Lifetime's "The 12 Days of Christmas Eve" Was the Perfect Bonding Experience for Kelsey and Spencer Grammer

quotThe idea of being able to play my dad39s daughter in a film has always been a dream of minequot shared Spencer while promoting the project quotAlso being able to do a holiday movie together I feel was really special and unique It39s the first holiday movie I39ve done and hopefully I39ll do many more but to be able to work with my father who is such a legend and such an incredible comedian and talented actor was an honor We honestly had so much funquotquotWe developed this movie over the last couple of years and pitched it at Lifetime not too long agoquot added Kelsey quotThey were very enthusiastic We loved the idea of Spencer playing my recalcitrant unwieldy daughter It was a perfect fit all the way around Lifetime greenlit it and off we went to the races Once the script was in it was like 39Oh by the way my daughter should play my daughter39 Everybody was like 39Will she say yes39 It was an ideal experience and we had the loveliest time It was just like love is supposed to bequotFollowing Kelsey39s divorce from Spencer39s mother Doreen Alderman in 1990 the fatherdaughter bond fostered as a child was left fractured Although their relationship was healed over time Kelsey like his character can39t help but reflect on those years with a little regretquotSpence was always there in the early yearsquot he said quotShe was front and center of everything I ever did She went everywhere with me from about three months to three years of age I don39t think I missed a day with her But then success divorce courts and all kinds of nonsense invades your life and this precious bond I had with my little girl was rent apart by the powers that be Things that happened people made assumptions they attach themselves to whatever success you may have Nobody cared until I got on a television show and suddenly there they were I don39t blame themquotquotI was always a part of my father39s lifequot Spencer recalled quotI think when you39re a child of divorce you are kind of put in between two different worlds A lot of that stuff is at the mercy of the courts I39ve always included my son in my life like that I39m the firstborn of my family so I give everyone the most help In becoming a mother myself I39ve learned a tremendous amount of empathy for what it39s like to be a parent and what it39s like to balance a workload and be there for your childquotIt does take a tollquot she continued quotOne of the most incredible gifts in my life was becoming a parent Understanding what it was like for my parents to do the same has been healing for me I hope we convey that in the movie I hope people who may not have thought about that can also feel some of that catharsis and maybe have a conversation or two In the film we get to try it over and over again Not everyone gets that opportunityquotDespite what has transpired in their lives Spencer is grateful for the opportunities that come with having Kelsey as a father In fact she credits him with a lot of the tools she uses in her career quotI grew up going to watch him work all the timequot she recalled quotEspecially in the last few years of Fraiser I39d go to the tapings every Tuesday because I knew I wanted to go into acting or some kind of art form It was a time for me to learn and I loved the excitement of 39showtime39 I39d always wanted to work with him and thought we would probably do a play of some kind before we showed it to the worldquotSome of my comedic timing and some of my ideas have come from himquot she added quotI learned from him and from things passed down through other comedians like Jack Benny and many Vaudeville performers Lucille Ball is 100 somebody who influenced some of my comedy Her physicality her heightened sense of comedy and the positive things Those were things I really learned from Kelsey tooquotWith one film done sharing another costarring credit is definitely on the Grammers39 Christmas list However when it comes to life doovers as depicted in the film both are fine with the way everything as it is quotI do sort of like the way things played outquot admitted Kelsey quotA few years back there was a study done asking people if they could would they trade a big ailment for another and almost everybody said 39I39d rather just stick with the one that I have39 I39d rather stick with what I39ve had and what I39ve gone through and gotten throughquotquotThere are some things in my life I wish hadn39t happenedquot offered Spencer in closing quotBut I think they influenced and continue to influence the rest of my life We have to move ahead Life is very short We can39t get stuck on those things just keep moving aheadquotThe 12 Days of Christmas Eve will be telecast Saturday November 26 at 8 pm on LifetimeClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet 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