Anna Faris opened up about her time on the 2010s hit show “Mom” before leaving 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 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’ve never held a job other than waitressing for over three months before,” Faris, 49, admitted.
When asked if the “intensity” of the filming schedule was what prompted her to leave the long-running series, she replied, “It was a complicated time.”
The “House Bunny” star claimed she would have to find out the details of exactly why she left the show in another podcast episode.
“I’m always hesitant to really chew on my experience with ‘Mom,’ because seven years is a big chunk of time,” Faris said. “And to be part of an intense, amazing project.”
Elsewhere on 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 fun pilot, a really interesting pilot,” she said, explaining that as she got older, she felt the need to “settle down.”
“I didn’t think the film landscape looked wide open at all,” Faris said. “A path to longevity in Hollywood could be comedy.”
“But doing the ‘Mom’ show, I loved the live audience,” she added, referring to them as the “happiest live audience you can imagine.”
To this day, the “Scary Movie” star has “Mom” fans turning to him.
“I feel really moved that I have touched lives,” she continued.
“Mom” followed Faris and Janney, who portray a mother and daughter.
Janney was the official lead for season 8, but the sitcom was not renewed for another season.
The “Juno” star previously shared her displeasure with the show’s cancellation, saying on an earlier episode of the “Late Late Show,” I wish we had at least another year before the writers had that much time to get to the end. We figured it out sooner than we thought we would.”
