Sarah Michelle Gellarknows when she returns home to her kids after the Super Bowl she better come bearing gifts.
The actress, 41 — who stars in Olay’sSuper Bowl LIIIcommercial, a horror movie spoof titled “Killer Skin” — says her kids Charlotte, 9, and Rocky, 6, were upset to learn they would not be joining her at Sunday’s big game.
“They’re mad at me because I’m at the Super Bowl, seeing Maroon 5 and sitting withAly Raisman— my son is livid that I’m at the Super Bowl, my daughter is livid that I’m with Maroon 5 and getting to meet Aly Raisman,” she tells PEOPLE. “I’m pretty much persona non grata.”
TheBuffy the Vampire Slayerstar, who has been married to Freddie Prinze Jr., 42, since 2002, says she does have a plan on how to get back into her kid’s good graces. “I am walking over to the NFL store because I’m gonna try and bribe my family with gifts,” she jokes.
Gellar says she recently also got a hilarious reaction from her kids after telling them she had just flown on the same plane as actressEmily Blunt.
“I told my son, ‘Mary Poppins was sitting next to me on the airplane’ and my son goes, ‘Mom, there’s no Mary Poppins,’ he’s like, ‘It’s an actor who plays her, it’s a character,’ I’m like, ‘Okay, I get it, thank you 6-year-old Rocky. I get it,’ ” says Gellar.
She adds, “It was just the funniest. They grow up so fast.”
She tells PEOPLE she hopes her Olay commercial airing during football’s biggest night will have its own long-lasting effect on her kids.
“I want my children to expect that commercials at the Super Bowl are not going to be just women in bikinis drinking beer,” she says. “I love football, I love watching football games. My daughter likes watching football games. I want her to know that there’s just as many commercials out there for her.”
“When your skin feels good … you’re more confident,” Gellar says. “You’re able to be fearless.”
Super Bowl LIII against the Los Angeles Rams andTom Bradyand the New England Patriots is airing live on CBS.
source: people.com
