{"id":2428979,"date":"2026-05-23T04:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428979"},"modified":"2026-05-23T04:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:57:42","slug":"alyssa-farah-griffin-says-shes-struggling-with-extraordinary-mom-guilt-3-months-after-welcoming-first-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/alyssa-farah-griffin-says-shes-struggling-with-extraordinary-mom-guilt-3-months-after-welcoming-first-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Farah Griffin Says She&#8217;s &#8216;Struggling&#8217; with &#8216;Extraordinary Mom Guilt&#8217; 3 Months After Welcoming First Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alyssa Farah Griffin is adjusting to being a working mom with a new baby<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The View<\/em> co-host shared her experience on a recent episode of the <em>Behind the Table<\/em> podcast<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She welcomed her first child, a son, with husband Justin Griffin, in February 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-view-alyssa-farah-griffin-shares-first-photo-of-baby-boy-justin-patrick-griffin-jr-exclusive-11905309\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Alyssa Farah Griffin;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Alyssa Farah Griffin&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Alyssa Farah Griffin<\/a> admits that she struggles with mom \u201cguilt\u201d while juggling her career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the Thursday, May 21 episode of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QbGpi_GosAo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Behind the Table;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Behind the Table&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Behind the Table<\/em><\/a> podcast, <em>The View<\/em> co-host and new mom, 36, opened up to executive producer Brian Teta about how <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYkxTJ3E-0T\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:a recent show guest;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;a recent show guest&quot;}\" class=\"link \">a recent show guest<\/a> got her thinking about motherhood and balance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo, yesterday we had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/keke-palmer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Keke Palmer;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Keke Palmer&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Keke Palmer<\/a> on, on to happier things, she was open about motherhood and saying that you&#8217;re going to have bad days and it&#8217;s okay to let your kids see that and show them that you&#8217;re human,\u201d Teta, 49, told Griffin, asking if the message was something she resonated with.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>THE VIEW: ANA NAVARRO, SUNNY HOSTIN, ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN<br \/>Credit: ABC\/ Al Drago<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI swear I was like looking at Keke and I was like, \u2018My soul needed this,\u2019 \u201d Griffin replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>I Love Boosters<\/em> actress, 32, is mom to son <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/keke-palmer-son-everything-to-know-11902987\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Leo;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Leo&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Leo<\/a>, whom she welcomed with ex-boyfriend <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/who-is-darius-jackson-keke-palmer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Darius Jackson;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Darius Jackson&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Darius Jackson<\/a> in February 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Griffin went on to call Palmer \u201cone of those gems of a person who&#8217;s just so wise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI&#8217;m struggling right now with being at work and my young son&#8217;s home with a nanny,\u201d Griffin continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The strategist and former press secretary of the Department of Defense of the United States gave birth to her first child, son <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-view-alyssa-farah-griffin-and-husband-justin-griffin-welcome-baby-boy-justin-jr-11904424\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Justin Patrick Griffin, Jr;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Justin Patrick Griffin, Jr&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Justin Patrick Griffin, Jr<\/a>., on Feb. 10. She shares her baby boy with her husband <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/who-is-justin-griffin-alyssa-farah-griffin-husband-7973725\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Justin Griffin;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Justin Griffin&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Justin Griffin<\/a>, 37.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe are so lucky to have Maria, this amazing woman, amazing caretaker who&#8217;s a member of our family, like we absolutely love her,\u201d Alyssa said. \u201cBut I find myself competing with two different ideas. On the one hand, I literally feel jealous of my beloved nanny \u2018cause she&#8217;s getting time that I&#8217;m not getting with my son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI feel extraordinary guilt that I&#8217;m away from him as long as I am because I&#8217;m at work during the day and I do celebrity.land in the nights and sometimes in the morning,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd then this rational part of my brain that&#8217;s like you are working for the life you want to give your child, and you are working because it is showing him an example of what moms and what dads do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The View's Alyssa Farah Griffin Shares First Photo of Baby Boy, Justin Patrick Griffin Jr. (Exclusive)Credit: Sally Griffin\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.Njnrz13p1n5to.cLGwEVg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/a13c2418c70bf5f67f2af127e29644d7\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>The View&#8217;s Alyssa Farah Griffin Shares First Photo of Baby Boy, Justin Patrick Griffin Jr. (Exclusive)<br \/>Credit: Sally Griffin<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She acknowledged that she understands she\u2019s the mom, and that anytime she\u2019s home, Justin Jr. gets all of her attention, \u201cBut I feel like I am wrestling with turmoil in my soul of this mom guilt that we project on ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The talk show co-host said that it\u2019s \u201cso hard to be away\u201d from her son and that she grapples with thoughts of being \u201cnot good enough because I&#8217;m missing this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alyssa added that she\u2019s prayed about the situation and talked about it with friends who \u201ccan relate and have gone through some version of it, but that&#8217;s the thing I&#8217;m probably struggling with the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI want every second with him, but that&#8217;s not reality,\u201d she said. \u201cI have a job. I am a working mom. My husband is a working dad. 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