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I think, truly, it was a day or two after I heard [she was leaving Kevin Can Wait] I sent her a personal note, [I said], ‘Take a look, read this. It’s a beautiful piece.’ It’s for families, and I know she’s a mom in real life. ‘I think you’ll just kill this.’ And she read it and she really liked it and we talked. It was probably the easiest casting that we had.