Angie Harmon is a public figure, but she didn't want to force that lifestyle onto her children. In an effort to give their kids a normal childhood, Harmon and Jason Sehorn left Los Angeles for Charlotte, North Carolina. As far as Harmon's concerned, putting family over fame was the right decision. "I'm happy that we moved," she told Good Housekeeping in 2011.
The "Baywatch Nights" actor praised the "slower way of life," which includes letting her girls feed geese in their yard and ride their bikes. Their new neighborhood was also different. "There's a church on every corner as opposed to just a Starbucks ... The people are just a little nicer — more real," Harmon said. In a 2023 chat with Charlotte Magazine, she echoed these statements. "I didn't want to raise my daughters in L.A. or New York because it was too much, too fast, too hard," she said. "I wanted them to grow up in the South, and it's served them well."
As much as Harmon loves life in Charlotte, there's no denying that it can be tough when she's filming on the other side of the country. "Rizzoli & Isles," for example, was shot in Los Angeles, which meant that she was away from her family home for significant chunks of time. "It breaks my heart that I don't see my daughters every day, don't get to hug them and brush their hair," Harmon told Good Housekeeping.
