Emily Alyn Lind isn’t any stranger to fictional household drama because the star of We Had been Liars — the book-to-screen adaptation of E. Lockhart’s guide that simply hit the 2025 TV schedule — in addition to the Gossip Lady reboot. It turns on the market’s some pleasure in her real-life household, too, as her mother, actress Barbara Alyn Woods, has been relationship Mark Anderson, a former Golden Bachelorette forged member. Lind acquired actual about her ideas on the romance, calling it “insane.”
Barbara Alyn Woods, who starred as Deb Scott on One Tree Hill, hard-launched her relationship with Mark Anderson in October 2024 and, whereas daughter Emily Alyn Lind didn’t precisely appear proud that he got here from the truth relationship world when she mentioned it throughout a Zach Sang Present interview, her opinion of Anderson is overwhelmingly constructive. She stated:
So my mother began relationship this wonderful man named Mark Anderson, and he occurred to be a contestant on The Golden Bachelor. He’s, like, essentially the most sweetest man, but additionally, like, so enticing.
Bachelor Nation would largely agree with that sentiment, as thirst entice movies of Mark Anderson have been a factor since we met the person on Joey Graziadei’s season of The Bachelor. Mark is the daddy of Kelsey Anderson, who acquired engaged to Graziadei on the present, and he went on to grow to be one of many forged members on Joan Vassos’ season of The Golden Bachelorette.
In reality, he appeared to be a frontrunner to guide The Golden Bachelor Season 2 (which in the end went to NFL alum Mel Owens). Emily Alyn Lind seemingly confirmed as a lot, saying her mother acquired there first:
He would have, I feel, been [The Golden Bachelor] however my mother swooped him up. She, like, slid into his DMs. She noticed him and he or she was like, ‘That’s mine.’ They’re so joyful it’s insane.
It is so candy to listen to that Barbara Alyn Woods and Mark Anderson are so joyful collectively, and you actually can inform how in love they’re by their social media posts. The We Had been Liars star (who could be seen by streaming the sequence with a Prime Video subscription) described a very festive Instagram photograph that featured each of their giant households — together with Joey Graziadei — over the vacations. The actress stated:
It was like a blended household impulsively. … I already thought I had a giant household, however then all of Mark’s household got here, and we had a blended household, like, Brady Bunch Christmas, and it was actually enjoyable.
It’s actually candy to listen to Emily Alyn Lind speak about her mother’s relationship like that. What lies forward for the rising romance stays unsure at the moment. One thing that appears fairly evident proper now, although is that Emily sounds actually joyful for Barbara Alyn Woods and Mark Anderson.
Remember to test Lind out her new Prime Video sequence to take a look at the massive change E. Lockhart was joyful to see and to see what that huge We Had been Liars twist ending is all about. All eight episodes can be found to stream now.