Courteney Cox celebrates her daughter’s 20th birthday with a touching message.
“Happy birthday to my beautiful, sweet, kind, sensitive and creative Coco,” the 59-year-old wrote underneath. instagram post Thursday. ‘You never fail to make me laugh. I love you so much.’
Along with her sweet words, Courteney shared several photos of her only daughter, including one of the mother-daughter duo smiling together on the beach.
Other shots showed a younger Coco posing with cucumbers over her eyes, on the beach in a light pink swimsuit and grimacing at the camera while sporting fake eyebrows.
Courteney’s ex-husband, David Arquette, also wished his daughter a very happy birthday on Instagram.
Courteney Cox celebrates her daughter’s 20th birthday with an emotional message
“Happy birthday to my beautiful, sweet, kind, sensitive and creative Coco,” the 59-year-old wrote in her Instagram post on Thursday. “You never stop making me laugh. I love you so much co to the lo’
‘Happy birthday Coco!!! I love you and I can’t believe you’re 20 today!’ he wrote. ‘I hope you have the best birthday and celebrate your brilliance!!!’
Her caption was accompanied by a video montage, which included a look at Coco with her stepmother, Christina McLarty Arquette, and her younger brothers, Charlie and Gus.
These days, Coco may be all grown up, but Courteney still reflects on raising her mini-me over the years.
In April, the Friends star went to Minnie Driver’s. Minnie’s Quiz Podcast and shared his regret for not intervening in certain situations when Coco was younger.
“I wish I could have realized at the time a way to protect Coco from things that I didn’t do, because of my own issues, whether it was codependency or seeing her in relationships with people I knew wasn’t good.” Courteney explained. “But she didn’t want to intervene, even though she knew something wasn’t right, because she would get very angry with me.”
Recalling some of the conversations the couple had, the Dirt alum noted, “She (was like), ‘Let me take care of that, Mom, you don’t understand.’ And I got it, and I should have (trusted) myself and I should to have intervened. So, with certain things about me, she saw them.’
“I’m not saying I made her who she is, but you see things in other people, whether it’s just taking care of people and being the best person,” Courteney continued.
‘And I mean, that’s one of the things with age, I’ve learned to say no, I’ve learned to have boundaries. But I mean, back when she was a child, or not so many years ago, she wishes she had been a firmer mother.
“Thank God, Coco doesn’t like high-end clothes or anything designer,” the Friends star shared about her daughter. ‘She doesn’t care about labels. And thank God she buys her clothes on Amazon, because she could be that other girl (like) “I want fabulous Gucci.” And you would have to spend your whole life saying no’
However, some things went right for Courteney, like her daughter’s easy-going nature when it comes to where to shop.
“Thank God, Coco doesn’t like high-end clothes or anything designer,” he told Minnie.
‘She doesn’t care about labels.
“And thank God she buys her clothes on Amazon, because she could be that other girl (like), ‘I want a fabulous Gucci.’ And you’d have to spend your whole life saying no.
The Scream actress has spoken openly about boundaries in the past, noting, “We struggle. I’ve learned that boundaries are important and that I keep them because I know it makes her feel safe. But I’m not always good with boundaries. I get tired of them.” ‘
Sharing an example of their conversation, Courteney added: “She’ll say, ‘Mom, I bought five pairs of Mary Janes on Amazon and they keep breaking. Would it be okay if I just bought a really nice pair?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, shit, yeah.’ And she’s like, ‘Like Steve Madden.’ And I’m like, ‘Sure, Coco, go ahead.’
‘I am so lucky!’ she exclaimed, laughing.
Courteney has been open about boundaries in the past, telling People in 2022 of her then-17-year-old, “We fought.” I have learned that boundaries are important and that I keep them because I know it makes her feel safe. But I’m not always good with boundaries. I get tired.’
The Cougar Town actress shared about her 20-year-old’s self-expression: ‘He loves dressing up. She will dye her hair, a week ago she was purple, I think now she is blonde underneath before she was blue.
The Scream actress added: “You have to pick your battles and decide what’s important.”
But the fights do not negate their close bond.
“She was very close to my mother,” Courteney shared. ‘She was my best friend. And I have that with Coco. She tells me everything.
The Hollywood icon has also watched Coco grow up and couldn’t be happier.
‘People will say, “Why do you let Coco wear so much makeup?” She’s been wearing makeup forever, that’s self-expression for her,’ Courteney explained during a 2021 appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. ‘She loves dressing up. She’s dyeing her hair, a week ago it was purple, I think now it’s blonde underneath before it was blue.’
The Cougar Town star admitted that Coco’s color preferences change so often that “we’ve ruined the bathroom 1,000 times.”
Regardless of the mess, Courteney defends her son’s self-expression to some extent.
“I think we have to let them be themselves, with limits, of course,” he said. ‘I’m not good at boundaries. I have to get better at that.’