Woman's Day Magazine NZ

Morgana & Anna WE’RE REAL-LIFE MEAN MUMS

They bring the big laughs in local comedy Mean Mums, but Anna Jullienne and Morgana O’Reilly admit motherhood is not all snorts and giggles in real life, no matter how cute their children are.

Shortland Street favourite Anna, 37 – a mum to Ted, six, and Jude, three – says parenting during a pandemic was “impossibly diffi cult and relentless”. And Neighbours actress Morgana, 35, confesses she’s “constantly scrambling” to juggle kids Luna, five, and Ziggy, two, with her work on the hilarious Three series, which screens 8.30pm on Tuesdays.

Here, the two friends and former soap stars tell Woman’s Day their meanest moments as mothers, the most adorable things their rugrats say and about farting loudly on set…

What’s the meanest thing you’ve ever done as a mum?

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