Ali Larter Details why her family left Los Angeles for Idaho 4 years ago

Ali Larter and her husband Hey MacArthur, moved from Los Angeles to a small town in Idaho during the coronavirus pandemic — and they wouldn't have it any other way.

“Our kids' schools were closed during COVID, and we thought, 'Why are we just sitting here?' It didn't work at all in Los Angeles,” Larter, 48, said on the Friday, Jan. 10, episode. Lives with Kelly and Mark. “So, my husband said, 'Let's take a trip to Idaho (and) go skiing with the kids.'

Larter and MacArthur, 47, have been married since 2008 and have a son Teodor, 14 years old, and a daughter Vivienne, 9 years old. Their blocked winter break eventually turned into a two-month stay.

“We fall in love with nature and the mountains and all this new life,” said Landman The actress announced on Friday. “We completely turned around and went for it. We literally had our house (in California) for less than a year. We came back to Los Angeles and realized we wanted to put our family first.

Larter added: “Our lives are so different there and it's a small town and it makes you take on a different kind of responsibility. It's something that Hayes and I really wanted to do to our childrenso we did.”

Larter went on to explain that their family now has a “real life” that is “rooted in reality” since they moved to the mountains.

“We're so grateful,” Larter said, later joking that son Theodore wasn't happy about the move at first. “He likes fast cars and designer cologne and all that, like he wants to be in the big city. I thought, “At 18, you can go (back).” … He really likes it now and I think he realizes how big his wolf pack is.

According to Larter, she and MacArthur also “feel if you can hike a mountain, you can run a boardroom.”

“We just believe they should be raised that way,” she concluded.

Larter and MacArthur settled in the small resort town of Sun Valley, which has been home to several famous faces and acclaimed festivals and business conferences over the years.

“We fell in love with the beauty of the mountains and their quiet majesty,” Larter said Rue magazine In the September 2024 profile. “None of us had ever lived in a small town before. People look out for each other. There is a real sense of community here and we are so happy to be a part of it.