Los Angeles, April 2 – Hollywood actress Jamie Lee Curtis welcomed her granddaughter in December, just a week after the deaths of her close friends, Rob and Michele Reiner.
The actress of ‘Freaky Friday’ and her husband, Christopher Guest, are the parents of two adopted daughters, and their eldest child, Annie Guest, whose godparents were the late film director and his wife. During a very emotional time for the family, Jason Wolf welcomed his first son into the world, according to ‘Female First UK’ reports.
Speaking to Michelle Obama on her IMO podcast, Jamie said, "I never thought I would have children. I never thought in my wildest dreams I would be a grandmother. I want to be a grandmother.”
The 67-year-old actress became emotional as she reflected on the contrasting feelings of the time, due to the tragic deaths of Rob and Michele, whose son, Nick, has been charged with their murders.
She said, "My husband (Christopher Guest) and I became grandparents. Their baby boy was born in December. And it was a week after Rob and Michele (died). And Rob and Michele are her godparents, and they died on her birthday. My beautiful daughter, who loved them, as we all did, managed to process that grief and sadness, as we all have had to. Obviously, nothing greater than their children. But as close friends”.
According to ‘Female First UK’, Jamie also noted that "colleagues and friends and people we all admired" were also mourning the couple.
She added, "And then my daughter and her husband brought their son to this world a week later. Life, in all its harshest and most beautiful forms.”
The star of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ had obtained Annie’s approval before making the news of her son public, and her daughter was happy for her to speak about it because she admires former First Lady Michelle Obama so much.
The actress said, "I called my daughter to say, 'Hey, I'm about to do this (podcast)' We have never talked about it. It's been a private matter. But we live in a world, many people know, in our circle. Many, many people know that we're grandparents. One of these days, somebody's gonna say something. (I) said, 'I'm about to do this thing, I think it's gonna come up. How would you feel about me talking about it?' She said, 'Tell her I love her.’ My daughter Annie said, 'Tell her I love her’”.
"You are loved and so respected that she would say, 'Yes, Mom, you can talk about it to Michelle Obama, 'cause she's a G. Because she loves you, because you represented love in the world and you brought love to the White House and beyond. And so it's really thrilling to me that the first time I'm going to say to the universe that I became a grandmother is here with you,” she added.