Gabourey Sidibe does not want her kids to know what she does for a living.
In a recent exclusive interview with US Weekly, the 41-year-old mother told the outlet that, she’s too “embarrassed” and “shy” to tell twins Cooper and Mya about her career.
“They’re not allowed to watch screens yet,” Sidibe shared with Us Weekly at the 2025 ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards.
“They’re still young. We’re trying to hold out until they’re at least 2 years old. Now, we might get too busy, and we might need to put a screen in front of ’em — but for now they have no idea. I also don’t want to tell them what I do for a living yet.”
Sibide went on to share with the outlet that she truly loves being a mother and that every day as a parent is “is a new fascinating day,” adding that the the ten-month twins “are really into clapping right now” among other things.
“My daughter is saying ‘cat’ a lot,” Sidibe said. “We have two cats. She learned their names and my son is just so — he’s so cuddly and cute. Yesterday, he stood up. They’re not walking yet. He stood by himself and just hung there for about 40 seconds, and that was really fun to watch. It’s so great to watch them grow and become people.”
During her interview, Sidibe shared details about the twins’ milestone first birthday coming up in April. While many celebrities go all out for the occasion, Sidibe and husband, Brandon Frankel, are planning on keeping the festivities low key with just a fun Build-A-Bear Workshop excursion.
“They’re so young; they don’t know,” Sidibe said when asked about throwing a big shindig for the twins. “We’re going to take them [to Build-A-Bear]. Apparently, if you take a child to Build-A-Bear, they can build a bear for the amount of their birthday. So 1-year-olds get $1 bear.”
Sidibe and husband Brandon met on a dating app and married in 2021.
Photo: Gabourey Sidibe Instagram
