In her podcast, We are Supported By, actress Kristen Bell recently expressed to co-host Monica Padman how it’s a ‘big bummer’ that her six-year-old daughter shares a name with the latest highly contagious Covid variant.
The Delta variant was responsible for pushing the Uk’s ‘Freedom Day’ back by a month due to a sharp rise in cases. During their discussion, Padman asked 41-year-old Bell: ‘ Can I ask you a real talk question- how do you feel about Delta’s name being Delta right now?’
Bell responded by saying: ‘ It’s a big, big bummer. But I’m really hoping that the Delta variant won’t be as strong as the original COVID and people will still say corona.’
Despite her own concerns, Bell noted that Delta is unaffected by the unfortunate coincidence and is excited every time she hears her name.
In the interview, she added: ‘She’s six so she’s impressed every time she sees a Delta Airlines ad or anything.
‘She’s like ‘Oh my gosh, my name!’ So every time she hears anyone talk about the variant, she’s like ‘My name! So she’s still excited about it.’
As long as she’s happy, who are we to spoil that? Naming issues aside, Bell has also previously talked about being a mother during the pandemic.
Talking not as an actress but as a mother Bell noted : ‘ Balancing work and parenting and online learning during the pandemic, and especially supporting mental health, it was really hard.’
Like other parents, Bell did her best to explain the pandemic to her kids. She said that ‘We explained what COVID was and why it exists and we told them everything really early on and we just reminded them that we’re luckier than most people and we have to do what we can to help others during this time.’
Bell seems to be a great mom both on and off the screen. Arguably one of her best performances is in the film Bad Moms where she stars alongside Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn as a parent who is just trying to figure things out. For a reminder of her killer performance why not check out the trailer?
While Covid is still rife at the moment, hopefully by the time Delta is older this awkward occurrence will be long forgotten. After all, she did exist first!
