{"id":2397895,"date":"2026-05-01T16:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2397895"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:04:31","slug":"leann-rimes-opens-up-about-raising-eddie-cibrians-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/leann-rimes-opens-up-about-raising-eddie-cibrians-sons\/","title":{"rendered":"LeAnn Rimes Opens Up About Raising Eddie Cibrian\u2019s Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/leann-rimes\/\"><strong>LeAnn Rimes<\/strong> <\/a>opened up about her role as stepmom to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/eddie-cibrian\/\"><strong>Eddie Cibrian<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s sons and feeling complete without welcoming children of her own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have two stepsons that are now 22 and 18,\u201d she said during a segment that aired on the Friday, May 1, episode of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/how-women-in-their-40s-are-navigating-the-milestone-decade-262526021533\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a> show celebrating women in their 40s. \u201cI\u2019m kind of satisfied with what we have going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cibrian, 52, shares sons Mason and Jake with ex-wife <strong>Brandi Glanville<\/strong>. When Rimes, 43, tied the knot with Cibran in 2011, Mason was 8 and Jake was 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople always assumed, \u2018She must not be able to have kids because she\u2019s not having kids,\u2019\u201d the singer continued. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018That has nothing to do with that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/leann-rimes-celebrates-15-years-with-husband-eddie-cibrian\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/leann-rimes-celebrates-15-years-with-husband-eddie-cibrian\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">LeAnn Rimes Details Family Challenges on Eddie Cibrian Anniversary<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tLeAnn Rimes got brutally honest about the work she and husband Eddie Cibrian put into their relationship while celebrating 15 years together amid ongoing family challenges. \u201cWe got to step away for 3 days amidst work and some very tense, heart wrenching things happening at home with family,\u201d Rimes, 43, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just felt so strange that there had to be a reason other than I don\u2019t want kids,\u201d Rimes explained. \u201cThat should be reason enough. I didn\u2019t need anything to satisfy my own ego of \u2018This is my kid that I birthed or came from me.\u2019 It just didn\u2019t cross my mind. I was really happy raising his children and they\u2019re such great kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the clip, Rimes opened up about what\u2019s changed the most since she entered a new decade. \u201cIf I\u2019m having a bad day, I\u2019m gonna tell people I\u2019m having a bad day,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel like sometimes I have two speeds: one is grief and the other one\u2019s rage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rimes also got candid about the stress \u201call these changes\u201d women go through as they age can put on a marriage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/leann-rimes-reflects-on-public-reaction-to-eddie-cibrian-affair-not-all-my-pain-to-carry\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2214217567-LeAnn-Rimes-Reflects-on-Public-Backlash-Following-Eddie-Cibrian-Affair.jpg?crop=0px%2C72px%2C1600px%2C905px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"LeAnn Rimes Reflects on Public Backlash Following Eddie Cibrian Affair\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2214217567-LeAnn-Rimes-Reflects-on-Public-Backlash-Following-Eddie-Cibrian-Affair.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/leann-rimes-reflects-on-public-reaction-to-eddie-cibrian-affair-not-all-my-pain-to-carry\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">LeAnn Rimes Reflects on Public Backlash Following Eddie Cibrian Affair<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tLeAnn Rimes is looking back at \u201call of the craziness\u201d she went through when her affair with husband Eddie Cibrian became public. The \u201cHow Do I Live\u201d singer, 42, met Cibrian, 52, on the set of the 2009 Lifetime movie Northern Lights while they were both married to different partners. Rimes was married to professional [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMen really kind of have to go on the journey with us. I\u2019ve had to learn how to communicate with my husband [on] what\u2019s going on,\u201d Rimes added, noting that she often reminds Cibrian that her \u201canger\u201d is not directed at him. \u201cIf I snap, just know I\u2019m having a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rimes and Cibrian<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/leann-and-eddies-controversial-love-2010258\/\"> recently celebrated 15 years of marriage,<\/a> with the musician promising in a sweet Instagram post that the milestone was \u201cjust the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Days before her appearance on <em>Today<\/em>, Rimes canceled a handful of upcoming performances due to \u201csevere illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeAnn Rimes opened up about her role as stepmom to Eddie Cibrian\u2019s sons and feeling complete without welcoming children of her own. \u201cI have two stepsons that are now 22 and 18,\u201d she said during a segment that aired on the Friday, May 1, episode of the Today show celebrating women in their 40s. \u201cI\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[30055,24003,22702],"class_list":["post-2397895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-moms","tag-celebrity-news","tag-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397896,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397895\/revisions\/2397896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}