Actress Keri Russell may have been a teen icon back in her Felicity days, but according to the 46-year-old mother of three, a lot has changed since then. Keri recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where she shared her 11-year-old daughter's hilarious reaction to watching her mother play the iconic WB character.
Keri stopped by the late-night show to promote her new movie
During her chat with Jimmy on Wednesday night, Keri revealed that she gave her daughter a screening of her old hit TV series.
"My daughter about a year ago — she's kind of mature for her age, and she was bored one day — I said, 'Hey, Willa, I did this show about this college girl, and you might think it's cool. It's really sweet,'" Kerry recounted.
Keri played the first episode for her daughter
The series kicks off with a college-bound Felicity (played by Keri) following her high school crush (Scott Speedman) to New York City. Apparently, none of that sat too well with Willa, who couldn't even finish the pilot episode.
"After about 15 minutes, she turned it off and she went, 'Ugh, Mom, it's so cringey,'" Keri shared.
Willa was not having her mom's on-screen antics
"She was actually grossed-out by me," Keri said. "I was like, 'Oh, I thought you might like it.'"
"And she was like, 'Why would you think I'd want to watch your college experience making out with weird boys and stuff?'"
We can see why Willa may have felt that way, but Felicity was must-see TV for many of us back then.
We wonder if Keri has shown the series to any of her other kids
Keri also has a 15-year-old son, River, with ex Shane Deary, and a 6-year-old son, Sam, with current partner Matthew Rhys. If Willa didn't care for her mom's portrayal of a young college student, her boys probably won't either!
Hopefully Keri didn't take it personally
The tween and teen years are such a tough time for kids for a lot of reasons. We're sure Willa wasn't as grossed-out by her mother as she was watching Keri's character navigate a phase of life that she will soon be trying to figure out for herself. That being said, we think we might be due for a Felicity rewatch. Hopefully it's not as cringey to us as it was for Willa!
