If you hadn’t noticed, motherhood is in. The signs are everywhere: fashion girls showing off their pregnant bellies, young employees calling their bosses “mother,” trad wives being trad wives. But let’s not forget that before all that there was Connie Britton. When Friday Night Lights premiered in 2006, Britton, as Tami Taylor, became the outspoken yet steadfast wife of a high-school football coach and mom of a teenage girl. After a few less comforting mom roles, in Dirty John and Promising Young Woman, Britton returned to good(ish) parenting in The White Lotus, Benito Skinner’s Overcompensating, and, most recently, The Family McMullen. Here, Britton, the mother of a 14-year-old son, shares her two nighttime routines: the reality and the fantasy.
When do you start getting ready for bed?
I took last fall off to be home with my son, who just started high school, and my nighttime routine often depends on his schedule. I really try to start getting ready no later than 10 when I’m home. If I’m working, it’s a whole different deal. I go to bed as soon as possible, because I have to wake up really early the next morning. I always try to get seven or eight hours of sleep.
