On Friday, Jan. 30, the 52-year-old star took to social media to reveal that she is moving out of the home she mortgaged in order to finance her film, Fresh Kills.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I\u2019m looking like a\u2013 right now \u2018cuz I\u2019ve been crying \u2018cuz I\u2019m moving out of my home that I mortgaged to make my film,” she says in the selfie video.<\/p>\n
She goes on to ponder the support the film has received and what she would’ve hoped had played out differently.<\/p>\n
“And then have people who are in the spotlight not be able to just throw one back and say, ‘Hey, thanks, watch this film,'” she says in the clip. \u201cI said to myself, \u2018You know what? Nobody owes anybody anything.\u2019 And then I thought, \u2018Do we? Do we as human beings? I think actually we do owe each other something. We owe each other decency as human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the caption she added, \u201cImagine if we all actually had one another\u2019s backs. Systems that are meant to divide actually might fall.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the comments, fellow actors and collaborators showed their support for Esposito.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo sorry, Jen. I WILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT. Promise!\u201d says Jerry O\u2019Connell<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYour film was exquisite and I\u2019m better for seeing it,\u201d writes Debra Messing<\/a>. \u201cThe fact that you have to leave your home in order to give your art to the world is maddening.\u201d<\/p>\n Don Cheadle<\/a> chimed in: \u201cHere for you, kiddo! Ya\u2019ll check Jennifer\u2019s movie out. She put and puts it all on the line. A real artist in the pursuit of truth!\u201d<\/p>\n Dia Dipasupil\/Getty<\/p>\n In June 2024, during Esposito\u2019s press tour for Fresh Kills, the actress revealed her passion for the project actually led her to mortgage her home.<\/p>\n \u201cThis town tells you what you can be and what you can\u2019t be for so many years. I was just so over that and thought, \u2018Why am I asking the world to believe in me, I have to believe in me,\u2019 So I\u2019m going to put my money down,\u201d she said in an interview with KTLA<\/a>. \u201cAt the end of my life, am I going to be happy that my house was paid off? Or am I going to be so happy that I gave myself the opportunity that I\u2019ve been waiting for for far too long? So I thought, I\u2019m going.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the film\u2019s synopsis, Fresh Kills follows the loyal women of an organized crime family that dominated some of the boroughs of New York City in the late 20th century. The film was written and directed by Esposito and stars Emily Bader<\/a>, who most recently starred in Netflix\u2019s People We Meet on Vacation<\/a>, and Odessa A\u2019zion<\/a>, who\u2019s been in the spotlight for her role in Marty Supreme<\/a> and her controversial casting in \u2014 and then exit from \u2014\u00a0the film adaptation of Deep Cuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rodin Eckenroth\/WireImage; Amy Sussman\/Getty<\/p>\n But the process to get the film made wasn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n \u201cI was offered $5 million if a male would direct it instead of myself. I was offered a lot of money for stars to be in it,\u201d she revealed to KTLA.<\/p>\n During an interview on Live with Kelly and Mark in July 2024, the Summer of Sam star added there were difficulties in casting too<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one wanted to make it. I couldn\u2019t even get people to read it. And then when [they] did read it, it was like, \u2018We\u2019ll give you $5 million if you cast it with a big-name man. Because females don\u2019t sell movies.\u2019 \u201d she said.<\/p>\n In order to finance the film on her own, she approached her husband Jesper Vesterstr\u00f8m<\/a>, whom she wed in 2020, with a proposal that would impact them both.<\/p>\n Fresh Kills Productions<\/p>\n![\"Jennifer](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8a25a7a39f19f54c98276339daf39926.jpeg\"\/)
Jennifer Esposito attends the New York Women in Film and Television’s Muse awards on March 27, 2024 in New York City. <\/p>\n![\"L:](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/24c698d841103986b6ae18b7f8e761a1.jpeg\"\/)
L: Jennifer Esposito; R: Odessa A’zion <\/p>\n![\"Jennifer](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bcdf31a972bd262d895257f65cad1687.jpeg\"\/)
Jennifer Esposito in ‘Fresh Kills’ <\/p>\n