Amanda Peet knows she can count on her kids.
On March 21, the Your Friends & Neighbors actress, 54, penned an essay for the New Yorker in which she reflected on battling breast cancer while grappling with taking care of and later the the loss of both of her parents, who were both in hospice at the same time on opposite coasts.
Now, she has given insight into how her kids handled the difficult period for her family.
© Getty ImagesSpeaking with E! News, Amanda confirmed that her kids "have been great" though noted: "I definitely had to get myself together before including them."
Amanda has been married to Game of Thrones co-creator David Benioff since 2006, and they are parents to daughters Frances, 19, and Molly, 15, and son Henry, 11.
"The hard part was realizing that nothing is certain and there was going to be no perfect time to tell them," she added.
© Getty ImagesAmanda explained in her essay that she'd been told "for many years" that her breasts "require extra monitoring," and she "had been seeing a breast surgeon every six months for checkups," before finding out her diagnosis six months ago.
The Friday after Labor Day, she went in for a routine scan, after which her doctor ultimately told her that "she didn’t like the way something looked on the ultrasound and wanted to perform a biopsy."
Her cancer was identified as hormone-receptor-positive and HER2-negative, meaning it is less aggressive and often easier to treat than other, more aggressive forms of breast cancer, and moreover she noted that she would "only need a lumpectomy and radiation," rather than a double mastectomy.
© Getty ImagesAfter publishing her essay, Amanda also received public support from her best friend of over two decades, Sarah Paulson, who recorded to audio version of the essay, and wrote on Instagram: "My best friend, Amanda Peet — the weirdest thing in the world is to say her full name out loud, as I call her Bird — but that's the name her parents gave her."
© Getty ImagesShe went on: "Seems fitting to use here as she has written the most profoundly gorgeous essay about the loss of her parents, while dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis. @newyorkermag has published it today, and I'm screaming from the rooftops with joy," adding: "If you are running around and doing other stuff, I did the audio recording and you can listen to me try to do the piece justice. My friend is a @newyorkermag essayist. How outrageously groovy is that? Bird, I love you beyond."
Amanda and Sarah have been best friends since 1999, after meeting on the set of Jack & Jill.
