My mom was Sicilian, my dad was Sicilian. Mom was a great cook, but all the women were.

I used to do skits for my mom... and I was always entertaining as a kid.

They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.

I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted.

When I was 10 years old my mom used to play Tupac while she cleaned the house.