{"id":292846,"date":"2025-12-01T10:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/292846\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:28:13","slug":"amanda-seyfried-makes-rare-confession-about-hard-struggles-of-balancing-motherhood-and-acting-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/292846\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried makes rare confession about \u2018hard\u2019 struggles of balancing motherhood and acting career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amanda Seyfried admitted it\u2019s \u201creally hard\u201d to balance raising her and her husband Thomas Sadoski\u2019s two children with her acting career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis is the most I\u2019ve ever worked with two kids, and I\u2019ve never had two movies come out at the same time,\u201d the \u201cMamma Mia\u201d star<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/amanda-seyfried-says-its-really-hard-balancing-it-all-excl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told Us Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> told Us Weekly<\/a> in an interview published Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd so, I\u2019m a little bit bananas right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Amanda Seyfried shared that it\u2019s \u201creally hard\u201d to balance motherhood with her acting career. mingey\/instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"948\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5654a65bd0067b916bc2882b5300f59d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Seyfried shared that it\u2019s \u201creally hard\u201d to balance motherhood with her acting career. mingey\/instagram<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\u201cThis is the most I\u2019ve ever worked with two kids, and I\u2019ve never had two movies come out at the same time,\u201d the actress told Us Weekly in an interview published Sunday. Instagram\/mingey\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/503e630724c9f6c5f120153247889671.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most I\u2019ve ever worked with two kids, and I\u2019ve never had two movies come out at the same time,\u201d the actress told Us Weekly in an interview published Sunday. Instagram\/mingey<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Seyfried, 40, and Sadoski, 49, wed in 2017. They share are an 8-year-old daughter, Nina, and a 5-year-old son, Thomas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress has been busy promoting her forthcoming film \u201cHousemaid\u201d alongside co-stars Sydney Sweeney and Brandon Sklenar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Paul Feig-directed film is set for release on Dec. 19.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\u201cAnd so, I\u2019m a little bit bananas right now,\u201d she added. GC Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ed5099155c2c7633ec5dbd3d2565cd95.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, I\u2019m a little bit bananas right now,\u201d she added. GC Images<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Seyfried and her husband, Thomas Sadoski, share an 8-year-old daughter, Nina, and a 5-year-old son, Thomas. Instagram\/mingey\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"734\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4a1fe5ebfea3e57624733de8b2dfb36d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Seyfried and her husband, Thomas Sadoski, share an 8-year-old daughter, Nina, and a 5-year-old son, Thomas. Instagram\/mingey<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Seyfried also stars in the Mona Fastvold-directed film, \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee,\u201d set for release on Dec. 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elsewhere in the interview, the \u201cMean Girls\u201d star shared that the films were \u201cvery different,\u201d and warned viewers not to read the \u201cHousemaid\u201d book by Freida McFadden until they\u2019ve seen the movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt will ruin the twists for you,\u201d she teased.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The \u201cMean Girls\u201d star has been busy promoting her forthcoming film \u201cHousemaid.\u201d Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"604\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9b42ce6c37e9d7346ac3974a1f9db95d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMean Girls\u201d star has been busy promoting her forthcoming film \u201cHousemaid.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"She and Sadoski wed in 2017. Instagram\/mingey\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d5a8c23f2f9153b87625eb41f386e276.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She and Sadoski wed in 2017. Instagram\/mingey<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Seyfried has been busy, she\u2019s previously skipped out on events to spend time with her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In January 2024, she missed the 2024 Emmys and<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/01\/15\/style\/amanda-seyfried-models-dress-made-by-6-year-old-daughter-as-she-skips-2024-emmys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:instead spent time with her daughter.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> instead spent time with her daughter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the time, the \u201cDear John\u201d star took to her Instagram Stories to share a photo of herself wearing a dress designed by Nina.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"During an interview with Hello! earlier this year, Seyfried shared how she enjoys spending time with her family. Instagram\/mingey\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81bf6dd48985ebf25189afcc09cd5ee8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Hello! earlier this year, Seyfried shared how she enjoys spending time with her family. Instagram\/mingey<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The singer said that she and her family enjoy traveling to Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Instagram\/mingey\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1023\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d9ee415e5de3c577a62260a25c968818.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The singer said that she and her family enjoy traveling to Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Instagram\/mingey<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cCelebrating the Emmy\u2019s [six] with a handmade creation by a six year old,\u201d Seyfried captioned the photo of herself in the minidress at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In July, the \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables\u201d star also shared how she enjoys spending time with her family on vacations to Cape Cod in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s our happy place. We love the quiet, the beach, and just having the chance to slow down together. No big plans, just walks, food, and time to breathe,\u201d she told Hello!.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried admitted it\u2019s \u201creally hard\u201d to balance raising her and her husband Thomas Sadoski\u2019s two children with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[52178,96,118575,2839,118574,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-292846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-amanda-seyfried","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-forthcoming-film","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-thomas-sadoski","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}