Kristin Chenoweth Celebrates 58th Anniversary of Her Adoption: ‘Blessed & Grateful’

Kristin Chenoweth is expressing gratitude for her parents, June and Jerry Chenoweth, on the 58th anniversary of the day they adopted her. She posted an Instagram tribute to her mom and dad on July 30.

“Yesterday was my GOTCHA DAY  (it’s not just for pets!!),” Chenoweth wrote, along with a gallery of photos with June and Jerry. “The day my parents brought me home 58 years ago and I became a Chenoweth. I’m so blessed and grateful for this beautiful life they gave me. I love you, mom and dad!!”

Kristin was born to Wanda “Mama Lynn” Cooper and Billy Ethridge. She connected with her biological mother in 2012 and they developed a close relationship that lasted until Lynn’s death in 2023.

In 2015, Kristin opened up about her adoption in an open letter. “I’ve always known that I was adopted. It was never a secret or held from me,” she wrote. “I knew that my birth mother loved me so much that she wanted to give me a better life. And my parents, Jerry and Junie Chenoweth, were looking to adopt a baby and found me – literally less than one week after I was born.”

She praised her parents for explaining the adoption to her by telling her, “We chose you,” adding, “It was a wonderful way to put it to an adopted child. And I think it’s true. An adoption is a full-circle blessing.”

Kristin also addressed her birth mother in the post. “If anything, I would thank my birth mother for loving me enough to make such a huge sacrifice,” she continued. “It’s a great gift for me to be able to say: ‘I know that I came from love, and I know that I have love.’ In fact, I’ve always felt this deep desire: that if I were to have a baby, I would adopt. That’s the way I would do it, 100 percent.”