Panio Gianopoulus and Molly Ringwald | Adele Georgina Gianopoulus and Roman Stylianos Gianopoulus | Source: Getty Images | instagram.com/mollyringwald
- Molly Ringwald opened up about her traumatic experience in Hollywood.
- The actress escaped Hollywood due to the bullying, cajoling, and punishment she encountered while acting.
- Ringwald, who is now surrounded by love, is a mother of three and has a beautiful relationship with her husband.
Molly Ringwald is an actress and writer who started her career as a child actress on sitcoms such as "The Facts of Life" and Diff'rent Strokes."
Ringwald opened up about her experience in Hollywood at the time when actresses were speaking out about being sexually harassed and assaulted in the industry.
Molly Ringwald in Los Angeles, California on January 30, 1985. | Source: Getty Images
Ringwald said she was bullied, cajoled, manipulated, and punished, which forced her to exit the Hollywood scene.
When the actress was 13, a 50-year-old crew member promised to teach her how to dance, but instead, he pushed Ringwald against an erection.
Molly Ringwald, Heather O'Rourke, and Zach Galligan in the set of “Surviving: A Family in Crisis” on February 10, 1985. | Source: Getty Images
At 14, Ringwald underwent another terrible experience when a married film director put his tongue in her mouth on set. She recalled:
"At a time when I was trying to figure out what it meant to become a sexually viable young woman, at every turn some older guy tried to help speed up the process."
The harassment, assault, and bullying got worse in her 20s. Ringwald remembered that she was asked by her director, in a kind of rhetorical manner, to let a lead actor put a "dog collar" around her neck. This part wasn't in the script the actress studied.
Molly Ringwald in the set of “Surviving: A Family in Crisis” on February 10, 1985. | Source: Getty Images
Ringwald said this act was so degrading that she doesn't remember if the collar made it to her neck, as this was the closest she came to having an out-of-body experience.
The actress only remembered crying in the parking lot afterward, and when she got home, she told her agent what took place, and he just laughed.
Ringwald fired her agent after this incident and moved to Paris. She put her career on the back burner due to the assault, harassment, and humiliation that came with it. The actress said she only came back to the US occasionally for work.
Molly Ringwald at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on March 24, 1986. | Source: Getty Images
Ringwald said she was glad she had supportive and protective parents who did their best to shield her from some of the horrible experiences common in Hollywood. Today, Ringwald is also a parent of three children.
Who Are Ringwald's Kids?
The star of "The Bear" and her husband, Panio Gianopoulus, have three kids together—Mathilda, Adele, and Roman.
Ringwald and Gianopoulus welcomed their first daughter, Mathilda Ereni Gianopoulus, on October 23, 2003. Mathilda was named Ereni after Gianopoulus’ mother.
The two have been together for over 20 years. In 2021, Ringwald posted a collage of the couple's pictures on Valentine's Day and said she and her husband were celebrating 21 years together.
The actress has said her daughter is headstrong and has her own ways of doing things, especially with style. Mathilda has a love for fashion, exhibited through her modeling career.
The 18-year-old made her debut in modeling when she appeared in a campaign for J. Crew in 2017. In 2020, the teenage girl took part in Andrew Warren's New York Fashion Week show.
However, in 2021, Ringwald revealed excitedly that Mathilda wants to be an actress and is very serious about it. Mathilda's first major film role is in the upcoming romantic comedy-drama "The Idea of You."
Ringwald and Gianopoulus' two other kids are fraternal twins. The actress announced she was pregnant with them in January 2009, when she was 40.
On July 10, 2009, Ringwald was induced, and she gave birth to her twins Adele Georgina Gianopoulus and Roman Stylianos Gianopoulus.
Ringwald wasn't sure she could have more kids after she gave birth to her first child. However, she had fibroids removed and was able to conceive. The actress said giving birth to another girl was a "dream come true." She named her second daughter Adele after her mother.
The "Sixteen Candles" star described Adele as the most "woke individual" that anyone has ever met. The actress said this when she was asked if she would watch some of her 80s movies with her kids. Ringwald added that she didn't know what she would go through watching the movies with her kids.
Adele's fraternal brother Roman was born three minutes after his sister. Roman was in breech, which made the delivery harder as Ringwald had already been in labor for 11 hours. Roman was eventually delivered in breech position.
Ringwald was happy to have twins and a healthy pregnancy at her age and was excited to have a son. The actress revealed that her twins' favorite color is pink.
Ringwald and her husband recently celebrated their twins' 14th birthday. The actress shared a series of photos showing her son and daughter in different stages of their lives. In one picture, the two were just newborns and were wrapped in white blankets.
In another photo, Roman and Adele were at a fair enjoying ice cream. The fraternal twins were also photographed on Halloween, each dressed in their costumes. Ringwald also shared recent pictures of Roman and Adele.
Adele was at a concert, and she looked gorgeous in a pink cut-out dress. Roman was photographed walking majestically on the streets and looking dashing in a black suit with his long hair resting on his shoulders.
Ringwald once confessed that the hardest thing about raising her kids is having to let them express themselves, be different, and love them while they're at it.
Ringwald and Gianopoulus' Amazing Relationship
Ringwald and Gianopoulus started dating around the time the actress and her first husband, Valery Lameignère, divorced in 2002.
They welcomed Mathilda before tying the knot in 2007. Gianopoulus once said in an interview that he knew Ringwald before she knew him as she was a star. The 48-year-old had a slight crush on the actress when he was ten years old.
Ringwald and Gianopoulus have a seven-year gap. When the two finally got together, Gianopoulus said his slight crush grew into a big crush.
Molly Ringwald and Panio Gianopoulos at Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's Broadway production of "Cabaret" on January 4, 2004. | Source: Getty Images
The two have been together for over 20 years. In 2021, Ringwald posted a collage of the couple's pictures on Valentine's Day and said she and her husband are celebrating 21 years together.
On February 2, 2023, the 55-year-old also posted two pictures of her and her husband. One of the photos was a throwback picture, while the other was a recent one. The lovebirds looked cute together. Ringwald said the two were celebrating 22 years together:
"Happy anniversary to us! 3 kids, 3 dogs, 1 cat and a lot of love. Best decision I ever made. Here's to 22 more, at least ❣️."
Panio Gianopoulos and Molly Ringwald on April 26, 2023 in New York City. | Source: Getty Images
Ringwald and Gianopoulus keep their relationship out of the limelight, but the actress often shows love to her husband on social media and shares sweet photos of her kids.
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