The following article mentions addiction struggles and mental health struggles.
Growing up with a once-in-a-generation comedic talent for a mom must have had its unique challenges.
BeforeCarol Burnett’s current husband Brian Millerentered the picture, she walked down the aisle twice.
As a mother, Burnett has experienced tragedy, triumph, heartbreak, and joy.
Meet the three women who experienced it all with her.
Even before her mother reached the peak of her fame, Carrie was raised with a yearning for success.
However, despite her obvious talents, Carrie developed an increasing amount of insecurity as many teenagers do.
Burnett recalled assuring Carrie that this awkward phase was just a phase, but Carrie insisted it wasn’t.
When Hamilton was just 15 years old, she spoke toPeopleabout her struggles with drugs.
“I was always Carol Burnett’s daughter.
When I got high, I wasn’t anymore.
I wanted my own image,” she said.
This put an intense strain on her relationship with her mom.
“I just keep fighting.
I keep finding new things, I think life is terrific.
I keep finding new things to get into …
I can’t get enough, and I’m having a great time,” she said.
The comedian’s charismatic oldest daughter began studying music and acting in Malibu at Pepperdine University.
She also starred in films such as “Tokyo Pop.”
In 1996, she joined the first national tour of “Rent” as Maureen.
Sadly, Hamilton did not get to see this project come to fruition.
She died at the age of 38 in January 2002.
The pain of losing her youngest child has stayed with Burnett.
“I think of her every day,” she said inPeoplein 2018.
“She never leaves me…I just feel her.”
When the play finally premiered, Burnett experienced three signs that reminded her of her late daughter.
“Carrie and I were nuts for the rain,” she said.
Just eight months after Jody was born in Los Angeles, “The Carol Burnett Show” premiered.
Evidently, that all changed when the TV icon decided to turn her room into a salon.
“All through dinner they acted like perfect little ladies,” she wrote.
As Jody grew up, her youthful mischievousness turned into a drive to succeed.
In a 1988 interview with theChicago Tribune, Burnett described her middle daughter as “very highly motivated.”
This prediction would end up coming true.
“The final episode of the politics and pop culture podcast was released in 2023.
In recent years, Jody has worked as a show runner for “The Stephanie Miller Show.”
However, rock and roll music wasn’t always Paul’s area of expertise.
He studied at the Art Institute of Houston and California Art Institute and is a self-described cartoonist.
The pair married in 2015 though they have been together since 2000.
They now live together in Los Angeles where they enjoy vintage cars and have adopted several cats.
Instead, she traveled around America as she followed the Grateful Dead for six years.
Unsurprisingly, Erin decided to become a professional singer herself.
Her affinity for dance music was especially well-received in the LGBTQ+ community of the time.
In 1999, she released her first album as a solo artist, “One World.”
“She was very, very talented,” she said.
“My relationship with her was awesome.
She was an amazing woman and she’s with me all the time.”
Erin was greatly affected by Carrie’s cancer diagnosis.
“I had a really hard time visiting her in the hospital,” Erin told Steven Houseman.
“It was hard for me to see her the way that she was.”
When Carrie died in January 2002, Erin was at her side singing Lucinda Williams.
In May 2001, Erin’s girlfriend at the time, Tanya Sanchez, died.
Erin grappled with the guilt of not being there.
In August 2020, Burnett and Brian Miller to file for temporary guardianship of Hamilton’s son, Dylan.
Burnett is sadly no stranger to seeing a family member deal with addiction.
