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The second that perky, blond Madison enters the Overeaters Anonymous meeting in This Is Us, Kate Pearson rolls her eyes. Maybe it is the remark about her “wrists getting fat,” however after a shrieking fender bender, their friendship escalates rapidly. Madison is definitely the first particular person outdoors of Toby who Kate advised of her being pregnant. While Madison (performed by actress Caitlin Thompson) excitedly goes by way of all the motions to give Kate an enjoyable dress shopping experience, it truly seems that the actress has a deeply sturdy connection to the present, as well as to being Kate’s maid of honor.
Following the emotional season two finale, collection creator Dan Fogelman dropped a fact bomb on followers throughout the globe, revealing that Thompson is his wife in actual life! “And if you thought I was letting her sleep with @justinhartley on national television you’re nuts,” he wrote. Ha!
Just FYI: Madison is my spouse in actual life @CaitwithaC
And if you happen to thought I used to be letting her sleep with @justinhartley on nationwide tv you are nuts. #ThisIsUs
– Dan Fogelman (@Dan_Fogelman) March 14, 2018
Although it looks as if followers (and Kate herself) modified how they felt about Madison all through the second season, Kevin (Justin Hartley) makes it clear that he is not going to sleep along with her at his sister’s wedding ceremony. And now we all know that was Fogelman’s doing!
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The 30-year-old actress had been in the business earlier than she married Fogelman in 2015, and whereas they haven’t any kids, they share two adorable dogs. Prior to This Is Us, Thompson had a recurring function in the 2011 collection Greek and in the 2012 remake of 90210 along with her character additionally named Madison. Thompson additionally had a cameo in Crazy, Stupid, Love as certainly one of the ladies Ryan Gosling picks up at the bar (enjoyable truth: Fogelman wrote the screenplay for that film).
Now that Madison has efficiently fulfilled her maid of honor duties at Kate’s wedding, and did so with a large smile on her face, we won’t wait to see how she strikes on post-KaToby. While she is not in any of the flash-forwards, we do suppose her friendship with Kate will be explored extra.
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