Cristina Ricci is sharing what his time filming was like Yellow jackets it affected his relationship with his daughter, Cleopatra, who turned 2 in December.
In the last episode of Let’s be clear with Shannen Doherty podcast, the 44-year-old actress explained that in order to film the hit thriller series, she had to commute between her home and Vancouver, which put a strain on her time to bond with her growing son.
“Last year I was going back and forth to Vancouver to Yellow jackets. She didn’t know me. We had no bond. So that was very upsetting,” she told the host. Shannen Doherty.
O Yellow jackets star shares Cleo with husband Mark Hampton, and is also mother to Freddie, 8 year old son with ex-husband James Heerdegen.
“My children don’t like it when I travel. When I’m away, I try to take my son with me as much as I can,” she added, noting that going on work trips with the whole family can be expensive. “If you’re a series regular, you have to pay for everything, so I can’t… every time I go up and down, I can’t pay for four people, four flights, you know, and the rooms that you would need and everything… .it’s very expensive to travel with everyone all the time.”
The mother of two shared how she tries to “manage” her work-life balance as best she can. “I try to come back as often as I can,” she said. “I think really what I’ve learned, especially with my son, is to integrate him into my work life. Why can’t he spend the weekend at a convention and see what it’s like?”
Ricci reflected on how different it was to spend time with her son, Freddie, when he was younger.
“There are certain things, like my son was never sleep trained because I had to go back to work when he was 2 months old,” she said. Ricci stated that her ex-husband “wouldn’t help me at all” and recalled having Freddie sleep in the same bed as her “just to get enough sleep so I could work the next day.”
Parenting Hampton is a totally different experience, Ricci says. “I went and shot Wednesday in Romania when (Cleo) was 2 months old, and Mark did this every night, all night. Like, I just slept and worked the next day, and it made a huge difference,” she said. “It was much easier this time. You know, you have to have a good, supportive partner.”
In the same episode, Ricci recalled facing financial difficulties and negative feelings about your appearance over the years.
“As an adult, I went through periods where we were very, very broke,” Ricci shared. “You just think, ‘I don’t want to feel like this anymore.’ It’s like a visceral feeling. I never want to feel so helpless, because I think that’s what makes you feel like you don’t have a lot of money. You feel very helpless.”
O Wednesday actress noted, “There’s a lot of pressure and it’s hard. You have to work to support your family, but at the same time, working takes time away from your family. So, yes, it’s hard, but I’m in a really good place right now. Again, I have a husband who really supports me.”
Ricci also opened up about how she became insecure about her appearance while doing press for Yellow jackets.
“When I started doing press for Yellow jackets and having to post images of myself on social media, even though I was over 40, I had a lot of difficulty,” she admitted. “I had a lot of difficulty seeing these images. I had a lot of difficulty publishing them again. I really couldn’t reconcile worrying so much about my appearance. … It was so hard for me.”
Ricci added: “But we have to find ways to navigate where it doesn’t drag us down emotionally.”
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