Jamie Lee Curtis explains why she revealed the birth of her first grandchild on Michelle Obama's podcast
Jamie Lee Curtis explains why she revealed the birth of her first grandchild on Michelle Obama's podcast
Wesley StenzelThu, April 2, 2026 at 1:45 AM UTC
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Jamie Lee Curtis; Michelle ObamaCredit: Steve Jennings/Getty; Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
It's not every day you can make an important family announcement on a former first lady's podcast.
Jamie Lee Curtis revealed that she became a grandmother in December during a conversation with Michelle Obama on her podcast IMO on Wednesday.
"I never thought I would have children," the Halloween actress said. "I never thought in my wildest dreams I would be a grandma. A granny. I want to be Granny."
The actress, who adopted two daughters with her husband, Christopher Guest, said that her eldest daughter, Annie Guest, and son-in-law Jason Wolf welcomed their first child together just a week after the deaths of her friends Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, who were Annie's godparents. "Life on life's harshest terms and life on life's most beautiful terms," she said of the emotional week in December.
Jamie Lee Curtis at the 'Ella McCay' premiere in HollywoodCredit: Frederic J. BROWN/AFP via Getty
The Everything Everywhere All at Once star said she checked in with Annie before revealing the birth of her child to the public. "I called my daughter to say, 'Hey, I'm about to do this [podcast],'" she remembered. "We have never talked about it. It's been a private matter. But we live in a world, many people know, in our circle. Many, many people know that we're grandparents. One of these days, somebody's gonna say something."
Curtis shared her daughter's reaction to learning that Obama's podcast would break the news. "[I] said, 'I'm about to do this thing, I think it's gonna come up. How would you feel about me talking about it?'" Curtis said as she teared up. "She said, 'Tell her I love her.' My daughter Annie said, 'Tell her I love her.'"
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The Knives Out star explained why her daughter has such an affection for the former FLOTUS. "You are loved and so respected that she would say, 'Yes, Mom, you can talk about it to Michelle Obama, 'cause she's a G" Curtis told her. "Because she loves you, because you represented love in the world and you brought love to the White House and beyond. And so it's really thrilling to me that the first time I'm going to say to the universe that I became a granny is here with you."
Ruby Guest, Christopher Guest, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Annie Guest in 2022Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Curtis also shared her memory of learning about Barack Obama's first presidential victory in 2008.
"I remember where I was the day your husband was elected president because my daughter called me from a party that she and her friends were at," the actress recalled. "My daughter was in college. And I remember where I was sitting in a hotel talking on the phone with my daughter about the possibility that the world was gonna change because of the election and because of you and your husband stepping up, saying, 'We're here to help you.'"
She added, "Now that daughter has brought a little grandson into our lives."
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Watch Curtis and Obama's full conversation above.
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