Yellow jackets star Christina Ricci have revealed that she 10-year-old son Freddie was previously very confused about his fame.

“When (he) was young he would say to me: ‘Why do people always hug you?'” Ricci, 44, reminded The Tonight Show in the lead role Jimmy Fallon Wednesday, February 5th.

Ricci talked to host Jimmy Fallon About how Freddie and his 3-year-old sister Cleopatra handle fans approaching her in public. She explained that since she played in classic films that many fans grew up with – as Addams family and Casper – People are often loving with her in public.

“I had to explain to (Freddie) that I was in these films and people feel really sentimental about it,” said the actress. “Then I showed him Casper Too young, which was a mistake. “

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Ricci insured Fallon that Casper Is “completely safe for children” to watch, even though Freddie had an understandable confusion when he saw his mother on an adventure with a ghost.

“I drove him to preschool one day and he was like,” oh, mom, I told my teachers about your childhood … that you lived in your house with your dad and all these ghosts, “” She remembered when Fallons Studio audience laughed. “In terms of development, it was too soon! I have learned now, we will wait a bit for Cleo. “

Earlier in the interview, Ricci compared to Cleopatra with “a wild creature” in Jest and then shared that her daughter does not always address her as “mother.”

“She calls me” Christina, “said the star.” It’s a mixture of “Mom” and “Christina”. She says, “ice and water, Christina, please!” When I get her some water she is like ‘thank you, Christina!’ “

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Ricci continued: “You can’t just kiss (Cleo) and push her. I have a lot of respect for her now. I mean, I always did. It’s children, you respect them. But I have developed a lot of respect for her because you can’t just kiss her, you have to ask her (first) … she will be “no.”

The Wednesday Star recalled a less fun situation where she heard Cleo screaming “Christina!” Over his baby monitor in the middle of the night.

“I felt I was screaming at (like) I was in Mom dearest Suddenly, Ricci was joking. “I like Ran (to her and) fell over, but also laughed hysterically.”

Ricci’s son Freddie was born under her Marriage to James Heerdegenbefore She applied for divorce In July 2020. In April 2021, Ricci was granted alone legal custody of Freddie, where the Heer dough was allowed visitor rights.

The Addam’s family values The actress has since moved on with the other husband Mark Hampton, who She married in October 2021. The couple Welcome daughter Cleopatra in December 2021.

On Ellen DeGeneres -Show In January 2022, Ricci said that the couple originally planned to name their daughter Cleo, but Hampton did A last minute -switch When she fills in her birth certificate.

“We would call her Cleo and then just before they prepared me for the C-section, they started talking about how we had to fill in birth certificates, (and) my husband was like: ‘We have to give her a full name, or how ? And then the nickname is Cleo, ”Ricci said to host Ellen Degeneres. “I was the same way,” whatever, we can talk about this later. “Then he was so excited that he put it on Instagram.”

The star continued: “Well, I guess she’s called Cleopatra. I just thought it would be cleo … but he figured it out while I was recovery. Cleopatra’s good. I mean, it’s a queen’s name. “

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