom works at an accounting firm; my dad’s a math teacher.
I’m an only child raised by a single mom. She’s always been supportive of what I wanted to do.
