{"id":20795,"date":"2026-07-29T09:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20795"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:20:12","slug":"ted-lassos-hannah-waddingham-says-daughter-kitty-influenced-her-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20795","title":{"rendered":"Ted Lasso\u2019s Hannah Waddingham Says Daughter Kitty Influenced Her Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong>Hannah Waddingham<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> isn\u2019t a goldfish when it comes to her daughter\u2019s influence on her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ted_lasso\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ted Lasso<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> actress shared that \u201cof course\u201d her and ex <\/span><strong>Gianluca Cugnetto<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2019s 12-year-old daughter <\/span><strong>Kitty<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> has an unforgettable impact on the way she portrays Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cAnd the gift of my little girl,\u201d Waddingham told E! News in an exclusive interview at the <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ted Lasso<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> season four premiere in Los Angeles July 27, \u201chas taken me somewhere with my young lady in the show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Of course, it\u2019s not the only way Kitty has affected her mom\u2019s work life. Indeed, the 52-year-old\u2014who stars alongside <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jason_sudeikis\"><strong>Jason Sudeikis<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, <\/span><strong>Juno Temple<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, <\/span><strong>Brett Goldstein<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> and <\/span><strong>Brendan Hunt<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ted Lasso<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2019s fourth season, premiering Aug. 5\u2014recently shared why she feels guilt \u201call the time\u201d when it comes to her demanding work schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI\u2019m about to go away to do press for the next season of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ted<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> [<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Lasso<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">],\u201d she told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2026\/jul\/18\/an-overnight-success-after-25-years-delicious-ted-lassos-hannah-waddingham-on-sexism-stunts-and-stardom-at-51\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The Guardian<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in an interview published July 18, \u201cand the mummy guilt descends. But I have to try and combat it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hannah Waddingham isn\u2019t a goldfish when it comes to her daughter\u2019s influence on her. The Ted Lasso actress shared that \u201cof course\u201d her and ex Gianluca Cugnetto\u2019s 12-year-old daughter Kitty has an unforgettable impact on the way she portrays Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV series. \u201cAnd the gift of my little girl,\u201d Waddingham told&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20260728\/6c276b4b-3c6d-44a8-b25e-a08ef78603a6_1785280029.jpg?fit=around%7C1200:1200&output-quality=90&crop=1200:1200;center,top","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}