Anna Faris reveals what led to her shocking exit from hit sitcom ‘Mom’ after 7 seasons
Anna Faris got candid about her time on the 2010s hit sitcom “Mom” before departing the series after seven seasons.
The actress gushed about her time as Christy Plunkett on the Chuck Lorre-created series, saying on a recent episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that she loved her “brilliant cast” but the time commitment became too intense.
“I do think the intensity, towards the end, I think I started to lose my focus,” she told host Josh Horowitz, referring to her time on the show from 2013 to 2020 as a marathon.
“I never had a job besides waitressing for over three months before,” Faris, 49, admitted.
When asked if the “intensity” of the filming schedule is what led her to depart the longstanding series, she responded, “It was a complicated time.”
The “House Bunny” star claimed she would have to work out the details about exactly why she left the show in another podcast episode.
“I’m always hesitant to really chew into my experience on ‘Mom’ because seven years is a huge chunk of time,” Faris said. “And being a part of an intense, amazing project.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, the “Just Friends” star revealed why she agreed to sign on to the series alongside Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett.
“It was a really funny pilot, a really interesting pilot,” she said, explaining that as she got older, she felt the need to “settle down.”
“I didn’t think that the movie landscape looked wide open at all,” Faris said. “An avenue to longevity in Hollywood could be comedy.”
“But doing the show ‘Mom,’ I loved the live audience,” she added, referring to them as the “happiest live audience you can imagine.”
Until this day, the “Scary Movie” star has “Mom” fans approach her.
“I feel really moved that I’ve touched lives,” she continued.
“Mom” followed Faris and Janney, who portray a mother and daughter.
Janney was the official lead for Season 8, however, the sitcom wasn’t renewed for another season.
The “Juno” star previously shared her dissatisfaction with the show’s cancellation, saying on a previous episode of the “Late Late Show,” I wish that we’d had at least another year for the writers to have that much time to ramp up to the ending. We sort of found out sooner than we thought we would.”
