{"id":2470014,"date":"2026-06-22T03:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2470014"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:07:34","slug":"elisha-cuthbert-reveals-why-she-vanished-from-hollywood-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/elisha-cuthbert-reveals-why-she-vanished-from-hollywood-for-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisha Cuthbert Reveals Why She Vanished From Hollywood for Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWhile Elisha Cuthbert<\/a> was a staple on screens for decades, she more or less disappeared in the past four years. And now that the Happy Endings<\/a> <\/em>alum is back, she\u2019s explaining why she departed Hollywood (and it\u2019s something many actresses have done at some point)!<\/p>\n

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\n\tDuring an appearance on the Today Show<\/a><\/em>, Cuthbert revealed she left for a while after she became pregnant with her second child.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u200b\u201cI realized I worked all four years through our first child, and it was really hard,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, when we had our second, I just felt like I didn\u2019t want to waste any second of it, and I didn\u2019t want to be on set. I just felt like I needed to be at home with the kids, and I enjoyed every minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: 29 Celebrity Moms Who Put Their Hollywood Careers on Hold to Stay Home With Their\u00a0Kids<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tShe added that she decided to come back in 2026 for the film Every Year After<\/em> for one reason: \u201cThey\u2019re in school now full time. I feel like I have the space and the energy and the heart to kind of leave them and do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tElisha Cuthbert at the \u201cLondon Calling\u201d Los Angeles Premiere held at Harmony Gold on September 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tFor those who don\u2019t know, the House of Wax<\/em> alum and ice hockey player Dion Phaneuf<\/a> got engaged in 2012 and married the following year. They\u2019ve welcomed two children named Zaphire, born in 2017, and Fable, born in 2022.<\/p>\n

Before you go, click here<\/a> to see more celeb moms who put their careers on hold to stay home with their kids.<\/strong><\/em>
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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.sheknows.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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