‘Ted Lasso’ Star Hannah Waddingham Says the ‘Mommy Guilt’ Is Real as Her Career Blossoms

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham is opening up about how her recent success has impacted her experience as a single mom. In a new interview with People, Hannah admitted that she does feel "mommy guilt" over the way her career has blown up, but it does sound like she's found a good way to explain it to her daughter.

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Hannah said being a single mom is her "primary function"

It was hard for her to talk about it for a while

And understandably so — a child dealing with an illness like that is every parent's worse fear.

"She was in the hospital for a while with them not knowing what it was," Hannah said, adding that she was looking for jobs that would allow her to stay in London and near her daughter during this time. And that's when Ted Lasso landed in her lap.

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She was relieved that the show was shot in England

And after doing a chemistry read with Jason Sudeikis, she received the phone call that she was hoping for.

"I had to get off the phone and mop up my face in my car knowing that my life had just changed," she said.

Now she says her daughter "is much better now"

And Hannah even told People that the Emmy award she won for the show lives in her daughter's room "to teach her that work hard and great things will come to you."

Here's hoping that Hannah's daughter continues to thrive, because we have a feeling her mom's success isn't going anywhere!