Lisa Kudrow: Postpartum Pressure & Work Culture

0:00It's April 9th. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News Today. Your AI-powered Entertainment Report Lisa Kudro just opened up about jumping back into work just 10 days after giving birth to her son Julian Murray Stern back in May. She shares Julian with her husband Michelle Stern, and this was for a project with Billy Crystal. Everyone pushed her to give back on set fast, but she knew deep down it fell way off. Her agent had assured her shooting wouldn't kick off until July, making it seem my plenty of time to recover. But right in the meeting, Billy Crystal asked when she had the baby, then dropped that they were starting that Thursday. Suddenly, she had the fly to New York way ahead of schedule. Kudro felt it was totally nuts, especially with a newborn at home, but her in-laws flew in from France, her own parents were there, and they all said, go for it. She pushed back, saying it just wasn't right, yet the pressure from everyone around her won out. To make it work, they arranged for a baby nurse to travel with her to New York and handle

1:02things on set. Still, looking back, Kudro made it clear she would never put herself through that again. These days, more celebs are speaking out on the real toll of post-partum life, reminding us work culture needs to give new moms real breathing room, before demanding they bounce back.