Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance and their twins.Photo:Arturo Holmes/Getty

Courtney B. Vance on Raising Teenage Twins with Angela Bassett: ‘I Go to Work to Rest’ (Exclusive)

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Angela Bassettisn’t quite ready for her kids to leave the nest.

While speaking withETat the premiere of9-1-1in Los Angeles, the actress, 65, shared that she and husbandCourtney B. Vance, 64, are gearing up for a big lifestyle change as their twins, son Slater and daughter Bronwyn, 18, are about to head off to college.

“Oh I’m feeling very sad about it,” the star told the outlet. “I’m excited for them, I’m sad for me.”

Sharing that she’s had to prepare herself for letting her adult kids go off into the world to find themselves, Bassett added that she’s planning on relying on support for the transition.

“I might have to go therapy,” she joked. “Just do a little bit.”

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Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance and their twins.VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty

Slater Josiah Vance, Bronwyn Golden Vance, US actress and Honorary Award recipient Angela Bassett and US actor Courtney B. Vance arrive for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 14th Annual Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on January 9, 2024.

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Earlier this month, Bassett and Vance shared with PEOPLE that their twins have been going on plenty ofcollege tours as they start to figure outwhere they want to go.

Bassett recalled celebrating her twins' 18th birthday in January and feeling “just proud of the young adults that they are becoming, the friendships that they make, the maturity that they exhibit. We always sort of told them, ‘The more you do the right thing, the more freedom that you are allowed, that you are given.’”

Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance and twins Slater and Bronwyn.David Crotty/Patrick McMullan

Slater Vance, Angela Bassett, Bronwyn Vance and Courtney B. Vance attend the Premiere Of Disney And Marvel’s “Black Panther” - Arrivals on January 29, 2018 in Hollywood, California

Today, their kids are “a beautiful combination of both of us, of all that we have poured into them,” added Vance.

Although the family of four still has until the fall until the twins are off to college, friends have started giving the power couple advice. “Somebody’s telling me that, ‘Once you drop them off to school, don’t go home, go on vacation, go somewhere, do something,’ ” said Vance. “So you come back with some deliciousness instead of some sadness in your mind and heart.”

But, he added, “Our life has been getting ready for this. Somebody told me - If you do it right, parenting is the job that you work yourself out of.”

Bassett is focused on staying positive as her daily life begins to shift. “I try not to worry,” she said. “I just try to pray more than worry. But it’s always a balancing act for a mom.”

source: people.com