Leighton Meester Shares Her and Adam Brody’s Super Sweet Dinnertime Ritual – E! Online

Which is exactly what she and Brody do earlier than they dig into dinner each evening of their Los Angeles-area residence. 

As scions of stripling drama royalty, because of The O.C. and Gossip Woman creator Josh Schwartz‘s deft matchmaking expertise, Meester’s youngsters are unlikely to expertise the identical hardships she confronted. 

“We reside in such a bubble,” admitted Meester, noting she needs 8-year-old daughter Arlo, specifically, to grasp her privilege. “And we clearly are actually pleased and grateful to offer her every thing that we by no means had rising up. However we additionally need her to grasp that not everybody grows up like that.” 

So whereas the actress is raring for Arlo to tag alongside to an upcoming volunteer alternative with Feeding America, the starvation aid nonprofit she’s labored with for greater than six years, “I believe it is simply all about setting an instance,” Meester defined. “When we sit across the desk, we all the time speak about what we’re grateful for and what one of the best a part of our day was and simply give because of our meals.”