Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell supported their mother Maggie Baird at Glamor’s Women of the Year Awards on Tuesday night.
The actress, 65, arrived at the event with her two Grammy-winning musician sons on her arm and walked the red carpet with them at the Times Square EDITION hotel in New York City.
The former Broadway star appeared in Glamour’s Women of the Year issue, focusing on four mothers of superstars.
In addition to Baird, this year’s edition also features Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, Selena Gomez’s mother, Mandy Teefey, and Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce.
For the special occasion, Baird put on a glamorous display in an all-black ensemble with a floor-length velvet robe.
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell supported their mother Maggie Baird at Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards on Tuesday night.
Beside him, Billie sported an oversized striped jacket, which he layered over a white button-down shirt and a black satin tie.
He was also wearing white cargo shorts with long black socks and chunky sneakers with bright red laces.
Finneas also dressed to impress, opting for a monochrome navy ensemble.
She paired a knit sweater with a utility jacket-style jacket and matching pants before completing her look with crisp white sneakers.
This comes after Baird went viral when fans discovered he previously appeared in a 1999 episode of Friends.
In the episode, she played a casting director working with Matt LeBlanc’s character, Joey Tribbiani, on an audition so he could keep his health insurance.
In her interview with Glamor, she spoke about working as an actress and dismissed any claims that her children benefited from nepotism.
Baird said that she and her husband Patrick O’Connell were “working class actors” who “earned a living.”
The actress, 65, arrived at the event with her two Grammy-winning musician sons on her arm and walked the red carpet with them at the Times Square EDITION hotel in New York City.
For the special occasion, Baird put on a glamorous display in an all-black ensemble with a floor-length velvet robe.
“I think it’s really funny,” he said of his brief appearance on Friends. Because that came out and it was like, “Oh, Billie is a nepo baby.”
And I was like, “Did you know I got that episode of Friends because I was about to lose my health insurance?”
Baird clarified that she and her husband were always “working class actors.”
“We eked out a living and it allowed us to spend a lot of time with our kids, which was great,” he recalled.
‘But the industry is mostly made up of people like us or even people who aren’t even like us and couldn’t even do that.
“So when all this happened to our children, we had never been on that side,” he said.
Beside him, Billie sported an oversized striped jacket, which he layered over a white button-down shirt and a black satin tie. Finneas also dressed to impress, opting for a monochrome navy ensemble.
In her interview with Glamor, she spoke about working as an actress and dismissed any claims that her children benefited from nepotism; Pictured on February 18 in Santa Monica.
Baird clarified that she and her husband were always “working class actors.” “We eked out a living and it allowed us to spend a lot of time with our kids, which was fantastic,” he recalled; Pictured in December 2019 in Los Angeles.
‘But the industry is mostly made up of people like us or even people who aren’t even like us and couldn’t even do that. “So when all this happened to our kids, we’d never been on that side,” he said.
She said she is one of many “working creatives” who “make perfectly happy lives” and “feel fulfilled”; photographed in October 2019 in Los Angeles.
“But that’s a very different life than on this side of the door, where suddenly you’re playing on this different field,” he said of the heights of fame his children have reached; photographed in March 2022 in Hollywood
From the 1980s to the 2010s, Baird appeared on shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, The X-Files, The West Wing, and Charmed and many more.
However, he noted that he only appeared in minor roles and did not play any main characters.
“I think people don’t really understand that there’s a whole industry of people who are creative and work and struggle, and have perfectly happy lives, and feel creative, and feel fulfilled,” she said. .
“But that’s a very different life than on this side of the door, where suddenly you’re playing on a different stage.”