Why This Is Us star Chrissy Metz fled LA after the show ended

This is her new life.Chrissy Metz, best known for playing Kate Pearson on the NBC drama “This Is Us,” recently ditched Hollywood after 21 years.“I moved to Nashville,” the actress, 44, revealed to People in an interview published Friday.“I was in LA for 21 years, but my family is in Florida, where I’m from, and during the pandemic, I could drive to them from here.It’s just a better quality of life here,” Metz explained.

“Everything is 15 minutes away, and it’s just so much less stress.”“There’s a lot going on,” she continued.“There’s obviously great music, great food.

I grew up in the South, so I’m used to sort of that hospitality — it feels more communal here.In LA it was always like, ‘Oh, you have an audition? What’s it for? Oh, you have an audition? What for?’ It was all very dog eat dog!”Metz has been keeping busy since starring on the hit drama “This Is Us” for six seasons from 2016 to 2022.

When not acting, she also has dabbled in music.In July 2021, she even performed at Nashville’s famed Bluebird Cafe.

Her debut country album, “Prayed for This Day,” was released in 2023.Even more, the “American Horror Story” alum recently wrote a new children’s book, “When I Talk to God, I Talk About Feelings.” It hits bookstores on April 8.The new story is a follow-up to Metz’s 2023 book, “When I Talk to God, I Talk About You.““I taught preschool for five years, and ultimately kids always want to talk about their feelings,” the Golden Globe nominee told the outlet of her inspiration.“They want to feel seen and heard.”“I think we’re coming into this age of mental health awareness and just talking about our feelings in real ways,” Metz explained.

“And so I wondered, could we preemptively strike and get the kids to name their feelings and then express their feelings and have the confidence to even do that?”Despite leaving Hollywood, the star would love to reunite with her “This I...