Connie Britton Recalls Learning to 'Rely on Myself' After Becoming New Mom with 'No Support System'

Photo: Connie Britton/Instagram Connie Brittonis opening up about becoming a single mom during a transitional period in her life. “Well, I have cried many tears. I could probably cry right now. Aside from the interpersonal for us, and for me wanting to really nurture his love of who he is, his understanding of where he came from, and also to empower him as a Black person in America, I’m also aware that, as a white person, the reality of what he is going to face in this world is one that is so complex for me [to understand],” says Britton.

Connie Britton Says Julia Roberts Tried to Play Matchmaker for Her — But 'It Hasn't Worked Out'

Connie Brittonmay play a woman struggling with relationships inDirty John,but in real life, she has lots of friends looking out for her. One of them?Julia Roberts. On Wednesday, theFriday Night Lightsalum, 51, revealed to fellow actressBusy Philippson the latter’s E! talk showBusy Tonightthat the Oscar winner, also 51, has tried to set her up on dates in the past. “I’ve gotten to be friends with Julia Roberts,” the mom of one began.

Connie Britton Says Raising a Black Son amid Racial Reckoning in America Has Been 'Complicated'

Photo: Connie Britton/Instagram Connie Brittonis opening up about raising a Black son in America amid the past year of racial reckoning. “Well, it’s been complicated and painful as I think it’s been for everybody, for different reasons and in different ways,” Britton said, before discussing how she has been thinking more about her own privilege as a white woman. “For me, I am going through my own reckoning of the privilege that I’ve been raised with and grown up in, and have been able to create my life in,” she continued.

Connie Britton Says She 'Doesn't Love the Gym' — Here's How She's Changed Up Her Routine

Connie Brittonwould rather be outdoors.“I don’t love the gym. For a good part of my 20s, while I was pounding the pavement auditioning for acting roles, I taught aerobics in New York,” says the star of Bravo’sDirty John, 51, who is gracing the cover ofHealth‘s January issue.“I did step class or good old high-impact aerobics and calisthenics. I spent a lot of time in gyms, but now I really love a mind-body-spirit kind of a workout, and that’s more easily done outside— swimming, hiking, or yoga.

Connie Britton Shares How Single Moms in Nature Inspire Her Parenting: 'Trust Your Instincts'

Photo: Momodu Mansaray/WireImage; The Roku Channel Mothers make the world go round — even in nature — and the Roku original seriesMAMAScelebrates precisely that. Lions, African wild dogs, serval cats, monkeys, puku antelope, and warthogs are all featured in the series, but there is one specific animal Britton saw herself in. “I actually really related to the African wild dogs,” Connie Britton tells PEOPLE. “I think because those mamas are so dependent on their pack to raise their young.