Julia Roberts gushed over her children as she gave a rare glimpse into her family life.
Appearing on the Wednesday, October 1 episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the actress, 57, shared what it was like being a mom now that her kids are all grown up and out of the house. (Roberts shares twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 20, and son Henry, 18, with husband Danny Moder, 56.)
“It’s all fun. Honestly it is all so delicious and my kids… I know everyone thinks their kids are great … well. I think my kids are great,” she said. “I just love hanging out with them and spending time with them and fortunately we have had lots of visits along the way of this emptiness.”
For her late night talk show appearance, Roberts wore a suit that honored the one she wore to the Golden Globes in the 90s. The 1990 Armani outfit also has a special connection to Roberts’ family.
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Speaking to Extra on September 30, Roberts revealed that not only does she still have the outfit, her son Henry “just had it on the other day.”
During the interview, she recalled how she initially tried on clothes in Armani’s women’s section before heading to the men’s department where she found the suit that would go on to be ojne of her most memorable red carpet outfits.
“And I went upstairs to the men’s department. I remember I put the suit on and I loved it,” she said. “I was very taken with myself.”
Roberts married Moder in 2002 at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico. The couple had met two years prior on the set of the 2000 film The Mexican.
The Pretty Woman star told CBS Mornings in 2022 that she adores the life she shares with her husband and kids.
“The life that I’ve built with my husband, the life that we’ve built with our children [is a dream come true],” she said. “And that’s the best stuff, to come home at the end of the day triumphantly to them.”
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While Roberts and Moder are generally pretty private about their family life, the Erin Brockovich star divulged in an interview with 72 Magazine on September 10 that pair were relatively strict parents when raising their kids.
“I think they were, for sure, some of the last kids in their peer groups to get phones and stuff like that. When they were younger, certainly, Danny and I would have been considered some of the stricter parents,” she said. “Not like we’re laying down the law, but these are the rules and they don’t change. Here’s the boundary of your life and it does not shift. You know, you don’t ask me and get an answer and then go ask dad and get a different answer. That doesn’t happen. It will never happen.”
She added, “I think that is what creates the stability that then allows them to feel secure because you know there is this fixed world of love and safety that exists unconditionally.”
