Before a tragedy: “A complete nightmare,” a Seinfeld star was “crazy happy.”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus talked about how her mother’s uncomplicated gesture brought her comfort during a difficult time of bereavement.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a star of Seinfeld, has spoken out about losing a pregnancy when she was in her late 20s, describing it as a “complete nightmare” and calling it “devastating”.

Louis-Dreyfus discussed the emotional toll the loss of her pregnancy took on her and her husband Brad Hall on the Wiser Than Me podcast.

“I became pregnant for the first time when I was approximately 28 and I was really happy,” she remarked.

“I had a simple pregnancy. I experienced strong, womanly feelings.”

“Then, relatively late in the pregnancy, my husband Brad and I learned that the unborn child would not survive.”

The actress continued, calling the experience “a complete nightmare,” adding, “So that was emotionally devastating as you can imagine, but it got worse because I developed an infection that landed me in the hospital.”

Judith Louis-Dreyfus, according to Louis-Dreyfus, flew in to take care of her.

After a couple of days, she was finally discharged from the hospital and sent home to recover. However, she was not yet permitted to leave her bed.

“But my mother made meals.”

“In a cast iron skillet, she created this amazing, cozy chili, topping it with cornbread.”

She was unable to consume it when her mother and husband entered the room and placed the tray at the foot of her bed.

She remarked, “That cornbread and the chili had such a great aroma.”

“The truth is that I couldn’t eat, so it actually filled the entire house, the room, and my heart.”

Even though I couldn’t yet eat solid food, it didn’t matter.

Despite the fact that she was unable to eat it, she referred to it as “the best meal ever.”

The Veep actor claimed that she has always associated cooking and eating with her mother and her family as a whole.

At a moment of great loss, the straightforward act of her mother preparing the lunch was “comforting”.

Despite the fact that it has a bit of a strange kicker, she said, “This is one of my favorite food-related memories.”

The loss of Louis-Dreyfus’ pregnancy wasn’t her only incredibly painful experience over the years.

The actress and comedian made her breast cancer diagnosis public in 2017.

She said to Entertainment Tonight, “I’ve had a lot of personal challenges, losses, dear ones in my family, and my battle with cancer.”

She stated she didn’t know how she would have handled the diagnosis “had I not had this really close intimate relationship with all of these people” and that working on Veep had helped her get through it.