Leighton Meester Shares Her and Adam Brody’s Candy Dinnertime Ritual

Which is exactly what she and Brody do earlier than they dig into dinner each night time of their Los Angeles-area dwelling. 

As scions of stripling drama royalty, due to The O.C. and Gossip Lady creator Josh Schwartz‘s deft matchmaking expertise, Meester’s children are unlikely to expertise the identical hardships she confronted. 

“We reside in such a bubble,” admitted Meester, noting she desires 8-year-old daughter Arlo, specifically, to know her privilege. “And we clearly are actually joyful and grateful to provide her every part that we by no means had rising up. However we additionally need her to know that not everybody grows up like that.” 

So whereas the actress is keen for Arlo to tag alongside to an upcoming volunteer alternative with Feeding America, the starvation reduction nonprofit she’s labored with for greater than six years, “I feel it is simply all about setting an instance,” Meester defined. “When we sit across the desk, we all the time speak about what we’re grateful for and what one of the best a part of our day was and simply give due to our meals.”