Bridget Moynahan and Her Son Jack at the 2026 US Open — Fans Can’t Stop Talking About Who He Looks Like

Despite the intense public attention surrounding Jack’s arrival, Bridget has consistently emphasized the importance of giving her son a private and secure upbringing. Her experience with the media during that period was, by her own account, considerably more difficult than the polished family photos seen today.

In a 2019 interview with People, Bridget recalled having photographers follow her and even seeing men hiding outside her home while she was a new mother. “As a new mother, you want to just protect your child. That kind of attention felt like a threat,” she said.

She described becoming increasingly private during that period, an experience she also discussed in Our Shoes, Our Selves, the book she co-wrote with Amanda Benchley. In the book, Bridget described the experience even more starkly, writing, “Having a baby should have been the most joyous time of my life, but instead I felt assaulted.”

She also wrote, “It’s unnerving to be followed and stalked like that, especially during such an emotionally vulnerable time.”

 

From a Difficult Beginning to a Close Mother-Son Bond

 

Bridget has since spoken warmly about the life she and Jack have built, including the relationship she and Tom have maintained as co-parents. She told People that they had both found partners who supported their efforts to raise Jack and loved him as their own.

“I don’t think you can ask for more than that. My son is surrounded by love,” Bridget said. That close bond has also shown up in some of their more ordinary shared interests. In September 2023, Bridget told PEOPLE at Global Citizen’s Festival that she and Jack connect through music, with each introducing the other to artists from different generations.