Sophie von Haselberg and Bette Midler.Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images
Bette Midleris supporting her daughter’s artistic endeavors.
Speaking with PEOPLE at the CDGA Awards in Los Angeles on Monday, theBeachesstar, 77, discussed the expanding career of her only childSophie von Haselberg, and whether she gave her daughter any advice when she first became an actress.
“No, I didn’t give her any advice, but I have to say she was in this movie. It just opened, calledGive Me Pity!, and she plays a ’70s performer who’s doing a special — you remember the specials?” Midler told PEOPLE on thered carpet, promoting the 36-year-old’s latest project.
According to Midler, her daughter is “fantastic” in the film, which follows von Haselberg’s Sissy St. Claire, who “graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment,” according toan IMDb synopsis. “But Sissy’s live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare.”
“And she’s wearing clothes that I would’ve worn,” the proud mom told PEOPLE. “I just said, ‘Sophie, can I have that wardrobe?’ It was great.”
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Bette Midler.JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty Images
When asked if it’s tough to watch her daughter navigate a challenging business, Midler said it’s somewhere in the middle.
“It is and it isn’t. I think that life is challenging for everybody,” she explained. “It doesn’t matter if you’re in the business or if you’re in a different arena. It’s so hard. It’s very different. The last five years have been very challenging for everybody.”
Midler said that while she has “tried to feel empathetic, try to allow the empathy in and try to say, ‘Well, we’re all in the same boat,’ it’s different.”
“People are rising, people are sinking,” theHocus Pocus 2actress added. “And I’ll tell you something: Every doggie has its day. That’s life.”
Bette Midler and Sophie von Haselberg.Bruce Glikas/WireImage
Along with her own various roles, Midler also revealed that she has gotten attached to her many costumes over the years.
“Oh my gosh, no, they’re all my babies,” she told PEOPLE. “I ampartial to the mermaidsbecause they had an evolution and they started as rudimentary mermaids and they evolved into the most ridiculous — it was so creative. Oh, and so beautiful.”
As for when she herself feels most beautiful? “It’s mostly in my own shows,” Midler admitted.
“The shows I put together for myself, because those are really the silliest and the most ridiculous and the most fun,” she explained. “Red carpet is pretty standard, but your own show is, you know, you speak from the heart.”
source: people.com
