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Julie Bowen is Back
With the new Happy Gilmore movie making waves, we knew this was the perfect time to bring this episode back! We’re throwing it back to our hilarious convo with one of the funniest moms we know and love, Julie Bowen—aka Claire Dunphy from Modern Family. Julie is a two-time Emmy winner, made two iconic appearances in Happy Gilmore, and has been busy ever since: starring in Mixtape and Hubie Halloween, Totally Killer, The Fallout, voicing Disney characters, directing, launching a tween boy skincare line (JB SKRUB), sitting on the board of Baby2Baby, and raising three teenage boys. No big deal. This chat might’ve even earned us a little street cred with our kids. Check out more from Julie on IG at @itsjuliebowen.
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