The holidays are fast approaching, and with them come new festive films.
And we have to say: it seems like perfect casting.
I love that scene.
That’s so fun.
What can you tell us about your character in the movie?
I love Lindsay Peterson.
So, I just love her heart for others, and I love that she’s creative.
She comes up with really wonderful marketing concepts, and I love that I get to attend a ball.
This is my first royal movie.
You’ve done a few Christmas movies.
What do you feel sets this one apart from the other ones?
Goodness gracious, I’m trying to think of something bad, but we had so much fun.
Well, that’s a good sign.
They’re kind of just filling in space.
They did a phenomenal job and worked really long hours, and they worked really hard.
We would have dance parties and stuff like that on set to kind of keep us going.
We were wearing the masks and all of the gear in our ball gowns and all of these things.
That was just special.
You don’t normally get to interact with them so much, and they did a phenomenal job.
Then, gosh, I can’t think of a negative.
We had so much fun on this project.
It was just, we had a blast.
Yeah, that’s good.
We want to give people escape from 2020, continuing into 2021, for sure.
Yes, my Christmas tree actually goes up October 1st.
I’m really honored that I get to be the marquee Thanksgiving weekend premiere.
That’s an exciting position for an actor to be in.
It’s kind of like you’re starting the season off for people.
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions?
Yes, favorite traditions for me, I mean, I could go down a long list.
But if I really had to pick a top three, it would be going to see lights.
I love driving around and seeing people’s Christmas lights.
I think that’s such a simple pastime that brings so much joy to my heart.
I also love making cookies with my kids.
I think that’s so fun, and decorating them.
Then I would say my third favorite Christmas tradition is just Christmas Eve.
Everyone has a Christmas Eve tradition.
In my family, we read the Bible out of Luke, story out of Luke.
Are there any traditions that your kids really love that you’ve started with them?
So, I was excited about that.
So, he’s kind of starting to get the traditions, and that’s exciting to watch.
That’s so fun.
Do you have any favorite Christmas movies that you like to watch each year?
“Home Alone” for sure is my absolute favorite.
GAC, I really love their lineup so far.
I’ve been extremely impressed with their Christmas lineup and also the musical score.
You want to just experience the joy, but music is such a huge character in any movie.
Have you gotten a chance to hear the music for this one coming out, or not yet?
No, I have not.
It’ll be exciting that you’ll get to see it all come together.
It includes an autographed, handwritten note from me.
So, people have already gotten those, and they’re sold out.
So, it’s really fun.
No gatherings over this many people, and I just started watching people’s response to that.
We were like, “Wait, we have to do something about that.”
So, that’s kind of where the name was born, Christmas is Not Cancelled.
Well, $15 will give you 15 entries to win every single drawing.
So, every week they can win.
They can win on the last 12 days; every single day they could win.
So, $15 buys a toy that’s worth $23.
So, send their recipient a Christmas card.
You mentioned you have a single.
Do you do other music also?
I do, yeah.
So yeah, all of my music gives back to charity.
What first drew you to fostering?
Man, well, when I was growing up, my parents were kind of unofficial foster parents.
So, that’s really where the seeds of empathy for foster care were birthed in my heart.
But the truth is they’re not.
And we wanted to continue our support of her and hopefully adopt her.
He was four months old, and so that’s how our journey began.
What was it like going all the way from fostering to adoption?
Hard, it’s really hard.
Foster parenting is not for everyone.
It’s extremely hard.
There’s no way to sugarcoat it; it’s emotional.
It’s extremely rewarding, but it was really hard.
These are America’s children, and they live in your own neighborhood.
So, everyone can give back in some way.
For example, these children often don’t have photographs of themselves.
When they move, they lose all of their belongings.
So, I always tell people that are photographers.
So that they have a happy moment that’s captured in their life that they can carry with them.
I think the most challenging thing is what psychologists …
If you’re a woman or a mom, they would call it “playing middle mom.”
At the same time, you still have to monitor visits with the biological mother or father.
Having to navigate that with grace and love is really hard.
If you could give advice to anyone who’s thinking about going into fostering, what would it be?
I would say no one’s ever going to force you to be a foster parent.
You could get more information.
That was really disarming for him, was knowing that these are just children.
Just get information, and it will help you decide how you want to proceed.
Yeah, it seems like you really emphasize people using what they already like to do to help.
So, you should use those.
I haven’t watched any TV at all.
I mean, the last show I watched was a rerun of “Malcolm in the Middle.”
I loveGordon Ramsayso much.
Do you like cooking?
I like cooking if other people are going to come over.
It depends on the occasion.
Right, you’re not going to put all that time in.
No, they don’t care if it’s fresh rosemary or truffle oil.
Do you have a favorite celebrity couple of the year?
No, I’m so sorry.
I’ll say,Candace Cameron Bureand her husband.
I love their relationship, and I love their marriage.
They’re really cute.
What is your favorite celebrity look of the year?
Lord, I love transparency.
They don’t always have makeup on.
They’re just relatable.
So, I think my favorite trend is just celebrities being relatable.
Give us some reality.
Do you attempt to share your real self like that with your followers and with your fans?
I love making people laugh.
I’m like, “Just look at what’s going on with me right now.”
Just to laugh, sure.
What’s your favorite way to connect with your fans lately?
And you said you’re doing the live stream.
When is that happening?
I’ll be using myFrndly TV appin order to stream it.
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