{"id":150922,"date":"2025-02-18T23:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T23:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/angela-bassett-felt-lots-of-joy-when-her-kids-went-to-college\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T23:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T23:16:11","slug":"angela-bassett-felt-lots-of-joy-when-her-kids-went-to-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/angela-bassett-felt-lots-of-joy-when-her-kids-went-to-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela Bassett felt &#8216;lots of joy&#8217; when her kids went to college"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-02-18\" datetime=\"1739920571\" pubdate=\"\">18 February 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/angela-bassett\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,angela-bassett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angela Bassett<\/a> didn&#8217;t shed any tears when she dropped her kids off at college.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Angela Bassett didn&#8217;t shed tears when her children left home<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old actress has revealed that she felt &#8220;lots of joy&#8221; when she dropped her 19-year-old twins, Bronwyn and Slater, off at their new school.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning star &#8211; who has been married to actor Courtney B. Vance since 1997 &#8211; told the &#8216;Today&#8217; show: &#8220;You know what, no tears. Just lots of joy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You think you&#8217;re going to cry, and because you think you are going to do that, it doesn&#8217;t happen. I remember when I went to college and how wonderful it was, so, of course, I wanted that for them too, so no cries, no guilt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Angela previously insisted that she will support her kids if they follow her into the movie business.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Hollywood star revealed that she will always support her children &#8211; irrespective of what they do in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking about her kids&#8217; interests, Angela explained to PEOPLE: &#8220;They want to follow the success, but whether it be acting, I don&#8217;t get any clues to that right now. It&#8217;s a little music, a little sports. But whatever they want to do, I support them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAngela previously won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in &#8216;Black Panther: Wakanda Forever&#8217;, and the movie star revealed that she celebrated her success with her kids.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe acclaimed actress &#8211; who has won a host of awards during her career, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards &#8211; said: &#8220;I went home and hugged my kids. They were really excited for mom to bring home a statue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/angela-bassett-felt-lots-joy-kids-went-college-1413914.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 February 2025 Angela Bassett didn&#8217;t shed any tears when she dropped her kids off at college. Angela Bassett didn&#8217;t shed tears when her children left home The 66-year-old actress has revealed that she felt &#8220;lots of joy&#8221; when she dropped her 19-year-old twins, Bronwyn and Slater, off at their new school. 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