Busy Philipps says oldest child Birdie, 12, is gay and uses they/them pronouns
Busy Philipps has revealed her oldest child Birdie, 12, is āgay and outā.
The Cougar Town star is mother to two children with screenwriter husband Marc Silverstein ā Birdie and daughter Cricket Pearl, seven.
Speaking on her podcast Busy Philipps Is Doing Her Best, the actress said her oldest child uses they/them pronouns.
Talking to her co-hosts about a conversation she had with Birdie, she said: āI said, āYou know, Bird, Iāve been doing a bad job with the pronounsā, because Birdie said that they would like their pronouns to be they/them, and I havenāt been doing it.
āAnd I said because I have this public persona and I want Birdie to be in control of their own narrative and not have to answer to anybody outside of our friends and family if they donāt want to.ā
Philipps continued: āAnd then Bird was like, āI donāt give a f***. You can talk about how Iām gay and out; you can talk about my pronouns.
āThat would be cool with me. Thatās greatā. So I said, āOK, I can talk about it on the podcastā.ā
She added: āSo Birdie, my out kid, prefers they/them. I f*** up sometimes, but Iām trying my best at that, too.ā
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