Kelly Rutherford

Kelly Rutherford shared a photo of herself and her mother Ann on Sunday (May 12). The Gossip Girl star wrote: “Happy Mother’s Day Mom @a6edwards.” This past week she spoke to US Weekly about the ongoing custody battle to get her children Hermes, 6, and Helena, 3, back to the U.S. to permanently live with her. She said, “I’m just looking forward to them coming home at some point soon. They’re U.S. citizens who were sent to a foreign country that neither their father nor I have any connection...Read Full Story

Kelly Rutherford on Her Ongoing Custody Battle Kelly has been locked in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband since their divorce in 2010 and last September a judge ordered the children to live with their father in France.   Kelly Rutherford writes from her heart on why her ongoing child custody battle represents a greater legal issue. We asked Kelly’s ex-husband, Daniel Giersch, for a statement on the show and his attorney, Fahi Takesh Hallin, responded, “Daniel Giersch continues...Read Full Story

The characters on Gossip Girl may have lived lives of privilege and luxury, but off-screen, one of the show's stars has lost it all. Kelly Rutherford, who starred as socialite Lily van der Woodsen on the CW hit, says that her custody battle with ex-husband Daniel Giersch has left her in financial ruin. In a new interview with E! News, the 44-year-old actress admits that she has spent nearly all of the money she earned during her five-year run on the show trying to regain custody of her...Read Full Story

The characters on Gossip Girl may have lived lives of privilege and luxury, but off-screen, one of the show's stars has lost it all. Kelly Rutherford, who starred as socialite Lily van der Woodsen on the CW hit, says that her custody battle with ex-husband Daniel Giersch has left her in financial ruin. In a new interview with E! News, the 44-year-old actress admits that she has spent nearly all of the money she earned during her five-year run on the show trying to regain custody of her...Read Full Story

Kelly Rutherford is continuing her fight to bring her two children, Hermes, 5, and Helena, 3, back from Monaco where they live with their father Daniel Giersch. E! News reports her good friend Caroline Fina has begun an online petition calling on California lawmakers to bring the kids back to the States. Fina wrote, “I want you to know that Kelly is not your average mother. She is the mom who sews the Spider-Man mask back together when it rips, the mom who has lollipops in her purse at all...Read Full Story