Neither Alice nor Penelope Fey, Tina Fey’s kids, consider her to be a very cool mother.
On Thursday, the comedian and actress was among those who attended the American Museum of Natural History 2023 Gala in New York City. While there, she gave an exclusive interview to People magazine in which she discussed her daughters Alice, who is 18 years old, and Penelope, who is 12 years old.
Fey, who is 53 years old, adds, “You are never cool [to your kids].” “No, you are never cool, and you had better not even attempt to be cool. Just let everything take its course!
However, the celebrity, who was able to have a date night at the event with her composer spouse Jeffrey Richmond, who is 62 years old, has devised a strategy for winning them over. “As we watch television, we find ourselves thinking, ‘We are familiar with that individual. Are you a fan of the show? “They are familiar to us,” Fey adds. “And then they say, ‘No you don’t.'”
Richmond continues by saying, “Get some celebrity friends.” “There’s more than you think!”
In a humorous manner, Fey says, “There are so many of them, it’s easy to get them.”
Attendees on the red carpet included actresses Scarlett Johansson, who is 39 years old, Hilaria Baldwin, who is also 39 years old, Alec Baldwin, who is 65 years old, and Busy Philipps, who is 44 years old.
Fay and Richmond are connected to Philipps in some way. They have collaborated with the actress on Girls5Eva, which they both executive produce, as well as on the forthcoming Mean Girls movie musical, which is based on Fey’s film of the same name from 2004 and the accompanying Broadway show (with a soundtrack by Richmond).
Fey, who will be reprising her role as teacher Miss Norbury in the upcoming film, praised the “amazing cast” of the upcoming film during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers in February. The cast of the film includes Tim Meadows as Principal Duvall, Angourie Rice as Cady, Reneé Rapp as Regina, Auli’i Cravalho as Janis, Jaquel Spivey as Damian, and Philipps and Philipps as Regina’s “Cool Mom” Mrs. George.
Meyers, who is 49 years old, inquired as to whether or not they would be required to modify the songs from the Broadway play for the film. Fey responded that they are aiming for a more “pop” vibe. Due to the fact that everything on Broadway must be played to the back of the auditorium, the process is really rather intriguing. Additionally, with movies, you have the ability to sort of come back in, and things may play out in a really personal manner,” she said.
After that, the celebrity went on to praise their “very cool directing team” and choreographer, stating that “It’s going to be good.”
The highly anticipated first trailer for the movie musical was published by Paramount Pictures a month ago, but it did not include any of the songs that would be used in the musical. “Mean Girls” will be released in cinemas on January 12th.