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Alyson Hannigan Reveals Why Daughters Won’t ‘Subject Themselves’ to Watching Her Shows

How I Met Your Mother’s Alyson Hannigan’s daughters refuse to watch her iconic series after the actress ‘traumatized them,’ she exclusively tells Life & Style.

Alyson Hannigan is very proud to have worked on two of the most beloved TV shows of all time — but that doesn’t mean the star wants to rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer or How I Met Your Mother with her daughters, Satyana, 15, and Keeva, 12. I just don’t like seeing you guys with somebody else.’ I traumatized them, but in a good way!” Here, Alyson, who recently partnered with Kevin’s Natural Foods and their initiative to help cure “Irritable Parent Syndrome,” talks to Life & Style ’s Fortune Benatar about parenthood, the controversial HIMYM finale, and getting a shout-out in Taylor Swift’s song “So High School.” If they tried to watch the first episode of How I Met Your Mother, they would steer off immediately — the relationship with Marshall [ JasonSegel] and Lily is going to be too weird for them.

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