Photo:Danielle Brooks/Instagram; Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Ghetto Film School
Danielle Brooks/Instagram; Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Ghetto Film School
Danielle Brooksis sharing a special moment with her daughter.
On Monday, theOrange Is the New Blackalum, 34, shared a sweet video toher Instagramof her 3-year-old daughter Freeya watchingThe Color Purpletrailer for the first time. Videotaping her daughter in the theater as the mother-daughter duo watchedThe Little Mermaida few months ago, Freeya excitedly says, “That’s you!” to her mom as she appears on screen.
“That’s you! That’s you!” Freeya tells her mom as the trailer continues, getting more and more excited. “Mommy!” the toddler says as her mom laughs off-screen.
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“A few months ago I took my daughter to her first movie theatre experience,The Little Mermaid,” Brooks wrote in her caption. “The trailer for@thecolorpurplebegan to play, and I knew I just had to capture this special moment of my daughter seeing her mother on the big screen for the first time.”
Brooks shares her daughter with husband Dennis Gelin.
“I gained a lot of weight during my pregnancy, and I think I did go through postpartum depression,” said Brooks. “I was trying to stay positive when it felt like my whole world had flipped upside down. Creating a human takes a toll on women’s bodies. Sometimes, we don’t give ourselves enough love or patience about that.”
source: people.com
