Leighton Meester Says Her Kids Aren’t ‘Fazed’ by Her Job

Leighton Meester is sharing rare insight into her life as a mom of two.

In a new video with Vogue, Meester explained that her two children, whom she shares with husband Adam Brody, are aware of what their parents do for a living.

“My kids, they get what we do,” Meester explained. “They come on location a lot.”

But both Meester and Brody are careful to make sure their kids, now 9 and 4, get some balance and a good amount of time away from all the cameras.

“I don’t think that they’re fazed at all because they get a lot of us off set and a lot of us not working, which has been always like a really big benefit for both of us,” she told Vogue.

In a 2023, Meester told People that having kids has forced her to reflect on her past.

“It’s all just so intimate and private,” she said of being a parent. “It’s something that I could never put into words, really. It’s such an emotional journey to have children, and it certainly has made me reflect on my own upbringing and childhood.”

She added, “Having children, I want to give them all that we never had when we were growing up, but also to be candid and open about how grateful we should be for everything that we have.”

Currently, both Meester and Brody are working on different television series.

Meester has returned to The CW to star in its new dramedy Good Cop/Bad Cop, while Brody has begun filming the second season of Netflix’s Nobody Wants This.

It’s been reported that Meester has also signed on to Nobody Wants This as well. She is expected to play Abby, Kristen Bell‘s character’s “middle school nemesis who is now an Instagram mommy influencer.”

In 2022, she told Bustle that she feels “incredibly lucky to be in the position where I’ve gotten to work, but then take plenty of time off and be there with my children. It’s become obvious to me that that’s the most important job that I can have. That love is a never-ending well.”