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Sunny Hostin Had a ‘Breakdown’ After Dropping Daughter Off at College: ‘Crying in the Hotel Room’

Sunny Hostin admitted that dropping her daughter, Paloma, off at college was quite difficult for her. The view cohost explained the emotional experience.

“I didn’t know that empty nesting grief was a real thing,” Sunny explained, adding that she started getting articles from her friends about it after her daughter went off to school. “It’s a real thing because when you identify yourself as a mommy for the past 22 years and all of a sudden that changes, even though, yes, I’m a lawyer and a journalist and I’m still a mommy, but the day-to-day momification, that’s what my kids call it, where you tidy up their room and cook dinner and stuff, I’m kind of a traditional mom in that sense. Sunny said that she spoke to Kelly Ripa about being an empty nester after her kids, Michael, Lola and Joaquin, moved out of the house she shared with husband Mark Consuelos.

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