Katey Sagal Says Son Jackson White 'Hates' Being Called a Nepo Baby: 'Didn't Lean Into Any of That'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jackson White and Katey Sagal attend the premiere of HBO’s “Mrs. Fletcher” on October 21, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Michael Tran/FilmMagic

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Sagal shares two of her kids — Jackson and Sarah, 30 — with ex Jack White. She is also mom to daughter Esmé, 18, whom she shares with husband Kurt Sutter.

Although he’s separated himself from Sagal, White and his mom were able to work together onTell Me Lieswhen Sagal was cast as White’s mom in the show. The proud mom says that it was “really fun” for the duo to get to work together.

Sarah Grace White, Kurt Sutter, Katey Sagal and Jackson James White attend the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House’s 27th annual awards luncheon on October 29, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.Tara Ziemba/Getty

Tara Ziemba/Getty

“He’s a psycho on the show, like with no conscience. So then his mother gets to be even worse,” Sagal says. “So that you end up having sort of sympathy for his character ‘cause you realize where he came from.”

“So it was really fun for us. We had never, we have sung together before on stage but we’d never worked as actors together and we have a super close relationship,” she continues. “We are not like Psycho Mom and Son. And it was really fun to put on different clothes to be these different people.”

source: people.com