Kaley Cuoco Jokes Being a Mom to Daughter Matilda Is Like ‘Taking Care of Your Drunk Best Friend Every Day’

Mar. 15, 2025

Kaley Cuoco on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’; her daughter Matilda.Photo:Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; Kaley Cuoco/Instagram

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; Kaley Cuoco/Instagram

Kaley Cuocois opening up about the chaos of motherhood!

On Monday, Nov. 25, the actress, 38, appeared onThe Tonight Show StarringJimmy Fallonand compared looking after her daughter Matilda, 19 months, to taking care of a drunk best friend.

“It’s a wild thing,” Cuoco, who shares Matilda with fiancéTom Pelphrey, said. “I was trying to explain to our couple’s therapist the other day why I’m so tired.”

Speaking to the live audience, she added, “You should all be in couple’s therapy, just FYI.”

“I was explaining to her that taking care of a 19-month-old is like taking care of your drunk best friend every day,” Cuoco joked. “All day, literally all day.”

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Kaley Cuoco, Matilda and Tom Pelphrey.Tom Pelphrey/Instagram

Tom Pelphrey/Instagram

The Flight Attendantstar went on to say, “They’re crying when they don’t get what they want, you’re making sure they make it to the bathroom or you’re cleaning their throw up from whatever.”

“They’re out of their minds and you’re making sure they don’t die all day long,” she continued. “And then they black out and you’re like ready to die and they wake up and they’re like, ‘What’s for breakfast?’ ”

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“And you’re like, ‘What?’ I’m like, ‘Do you even know what happened last night?’ ” she said, adding that it was “insane and it happens every day.”

The mother of one often shares snaps of family life with her daughter and fiancé, 42, on social media.

Kaley Cuoco with her daughter Matilda.Kaley Cuoco/instagram

Kaley Cuoco/instagram

Earlier this month, the proud mom posted a picture of Matildasmiling brightly while standing between her parents.

“When you tell her to ‘cheese’ and her face makes you cheese,” Cuoco wrote over the photo.

“I finally understand what parents were always bitching about regarding their kids and daylight savings time,” Cuoco wrote on her Instagram Stories. “Now I know. I get it. I see you. Why is the world doing this to us?”

source: people.com