Cameron Diaz shares how her husband supported her during her exit from Hollywood – NBC New York

Originally appeared in MY! Online

Cameron Diaz I needed a little extra push to return to Hollywood.

And the person to do it? her husband, Benji Madden. After stepping away from her acting career in 2014, Diaz will return to the big screen in 2025, all thanks to the Good Charlotte rocker.

“We were home for a long time, which was amazing,” the 52-year-old star said during an Oct. 15 conversation at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit. “So I had to push myself. My husband is simply the best. He said: ‘You’ve been supporting us and building the family.’ And supporting him in his businesses. He says, ‘It’s time we support you and let mom step up and do her thing.'”

In their time away from Hollywood, Diaz and Madden, who married in 2015, welcomed two children via surrogate mother, a daughter, radix4, and his son Cardenal, 6 months.

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are celebrating welcoming their second child.

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And for the “Sweetest Thing” star, the decision to step away from her on-screen career was because she wanted to take the time to grow her family.

“It seemed like the right thing to do to get my own life back, and I didn’t really care about anything else,” she shared. “No opinion from anyone, no success from anyone, no offer from anyone, nothing from anyone could change my mind about my decision to take care of myself and build the life I really wanted to have. I think it’s really about what are you passionate about? For me it was building my family.”

However, Diaz will soon appear on screen once again, as he will star alongside Jamie Foxx in the film “Back in Action.” In fact, it was her now three-time collaborator (she and Foxx previously worked together on “Annie” and “Any Given Sunday”) who helped encourage her return.

“I couldn’t say no to Jamie,” Díaz said during the conversation with Forbes. “He said, ‘Come with me.’ And I said, ‘Okay, let’s do it.’ It is our third film together.”

The “Charlie’s Angels” actor previously talked about working with Foxx and why it wasn’t difficult to get back into the rhythm with him.

“The last movie I did was ‘Annie’ with Jamie, so the first movie coming back is this one with Jamie,” he said during a 2022 appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” “He’s so cool, he’s so easy, he’s so professional, he’s so talented and it’s just being able to work with him.”

And he added: “It will be very fun.”