Current:Home > InvestRidiculousness’ Lauren “Lolo” Wood Shares Insight Into Co-Parenting With Ex Odell Beckham Jr. -EverVision Finance
Ridiculousness’ Lauren “Lolo” Wood Shares Insight Into Co-Parenting With Ex Odell Beckham Jr.
View
Date:2025-04-11 14:42:04
Lauren "Lolo" Wood and LoloOdell Beckham Jr. have their co-parenting game plan all figured out.
But that's not to say it didn't take work for the former couple to get there. In fact, the new Ridiculousness host, who shares son Zydn, 2, with the Miami Dolphins wide receiver, expressed how she can see the impact of this peaceful dynamic in their little boy.
"Co-parenting is definitely something to navigate," Lauren told E! News in an exclusive interview. "I think we do a really good job at it because Zydn is the happiest baby. He is so smart and just lovable."
"I feel like that's a testament to our own success of co-parenting, especially being bicoastal," she continued. "He's working on the East Coast, and I'm working on the West Coast, so Zydn is getting a lot of travel time. It teaches both of us to become better humans. You're working with somebody else's schedule and you're responsible for a whole other human."
While the 31-year-old wouldn't mind getting a few more hours of sleep amid her busy schedule, Lauren and Odell—who dated from 2019 to 2023—have made it work. She added, "It's fun navigating it, and I feel like we both grew from that."
"Until we're completely responsible for another human being, we live in a state of self-interest and self-perspective," Lauren explained. "It changes overnight the moment we have our kids."
She's grateful to have a co-parent she can lean on, especially while finding her rhythm as she's balanced life with a toddler and her work—which includes a new role on Ridiculousness.
And now, she's also taking a permanent spot on the red couch, alongside Steelo Brim and host Rob Drydek, following Chanel West Coast's departure from the MTV show last year. But it wasn't an easy feat.
"It's a testament to my own perseverance," Lauren reflected. "It just makes me realize that I'm capable of way more than I ever thought was possible and I'm capable beyond my own expectations."
In fact, she sees motherhood as her new superpower.
"It's like my mind grew a third hemisphere that's only about Zydn," she quipped. "My capabilities multiplied. My Zydn hemisphere is the fastest, most creative, problem-solving part of my brain. I'm entertaining, I'm animated, I'm engaged all the time."
And as her little one gets older, parenting has gotten a whole lot easier for Lauren. As she put it, "I'm finally getting back to myself and getting back to a balance of being able to do things for myself."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (8269)
Related
- Bodycam footage shows high
- Suspect in Georgia nursing student's murder is accused of disfiguring her skull, court documents say
- A mower sparked a Nebraska wildfire that has burned an area roughly the size of Omaha, officials say
- Disney sued after, family says, NYU doctor died from allergic reaction to restaurant meal
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- Former NYU finance director pleads guilty to $3 million fraud scheme
- A work stoppage to support a mechanic who found a noose is snarling school bus service in St. Louis
- Kristin Cavallari Debuts New Romance With Mark Estes
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- President Joe Biden makes surprise appearance on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' for show's 10th anniversary
Ranking
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- 2024 shortstop rankings: Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. is flying high
- Disney sued after, family says, NYU doctor died from allergic reaction to restaurant meal
- Wendy Williams documentary producers say they didn’t know she had dementia while filming most scenes
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- Cameo is being used for political propaganda — by tricking the stars involved
- Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Reveal Real Reason Behind 2003 Breakup
- Is Reba McEntire Leaving The Voice? She Says...
Recommendation
Travis Hunter, the 2
Pride flags would be largely banned in Tennessee classrooms in bill advanced by GOP lawmakers
Effort to have guardian appointed for Houston Texans owner dropped after son ends lawsuit
Bridgeport voters try again to pick mayor after 1st election tossed due to absentee ballot scandal
Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
Emhoff to announce $1.7B in pledges to help US President Biden meet goal of ending hunger by 2030
Shaquil Barrett released: What it means for edge rusher, Buccaneers ahead of free agency
Dr. Phil causes stir on 'The View' with criticism about COVID school shutdowns