Samantha Bee
An exclusive interview with the Daily Show star and mother of two.
by Christina Couch
February 9, 2009
I've read that you and your husband met while working on a children's theater production and that you both hated it. Has that hatred calmed down a little since having kids of your own?
Oh, we were doing the worst show. I can't even tell you the name of it. Children should not have been subjected to the show we were doing. There is great children's theater out there and if I had been doing some great children's theater, it wouldn't have
been a horrific experience. However, I can say that what we were doing should not have been witnessed by anybody of any age, and that's why it was terrible. We take Piper and Fletcher to shows every now and then. We took them to the circus a while ago and
they loved it. Well, Piper loved it because we allowed her to have a snowcone and Fletcher was just mesmerized. He loved the whole experience. You didn't hear a peep out of him the whole time. He was really entranced and Piper was just totally preoccupied
by staring down at her snowcone. While people were flying overhead on the trapeze, we were like, "Look up! Look up!" and she was like, "I don't think you understand what is going on. I have a snowcone."
Is this whole process easier the second time around?
I wouldn't say it's easier. We were more relaxed about the process. I knew what to expect from my body. It really helps that Fletcher is such an easy-going, amazing little boy. He is just the gentlest little smileball, but it was difficult integrating another
person into our household. We have one daughter already and we didn't really realize how jealous she would be."I enjoy my children so much; I wish that I had five."
It's got to be hard managing sibling rivalry in such a small space.
It was. It completely fizzed out after two or three months and now everything is good as gold, but at the time it was like having a baby and a dingo in the apartment. All we were doing was protecting the baby from the dingo. It was really tiring.
Is this how you thought motherhood would be?
I don't know. Before I had children, I don't think I felt that there was a maternal bone in my body. I mean, I always sort of assumed that having kids was the biological imperative and that I would do that someday, but I wasn't yearning for it. I was never
the kind of person who would make googly eyes at other people's babies, ever. As soon as Piper was born, I instantly regretted not starting a lot sooner. I enjoy my children so much; I wish that I had five.
So then there's definitely plans for more baby-making in the future?
I don't know. I'm going to let nature take its course now. I'm going to let my old, tired eggs decide.
What's the secret to making it all work then?
Be happy with simple things. Jason and I are pretty happy when we can have an hour to ourselves, eating a piece of chocolate and watching
Top Chef. Those moments are so golden. We keep our expectations for private time low and happiness ensues.
©2009 Christina Couch and Nerve Media
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Christina Couch is a freelance writer based in Richmond, VA, and Chicago, IL. She is the author of Virginia Colleges 101 (Palari Publishing, 2008). Her work can also be found in Playboy.com, Time Out Chicago, Wired magazine, MSN.com and Yahoo! Finance. |
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