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Perth Now
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Katherine Heigl opens up about suffering from 'anxiety' as a parent of two teenagers
Katherine Heigl feels a lot of "anxiety" as a parent of two teenagers. The 46-year-old actress has daughters Naleigh, 15, and Adalaide, 13, as well as eight-year-old Joshua with her husband Josh Kelley and doesn't feel as "in control" as she once did with her eldest two. She told PEOPLE: "It really increases your anxiety and your fear as a parent. "You are not as in control as you were when they were little, where you had all the power of keeping them safe and guiding choices. They are their own little people now and they really have their own minds and they're going through it. It's a tumultuous time. "Now that Adelaide's 13, they're both into makeup, they're both into this TikTok dance and that TikTok dance. "They're spending more time together, but that can also go south." However, the former 'Grey's Anatomy' actress does not get involved in the conflict between her two girls because she feels that they have to "work it out" themselves. She said: "I do not try to interfere or navigate or referee. I walk out the room, I'm like, 'They'll work it out.' And they always do. They're very close, but they're teenage girls. They're going to fight." The '27 Dresses' star feels a particular "shame" whenever she loses her cool as a parent and had to say sorry to her children when she did it recently, She said: "My most shameful moments as a parent are when I lose my temper. And I recently did and had to apologize.! Most of all, Katherine just wants to be the "right mother" for her children so that she can set a good example for them when they themselves eventually become adults. She added: "My prayer every night is that I am the right mother for each of my children and their individual needs so that when they get to be adults, they can go slay their own dragons."
Perth Now
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Katherine Heigl was shocked by cesarean scar
Katherine Heigl was shocked by the prominent the scar she was left with after undergoing a cesarean section. The former 'Grey's Anatomy' star, 46, is mother to two adopted daughters Naleigh, 15, Adalaine, 13, with her singer husband singer Josh Kelley and she gave birth to the couple's son Joshua in 2016 - and she has now admitted no one warned her about how her body would change after the surgery. She told Us Weekly: "I got away without stretch marks, but I had a cesarean, so I have this scar that created this kind of lump there. "It looks like a little hot dog bun on my lower belly that will be there forever now. And I think initially I was like, nobody told me that would happen, everybody acted like the cesarean scar would be nothing, and that you'd never even see it, you'd never even notice. "And, like, this has changed my body forever, I will never look like I did pre-pregnancy." However, Katherine is adamant giving birth to her son was "worth it". She added: "I had to sort of smack myself and be like: 'What are you talking about? It was so worth it. "I think you have those days where you beat yourself up and think: 'Oh, I wish I looked like I did when I was 25.' But then there's the reality check of, like, you're not 25 and I wouldn't want to go back to 25 for all the tea in China. "I am very grateful for the existence I've had thus far, for another 20 years of life to love, and learn and grow and experience. This is part of that. "Our respect for ourselves needs to be paramount. But yeah, I mean, I'm not a perfect person in the way that I, every day, wake up and think: 'I'm fantastic, I look great' "Like, no, I have bad days. But, you know, when I gather my perspective, it was well worth it." It comes after Katherine declared her children are now "far more creative" after she limited their phone usage. Katherine told E! News: "Naleigh has started baking and cooking a lot because I now I have a rule about the phone: They don't get it three days a week and they only get it after school. "Adelaide, she talks about wanting to be an actress." She has also noticed an improvement in the relationships between her children as a result of the rules. She added: "[Adalaine] and her brother have been starting to play music together. "Adelaide is playing the electric guitar, Joshua's playing the drums—and they're actually really good. "It's really kind of beautiful to watch them do this together, and watch them be excited and interested in something other than their devices and their phones."
Perth Now
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Katherine Heigl notices 'creative' boost in kids after phone bans
Katherine Heigl thinks her children are "far more creative" after she limited their phone usage. The former 'Grey's Anatomy' star and her husband Josh Kelley - who have kids Naleigh, 15, Adalaine, 13, and eight-year-old Joshua together - have noticed the benefits of their daughters not being allowed their smartphones for half the week. Katherine told E! News: "Naleigh has started baking and cooking a lot because I now I have a rule about the phone: They don't get it three days a week and they only get it after school. "Adelaide, she talks about wanting to be an actress." She has also noticed an improvement in the relationships between her children as a result of the rules. She added: "[Adalaine] and her brother have been starting to play music together. "Adelaide is playing the electric guitar, Joshua's playing the drums—and they're actually really good. "It's really kind of beautiful to watch them do this together, and watch them be excited and interested in something other than their devices and their phones." The 46-year-old actress wanted to "mitigate" the amount of time her kids are spending online and encourage them to find other ways to stay entertained. However, Katherine pointed out that it wouldn't be reasonable to totally removed their phones from their lives. She explained: "Modern moms have to really deal with that in a way that our mothers did not. "I have always felt like I can't take it away completely, because then they aren't really in the world. "All their friends are on it and all their the schoolwork is on it." Meanwhile, Katherine previously admitted while at one point she "for sure" wanted to expand her family, the COVID-19 pandemic "really clarified" the decision that she and Josh were satisfied with three kids. In 2023, she told E! News: "Three is enough, and I don't think I can spread myself any thinner in this arena."
Perth Now
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Katherine Heigl can't 'fathom' ditching family life for Hollywood comeback
Katherine Heigl couldn't "fathom" swapping her Utah life for a return to Hollywood. The '27 Dresses' actress - who has children Naleigh, 15, Adalaide, 13, and Joshua, eight, with her husband Josh Kelley - left Los Angeles several years ago to focus on her family, and she couldn't see herself uprooting her life to plot a return to acting. She told E! News: "When they're little, that's the most delicious and exciting time for you as a parent, but when they're teenagers is when they need you the most, and that's where I'm at. "I just don't see how I could go off and make a movie for three months or a television series for nine months. "Nothing shoots in Utah, so I have to go on location, and it's just it's not something right now that I can fathom doing successfully. "I think I would be so torn and divided. I don't know how much of my attention I could give a project when I'm worried about my kids at home." Katherine's last movie role was in 2021's 'Fear of Rain' - although she has been cast as Patty Amore in musical rom-com 'That's Amore!' - and she hasn't appeared on television since the second part of 'Firefly Lane' season two aired in 2023. Occasionally, the 46-year-old star - who has found "so much joy and contentment and clarity and grounding" in her new life - wonders if she should be trying to rediscover her acting career. She explained: "Sometimes I ask myself if I should be in the game, if I should be hustling, if I should be more ambitious. And I just think I really don't want to. "If you don't want that, then don't do it, just because you think that's what you're supposed to do, or that's what society expects from you." Instead, the 'Grey's Anatomy' finds herself in a "happy and content" place spending time with her kids. She added: "I'm really happy and content and I'm so grateful for the years I had in the industry, in the hustle. "My children were younger, and though I will always regret so much of the time I missed with them while I was hustling, while I was working, I am grateful to be here now."
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Katherine Heigl can't 'fathom' ditching family life for Hollywood comeback
Katherine Heigl couldn't "fathom" swapping her Utah life for a return to Hollywood. The '27 Dresses' actress - who has children Naleigh, 15, Adalaide, 13, and Joshua, eight, with her husband Josh Kelley - left Los Angeles several years ago to focus on her family, and she couldn't see herself uprooting her life to plot a return to acting. She told E! News: "When they're little, that's the most delicious and exciting time for you as a parent, but when they're teenagers is when they need you the most, and that's where I'm at. "I just don't see how I could go off and make a movie for three months or a television series for nine months. "Nothing shoots in Utah, so I have to go on location, and it's just it's not something right now that I can fathom doing successfully. "I think I would be so torn and divided. I don't know how much of my attention I could give a project when I'm worried about my kids at home." Katherine's last movie role was in 2021's 'Fear of Rain' - although she has been cast as Patty Amore in musical rom-com 'That's Amore!' - and she hasn't appeared on television since the second part of 'Firefly Lane' season two aired in 2023. Occasionally, the 46-year-old star - who has found "so much joy and contentment and clarity and grounding" in her new life - wonders if she should be trying to rediscover her acting career. She explained: "Sometimes I ask myself if I should be in the game, if I should be hustling, if I should be more ambitious. And I just think I really don't want to. "If you don't want that, then don't do it, just because you think that's what you're supposed to do, or that's what society expects from you." Instead, the 'Grey's Anatomy' finds herself in a "happy and content" place spending time with her kids. She added: "I'm really happy and content and I'm so grateful for the years I had in the industry, in the hustle. "My children were younger, and though I will always regret so much of the time I missed with them while I was hustling, while I was working, I am grateful to be here now."
