{"id":292480,"date":"2020-05-16T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T19:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1152754"},"modified":"2020-05-16T13:59:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T19:59:35","slug":"gabrielle-union-and-jessica-alba-talk-motherhood-in-quarantine-tiktok-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/gabrielle-union-and-jessica-alba-talk-motherhood-in-quarantine-tiktok-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba Talk Motherhood in Quarantine, TikTok and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020416\/rs_1200x1200-200516120731-1200-alba-union.cm.51620.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"48.025711662075\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"38.42056932966\">\n<p>In a new interview with <em>E! News<\/em> host <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/lilliana_vazquez\">Lilliana Vazquez<\/a><\/strong>, <em>LA&#8217;s Finest<\/em> stars <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/gabrielle_union\">Gabrielle Union<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jessica_alba\">Jessica Alba<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;opened up about motherhood in quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>While the actresses have earned a reputation as top-notch moms, the&nbsp;duo still admit they&#8217;ve been struggling for any semblance of peace and quiet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With your kids around, what is the one place in your home that you find&nbsp;solitude and a sliver of quiet?&#8221; Vazquez asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not, don&#8217;t,&#8221; proclaimed Alba, the 39-year-old mother of three, laughing. &#8220;I can&#8217;t escape them. They find me in bathrooms, in bathtubs, in corners, I can&#8217;t hide from them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Gabrielle Union said she does have a piece of heaven at home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, it&#8217;s the bathroom,&#8221; the 47-year-old mother said. &#8220;Thank god they respect the toilet. I go in there, I claim gastrointestinal issues. No one will ask follow-up questions about that. And then I milk it, sometimes for 20, 30, 45 minutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can just play words with friends,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I can just mindlessly scroll social media. But it just gives me a minute. I can go in the bathroom, lock the door and sit down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"65.160784313725\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"23.341176470588\">\n<p>Vazquez also brought up the viral moment Union&#8217;s daughter, 18-month-old&nbsp;<strong>Kaavia,<\/strong> failed the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1151690\/see-gabrielle-union-s-daughter-kaavia-adorably-fail-the-viral-snack-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FruitSnackChallenge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Were you surprised by your daughter&#8217;s reaction?&#8221; Vazquez asked. &#8220;Or do you know your child?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, I know my child,&#8221; Union explained. &#8220;It was more of, how <em>long<\/em> could she wait? She loves to eat. And she eats really anything. But she&#8217;d never had a fruit snack, so we had to come up with a different snack and she loves her Bitsy&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just curious, would she let me get around the corner?&#8221; Union continued. &#8220;Would it be as soon as I walked away? It was more surprising like her facial reactions. She ate, she grabbed a fistful and then turned around. When I came back in the frame, she was like, &#8216;Maybe you ate the Bitsy!&#8217; She&#8217;s just pure comedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>The <em>Pop of the Morning<\/em> host also talked to Alba about her endeavor into the world of&nbsp;TikTok, where her account already has 4.8 million followers and 26 million likes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got on it because my kids wanted me to,&#8221; Alba explained. &#8220;But after I got on it, they were like, &#8216;You&#8217;re kind of cringy. But all moms are.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"8\">\n<p>Alba said she couldn&#8217;t believe her kids&#8217; feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;What! Why would you allow me to be cringy?'&#8221; she said laughing.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Machete<\/em> actress also detailed her newest calling,&nbsp;autonomous sensory meridian response.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-8\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.62030075188\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6.8947368421053\">\n<p>&#8220;I actually have done ASMR because my eight-year-old is absolutely obsessed,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I launched a YouTube channel during this time and I did ASMR. And it&#8217;s their favorite thing in the whole entire world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full interview with the two stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/e_news\/videos\/307979\/gabrielle-union-jessica-alba-talk-tiktok-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1152754\/gabrielle-union-and-jessica-alba-talk-motherhood-in-quarantine-tiktok-and-more?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new interview with E! News host Lilliana Vazquez, LA&#8217;s Finest stars Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba&nbsp;opened up about motherhood in quarantine. 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