Kevin Bacon is an American actor who came to prominence in the 1980s thanks to the release of the movie “Footloose.” In addition to starring in numerous other films, he has also been seen in “JFK,” “A Few Good Men,” and “Apollo 13.” One of Bacon’s numerous assets is his ability to flourish in a wide variety of genres. Comedies such as “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” “Tremors,” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love” are some of the comedies for which he is most known. The character that the actor played on “The Following” brought him success in the world of television as well.
The actor has been honored with a variety of accolades over his career, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. In addition to that, Bacon is a candidate for both the Primetime Emmy Award and the Academy Award. In 2003, he was honored with the placement of his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In addition to his career as an actor, Kevin Bacon is a devoted family man who is both a father and a husband. Over the course of the last thirty years, he has been happily married to actress Kyra Sedgwick. They have been together long enough to have two offspring: a boy by the name of Travis and a daughter by the name of Sosie. The couple made certain compromises in their careers in order to bring up their children in New York City, where they had chosen to raise their family.
The part that made Sedgwick a household name was the title character she played in the television series “The Closer.” The actress’s work on the program earned her both a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Television Series. The series ran for an impressive total of seven seasons until it was cancelled in 2012. In addition, many people remember Sedgwick for the humorous part she played in the television sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Her filmography includes titles like “Something to Talk About,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” and “Singles,” among others.
Once the birth of her children, the actress decided to take a hiatus from performing, but she resumed her career after her children reached a more mature age. Both she and Bacon seem to have a good marriage and are quite committed to their children and other members of their family. Continue reading to find out more about the connection between Bacon and Sedgwick.
In the course of his career, Bacon was able to make a smooth transition from the cinema industry to television. On the other hand, the celebrity was hesitant about taking the plunge. He disclosed the following to The Guardian:
“In the past, my bosses knew better than to bring up a TV series in conversation with me because they were aware of how enraged I would get if they did so. When I heard that I was going to be moved to television, I felt like it was a slap in the face to my cinema career and that I was being sent to the graves. But at a certain point, I looked at the content that I was consuming – shows like “The Sopranos” and “The Wire” – and I recognized that the writers moved to TV because they had been messed up by the cinema. Still, I found myself in a challenging situation at that time. I’m trying to explain why my hand was trembling. After that, they gave me three screenplays, and all three of them were among the most impressive things I’d seen in a number of years. I was thinking to myself, “Schmuck, you could have gotten in on this a long time ago!”
Along with his brother Michael, the actor has also launched a musical project under the name the Bacon Brothers. Sometimes Kevin has to question whether the fans came to watch his band or merely to see him since he is a renowned actor. Bacon said that “it would be stupid to pretend that didn’t exist,” and I agree with him. “Sometimes people want to see what I look like in person, and you just hope that they leave thinking, ‘The band was fantastic.’ We have put a lot of effort into it, beginning out in coffee shops. We didn’t immediately opt for “The youngster from Footloose sings!” as our headline.
Bacon also said that he likes to live in New York rather than Los Angeles since he feels more like a “runner-up” in the city of Los Angeles. He said, “I would get anxiousness, and I would feel terrified.” If your movie is number one at the box office or if your television program is a blockbuster, Los Angeles is a very terrific place to be, but if it’s not, you’re simply (nothing) there.
In the year 2020, Bacon’s moving homage to his wife, Sedgwick, warmed the hearts of people all across the world. In the 1970s, Bacon performed a part in a local play that Sedgwick had seen with her brother, which is how the two actors first became acquainted with one another. While he was 19 at the time, she was just 12 years old. Bacon
When Bacon was a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” in 2014, Us Magazine claimed that he stated the following about Kyra: “A young girl came in there who had just watched the matinee, and her brother said, ‘You loved that guy, go tell him you liked him,’ and it was Kyra.” “She was a little girl, yes, she was 12 years old,” the speaker said.
Even though Sedgwick was only a kid at the time, he managed to win her favor through the years, and when they ran into one other again later in life, she made the decision to give him another go. In 1988, when Sedgwick was just 23 years old, they tied the knot.
They have been married for more than three decades at this point. In September 2020, as the couple celebrated their 32nd anniversary, Bacon shared a flashback picture from their wedding that he had put on his social media accounts. He expressed his appreciation to his very special girlfriend, Sedgwick, by posting a thank-you message on his Instagram profile. The famous actor sent a sweet and heartfelt letter to his wife, in which he gushed over their long history together. Bacon captioned his image with the phrase “11,680 days with you.” “Thank you for making each and every one of them count.”
The couple’s supporters swiftly sent comments underneath the post, expressing their appreciation for their happy, loving marriage and sending their best wishes to the two of them. Some others choose to make light of the situation by counting the precise number of minutes and seconds that Bacon and Sedgwick had spent together. Others, on the other hand, voiced their respect for the two lovebirds and the robust connection that they had.
Another anniversary ode was published by Bacon in September 2021, on the occasion of the band’s 33rd birthday. The lyrical black-and-white photograph of the pair dancing was accompanied with the following caption:
Cheers to enjoying life together, dancing the night away with you, @kyrasedgwickofficial! Best wishes on your anniversary. You are the cause of this.”
However, the pair has also had some difficult times together. In 2008, Bacon and Sedgwick had all of their funds stolen from them by the perpetrators of the greatest Ponzi scam in the history of the world. According to People, Sedgwick said that they learned the news at the same time as the rest of the world did. “Kev had been working professionally since he was seventeen and I had been working professionally since I was fifteen, and it was our savings, all the money that we had at the time… It had been a trying day.”
Both Bacon and Sedgwick have said that the experience helped them realize that their children and their health are the only things in life that actually count, despite the fact that it was terrible at the time.
In an interview with Glamour magazine, the couple discussed their long-term relationship and discussed the ways in which they encourage and support one another in their professional endeavors.
Bacon acknowledged that at the time, saying that “Kyra felt pretty strongly that, as she began to have children, she needed to be there for them” was one of the things he said at the time. Because of the children, she would often make judgments about her professional life that were not in the best interest of her work. Although there was more employment in Los Angeles, we continued to reside in New York so that we could fulfill our desire to bring up our children in the city.
Although Sedgwick was the one who first took charge, her husband came through for her when she got her big break on “The Closer,” which went on to win several awards.
According to Bacon, “Then when ‘The Closer’ came around — I don’t even look at this as a sacrifice.” But at that time, the children were still in high school or junior high, and she had the option to go to California and star in a television program there. I responded by saying, “Listen, I’ll remain here with the children.” In this particular circumstance, it was the very first time in both of our lives that I said, “I’ll remain home, and I won’t accept anything.”
In 2012, Sedgwick discussed her connection with Bacon in a public interview. Even though they had previously met when they were both much younger, Sedgwick and Bacon got back in touch while working on the set of “Lemon Sky.” As Sedgwick said,
“We first became acquainted while making a movie adaptation of the play ‘Lemon Sky.’ I can very clearly recall hearing from my agent a couple of days after I got the job that Kevin Bacon had fallen out, and that he needed to be in New Zealand for reshoots on a movie. This was a few days after I had gotten the part. When I think back on it, I can hear a very authoritative voice in my brain saying, “Oh, he’s absolutely going to do it.” When they contacted a couple of days later to tell me that he had returned to the office, my response was, “Of course he is!” It’s not like I was under the impression that we were going to tie the knot. However, I do recall thinking to myself at the time, “Of course he’s going to do it.”
The actress went on to say that she and Bacon have a connection that is as as solid now as it was when they first started dating. The core of it hasn’t actually been altered in any significant way. When he enters a room, I’m still… I guess you could say that my heart skips a beat and I think, Oh! He’s such a sweet little thing. He is quite alluring. That is the very first thing that comes into my head. You can question individuals working on the set about it since the tension is evident. He continues to be a puzzle to me. “Aging alongside one another is both terrifying and exhilarating,” she remarked.
In addition to this, Sedgwick talked about how much her spouse makes her feel loved on a daily basis. “I don’t know how he does it, but he always makes me feel like I’m the most beautiful woman in the room — the only lady in the room,” she added. “I don’t know how he does it, but he always makes me feel like I’m the most beautiful woman in the room.” “He tells me, ‘Honey, you look just stunning. You are sexy!’ Always, always, always!”
She said, “I am continuously in awe of Kevin’s level headedness and his lack of ‘crazy,'” which she referred to as his absence of “crazy.”
It is clear that Sedgwick is a powerful person based on the way that she communicates with her family. When it comes to Bacon, he admits that his wife doesn’t put up with much crap and that she expects her loved ones to communicate with them in a straightforward manner. Bacon said:
“No, she doesn’t have that, but it’s a somewhat different situation. She expects a certain degree of transparency from me. The way she interacts with us, whether it be with my son, daughter, or myself, is to focus on how we are feeling and how we think about things. The importance of communication is something that Mom has instilled in all of us as a family.
Bacon agreed that communication was the key to a long-lasting marriage when questioned about it, but he admitted that he didn’t enjoy the question that was posed. “Yes, communication is beneficial. “But it is a question that I’ve kind of come to the conclusion that I’m not capable of addressing,” he continued. “Uh, I’m not capable of responding.” “No, I am not unable; nonetheless, I do not want to do so, and I will explain why. This thing that is so significant to me gets reduced to a one-liner every time I go there, and I feel like it makes it less significant overall. So now I’m thinking, what do you know? I’m done.”
Sedgwick and Bacon have made it through all of the challenges they have faced as a relationship by working through them together. As an example, Bacon refers to the Madoff scandal, which got its name from the con artist who defrauded investors out of their money. “It was an awful day. But quite soon, we were able to recognize all the things we had rather than anything we lost, and those are the things that are most often referred to as cliches: children, health, love, and a wonderful house. Therefore, we triumphed over it together. He said, “I don’t think about Madoff at all, like at all.”
Travis is the name of the couple’s son, while Sosie is the name of their daughter. Both of the children are now adults and have followed in their parents’ footsteps by entering the entertainment business. While Sosie is pursuing a career in the entertainment industry, Travis is playing in a band. Bacon discussed his feelings over Sosie’s decision to pursue a career in acting. He said:
“Kyra and I had accidentally conveyed to her over the years that this was not the kind of life we want for her to have. When you add the fact that you are a woman to the mix, there are even more obstacles to overcome since it is unclear, you are evaluated, and it is a lifetime of being rejected. If you want to be an actor, you need to be able to say, “I’m going to do this, whatever you say.” (I’m going to do this, whatever you say.) Her parents are both extremely accomplished actresses, and they told her they didn’t want her to pursue acting. However, she told them, “I’m doing it anyway,” and that’s what you need to do to make it.
Bacon and Sedgwick have never engaged in any kind of rivalry with one another. “Kyra and I have faith in one other’s abilities as performers, directors, and talent,” she said. According to what Bacon told People, “she has never been anything other than supportive of me.” “When it comes to me, she doesn’t have a single ounce of competitive spirit in her body. She claims credit for all of my accomplishments. I am exactly the same.”
The parents are finally able to relax and spend quality time with one another now that their children are no longer living at home. “We determine what we’re going to have for the next meal, then prepare it, clean it, and then decide what we’re going to have for the following dinner.” “The value of her relationship cannot be overstated,” remarked Bacon. “I located the person who was destined to be in my life.”
The actor continued by saying that he has no plans to slow down the pace of his profession in any way. According to Bacon, “A lot of folks who are my age are thinking about slowing down a little bit.” I am truly focusing my attention on what is ahead. The rearview mirror that I have isn’t very good.