{"id":365962,"date":"2026-10-12T03:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/keri-russell-calls-time-apart-from-matthew-rhys-a-gift-the-rules-are-mine"},"modified":"2026-10-15T01:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:14:07","slug":"keri-russell-calls-time-apart-from-matthew-rhys-a-gift-the-rules-are-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/keri-russell-calls-time-apart-from-matthew-rhys-a-gift-the-rules-are-mine","title":{"rendered":"Keri Russell Calls Time Aside From Matthew Rhys a \u2018Present\u2019: \u2018The Guidelines Are Mine\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Keri Russell does not pretend that spending months away from Matthew Rhys is easy. She does, however, see some advantages.<\/p>\n

The Diplomat<\/em> star opened up about their relationship of more than a decade during the Oct. 8 episode of Chelsea Handler\u2019s Dear Chelsea<\/em><\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

At the time of the interview, Rhys was preparing to work in the U.K. for five months. Russell said he would return home occasionally during the job, which would otherwise take him away from their Brooklyn household.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have this gift of being apart a lot,\u201d Russell told Handler. \u201cAnd that is the way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russell Sets a 9 p.m. Bedtime When Rhys Is Away<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe house is mine. The bed is mine. The rules are mine,\u201d Russell said.<\/p>\n

Those rules apparently include a very early bedtime. Russell joked that everyone in the house is expected to be asleep by 9 p.m., and anyone looking for her after that should assume she has already gone to bed.<\/p>\n

She also enjoys keeping everything clean and organized exactly the way she likes it. As Entertainment Weekly<\/a> reported, Russell admitted that the house is probably \u201cmore boring\u201d without Rhys. When he comes home, though, everyone is excited to see him, including her.<\/p>\n

She Would Like to See Him Every Two Weeks<\/h2>\n

Handler asked whether the couple had rules about how long they would go without seeing each other and whether Russell planned to visit him overseas.<\/p>\n

Russell said she would. Ideally, they would see each other about every two weeks, although she acknowledged that probably would not happen during this particular stretch.<\/p>\n

She also described the strangeness of an acting career that can involve kissing other people for work. The couple became romantically involved while making The Americans<\/em>, in which they spent six seasons playing married Soviet spies Philip and Elizabeth Jennings.<\/p>\n

Now that both are in their 50s, Russell said they worry less about that aspect of the job. She joked that \u201ceven having sex with someone new sounds like a lot of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russell Calls Rhys the Family\u2019s \u201cMom Dad\u201d<\/h2>\n