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Lisa Ann Walter Says She 'Had to Be the Father Figure' to Her Twin Boys as Single Mother: 'I Filled in'


Lisa Ann Walter is opening up about raising her two younger sons — her now-23-year-old twins Spencer and Simon — as a single mother and having to be their "father figure."

Lisa Ann Walter is reflecting on raising her twin boys as a "struggling" single mother — and how she stepped up when their father "wasn't as involved." During an appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Friday, April 12, the Abbott Elementary star and mother of four, 60, detailed the differences in raising each of her kids and how her twin boys Spencer and Simon, now 23, required her to take on an additional role. So I had to not take any movies or anything that was gonna take me away, so I was a radio host for three years here in Los Angeles, so I could pick them up from school and make sure they were on the straight and narrow."

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