Kristin Chenoweth needs a “reason to smile” this Christmas, so she reveals what she plans to do to cheer herself up.

Saturday November 23, 2024 8:00 p.m.

Saturday November 23, 2024 8:00 p.m.

Kristin Chenoweth needs a “reason to smile” this Christmas.

The 56-year-old actress decided she would have no qualms about decorating for the holidays more than a month in advance and wants others to do the same if they want to cheer themselves up. moral.

She told UsWeekly: “I want a reason to smile. So I’m going to take out my tree on November 1st and start decorating it so I can feel better and I’m not going to feel bad about it.

“And I want to encourage (fans), don’t feel guilty. Go out, go to Home Goods, get all your crap and go home and decorate.”

Meanwhile, the “Out Little Secret” star revealed that she rarely gets up until late in the morning because her job requires her to work at night.

She said: “I don’t like to get up before 11 p.m. and I don’t like to talk before noon. I’m a night owl. I get the night.”

Kristin – who married Josh Bryant, 42, in 2023 – originated the role of Glinda in the hit musical “Wicked” in 2003 and now Ariana Grande has taken on the role in the adaptation on Big screen, she recalled “holding hands” with the pop star during one of the early screenings.

Speaking on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show,’ Kristin said: “It’s like a love letter to our show, it’s a love letter to Broadway. I was sitting there with Ariana at the first, holding her hand. I’ve known her since she was 10, she came into my dressing room and said ‘I want to play Glinda’ and I said ‘You will!’ When she got the audition we both screamed we looked like dolphins and then she got the part.

“After watching the film… she was nervous, she paid a nice tribute to my work but she did hers too. Very good. She looked at me, we were both crying, and she said ‘ Are you proud of me?’ I lost my mind. ‘What do you mean?’, I said, ‘I’m so proud of you!'”