One of the main reasons Calista Flockhart drifted out of the spotlight after "Ally McBeal" is that she was a little preoccupied with raising her son, Liam. Liam was born in 2001, a year before the show came to an end. Flockhart adopted him shortly after.
Flockhart made the decision to be a stay-at-home mom for her new son — as she put it to the Los Angeles Times, she dedicated herself to doing "the mom thing." "I loved being a mom but as any mother can tell you, you stay home with a two-year-old 24-7 and you get mush brain and you start wishing that you were working," Flockhart said to CinemaBlend of her time off. However, as the actor made it clear to Female First, she didn't see this period as a "break" from acting, but rather as an extended period off. "I wanted to be home with him,' she said simply.
When Liam went to school, Flockhart began to think about returning to work — but the transition from full-time mother back into acting wasn't easy. "Kindergarten, as it turns out, is a huge milestone and I wasn't quite prepared for it," Flockhart told the Los Angeles Times. "He's doing great and having a lot of fun. I know it sounds kind of silly, but it's the end of an era." Even though Flockhart had missed acting, she admitted that seeing her son get older was pretty emotional.
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