Rachel McAdams Makes Rare Comment About Her Son: 'I Would Be So Bored Without Him'

Rachel McAdams has the best quarantine buddy of all — her 2-year-old son!

The actress is famously private about her child with boyfriend Jamie Linden. In fact, the baby’s name has never even been publicly released! But during a remote appearance in a Canadian coronavirus fundraiser, she gave us some rare insight into her family life.

Asked about what she’s doing to distract herself during the coronavirus crisis, she admitted:

“I have a very welcome distraction through my son, who is 2. So that’s what I do… all the time.”

The Canada native went on to say:

“He’s so entertaining! I thought about, ‘Would I rather be alone in quarantine? Or with my family?’ I mean, there are days sure, but I mean I would be so bored without him around to make it so fun.”

The Mean Girls star spoke about how her mother worked at a university hospital for 38 years, so her family feels a personal connection to the healthcare workers on the front lines. McAdams personally donated $10,000 to the cause.

She also shared how she and her son have kept occupied during the quarantine, saying:

“We live sort of out in the country, there is a little farm down the road, so we can go to it and look at the animals. We’ve been doing some planting, some okra… Well, I mean, I do the planting and he snacks most of the day.”

You can watch Heroes of Health: Covid-19 Stream-a-Thon below. McAdams’s segment begins at 4:09:24.