Hollywood power couple say they’ve given up Tinseltown for Fort Worth to give their children ‘a normal, amazing upbringing with good foundations’

A showbiz power couple has moved their childhood home to Fort Worth, Texas, after spending years in Los Angeles, saying they want a “normal” upbringing for their children.

Sainty and Eric Nelsen recently told us KHOU11 all about their decision to move back to Sainty’s hometown after years in coastal entertainment cities.

The pair met in New York while successfully pursuing their respective stage and film careers.

They soon married and moved to Los Angeles, where they solidified their Hollywood success – the couple has two Tony Awards and seven Emmys between them.

But after the birth of their daughter, they decided Texas could offer something LA couldn’t: a “normal, great upbringing with a good foundation.”

Despite their mainstream success, Eric says he always knew he wanted to settle down in his wife’s down-to-earth hometown.

‘One day I knew I wanted to live here. I just didn’t know when I would be able to do that. So we had our daughter and I finally thought, OK, maybe this is the time,” he said.

“Let’s get her out of LA, let’s be with family. Let’s give her a normal, great upbringing with a good foundation. So we took the step!’

After trading the exorbitantly priced, homeless-filled streets of LA for Fort Worth, Nelsen received career news that seemingly confirmed the wisdom of the family’s move.

He got a call from “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan, who told him he had been cast in the show’s prequel, “1883,” which is filming in Fort Worth.

“I thought, ‘Wait a minute, we live in Fort Worth, Texas!’ Eric says this was his reaction when he got the call.

Since “1883” began filming in the Nelses’ new backyard, they haven’t looked back on their decision to make the city their new home.

Sainty said the couple and their children have “really embraced the whole cowboy/cowgirl culture.”

“We are completely immersed in this world,” she said, which also marked the launch of a podcast, “Glamour and Grit,” from the couple, who have been married for 10 years.

The couple has now settled in their new hometown, where Sainty grew up, and where the couple looks forward to raising their children

The move, which they made about four years ago, coincided with the ongoing collapse of Los Angeles, to a place where children may or may not be able to safely walk through streets populated by homeless encampments.

The couple met more than a decade ago in New York, where they were both pursuing careers in the performing arts

The couple recently launched a podcast, Glamor and Grit, about their married life and home in Fort Worth, where Sainty was raised

Once they settled into their new lives, they wanted to make sure they found ways to give back to their community, which for Sainty meant working with local organizations, and for Eric it meant getting involved with local businesses.

Eric has previously worked with Bucking Bull Bourbon and has also joined the local horse cutting community.

Horse cutting is a modern competitive event in equestrian sports in which a horse and its rider must separate a single cow from a herd of livestock and prevent it from returning to the group.

Sainty has also been recognized by the Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame with an award given to adults who promote Western heritage in the community through education and volunteerism.

The pair have been able to continue their careers in the entertainment industry from their new home

Both have also become involved in local activities, including horseback riding competitions for Eric, and the Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame for Sainty.

In addition to their extracurricular activities, the couple has had no problems maintaining their working lives from the south.

Eric often travels for work, but Sainty – an in-demand voice actress – can record voice-overs in their home studio for popular children’s television programs such as ‘Minions’ and the TV show ‘Trolls’.

The pair are so in love with their now permanent home that they say they are looking forward to recruiting friends from the industry to join them.

“Once they get here, they all don’t want to leave,” Eric said. The friendliness and “camaraderie” of the community is specifically something “you don’t find in other places,” he added.”

‘I have never been so satisfied and happy in my entire life. This community has been so good to us and we want to do as much as we can for this community as well because it has changed our lives,” Sainty said.