A showbiz power couple has made their family home in Fort Worth, Texas, after spending years in Los Angeles, because they say they want a “normal” upbringing for their children.
Sainty and Eric Nelsen recently said khou11 all about his decision to return to Sainty’s hometown after years in coastal entertainment cities.
The couple met in New York while successfully pursuing their respective careers on stage and screen.
They soon married and moved to Los Angeles, where they solidified their success in Hollywood: the couple has two Tony Awards and seven Emmy Awards between them.
But after their daughter was born, they decided that Texas could offer something that Los Angeles couldn’t: a “normal, amazing, well-grounded upbringing.”
Sainty (left) and Eric (right) Nelsen, and their two children, moved in recent years to Fort Worth, Texas, from the Hollywood Hills.
Despite his widespread success, Eric says he always knew he wanted to settle in his wife’s hometown.
‘I knew that one day I wanted to live here. I just didn’t know when it was going to be possible. So we had our daughter and I finally thought, okay, maybe this is the time,” she said.
‘Let’s get her out of Los Angeles and be with the family. Let’s have it in a normal, incredible education with good foundations. So we made the decision!’
After swapping the streets of Los Angeles filled with exorbitantly priced homeless encampments for Fort Worth, Nelsen received professional news that seemingly confirmed the wisdom of the family’s move.
He received a call from ‘Yellowstone’ creator Taylor Sheridan, who told him he had been cast in the show’s prequel, ‘1883,’ which is filming in Fort Worth.
‘I thought, wait a minute, we live in Fort Worth, Texas!’ Eric says that was his response when he received the call.
Since ‘1883’ began filming in the Nelsens’ new backyard, they haven’t remembered their decision to make the city their new home.
Sainty said the couple and their children “have really embraced the whole cowboy and cowgirl culture.”
“We’re completely immersed in this world,” he said, which also meant launching a podcast, “Glamor and Grit,” by the couple, who have been married for a decade.
The couple have now settled in their new hometown, where Sainty grew up and where they hope to raise their children.
The move, which they took about four years ago, coincided with the continued collapse of Los Angeles into a place where children may or may not be safe walking streets populated by homeless encampments.
The couple met more than a decade ago in New York, where both were pursuing careers in the performing arts.
The couple recently launched a podcast, Glamor and Grit, about their married life and their home in Fort Worth, where Sainty grew up.
Once they settled into their new lives, they wanted to make sure they found ways to contribute to their community, which for Sainty means partnering with local organizations and for Eric means getting involved with local businesses.
Eric was previously associated with Bucking Bull Bourbon and also became a member of the local horse cutting community.
Horse cutting is a modern equestrian competitive event, requiring a horse and its rider to separate a single cow from a herd of cattle and prevent it from returning to the group.
Sainty has also been recognized by the Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Museum with an award given to adults who promote Western heritage in the community through education and volunteer work.
The couple has been able to continue their careers in the entertainment industry from their new home.
Both have also been involved in local activities, including riding competitions for Eric and the Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Museum for Sainty.
Aside from their extracurricular activities, the couple has had no trouble maintaining their work life in the South.
Eric travels frequently for work, but Sainty, an in-demand voice actress, can record voiceovers in her home studio for hit children’s television shows including ‘Minions’ and the TV show ‘Trolls’.
The couple is so in love with their now permanent residence that they say they hope to recruit industry friends to join them.
“The minute they get here, they don’t want to leave,” Eric said. The friendliness and “camaraderie” of the community is specifically something that “you don’t get elsewhere,” he added.
‘I have never been so content and so happy in my entire life. “This community has been very good to us and we want to do everything we can for it too because it has changed our lives,” Sainty said.