Mean Girls’ Lacey Chabert Reveals How Her Daughter Reacted After Finding Out She’s Gretchen Wieners
26.01.2022 - 03:01
/ usmagazine.com
So fetch! Lacey Chabert’s fans will always remember her role as Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls — but her daughter, Julia, only recently learned of her iconic character.
“She’s only 5, but I did come home from work one day and my husband’s like, ‘We watched a few scenes from it. And I’m like, ‘OK,’” the 39-year-old actress said during the Tuesday, January 25, episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.
After Julia saw a few Mean Girls clips she said, according to Chabert, “’Mommy, I didn’t know you were Gretchen Wieners. Did you know that was your name?’”
The Mississippi native, who shares her little one with husband David Nehdar, noted, “It was so funny even hearing that name come out of her mouth.”
While her daughter hasn’t fully watched Mean Girls, Chabert revealed that she is aware that her mom is on the Hallmark Channel.
“We passed a Hallmark card store [recently] and she goes, ‘Oh, look mommy, there’s your crown.’ I was like, ‘OK,’” she said of a sweet moment they shared while at the mall.
The Wedding Veil actress famously played teenage queen bee Regina George’s (Rachel McAdams) right-hand friend Gretchen in the 2004 film, which has since become a cult classic. The movie also starred Amanda Seyfried as fellow Plastics member Karen Smith and Lindsay Lohan as newcomer Cady Heron.
Ten years after the film first hit theaters, the cast reunited for Entertainment Weekly’s Reunion Issue in November 2014. Looking back at their time, Seyfried, now 36, recalled turning to Chabert for support as she was somewhat new in the industry and the Party of Five alum had been acting since she was a kid.
“It was terrifying. I don’t know what I would have done without Lacey Chabert,” the Mank star said at the time. “She was my angel. She took me in,