‘Big Bang Theory’ Star Mayim Bialik Opens Up About Struggles as a ‘Working Mom’

— — Mayim Bialik is a critically acclaimed actress on one of TV’s most successful shows, “The Big Bang Theory.”

But balancing her successful career with raising two young sons can be challenging at times.

“My ex sent me a photo of our boys dressed as ghostbusters for Halloween at a little fair,” she told People magazine when asked when she last cried. “Part of it was just that I’m sentimental, but I was a little sad that as a working mom I don’t get to be at all those things.”

Bialik, 38, shares custody of her two young sons, Miles and Frederick, with former husband Michael Stone, from whom she split more than two years ago. She and Stone have worked hard to co-parent well.

“The kids are absolutely resilient and they are also very sensitive and complicated little people,” she told ABC News last year. “I’m happy to report they are doing really well. Their dad is doing well and we communicate really well.”

While the body positivity movement focuses on embracing cellulite and stretch marks, Mayim Bialik says she doesn’t find it empowering.

The Big Bang Theory star applauds the women who show off and embrace their “imperfections” — Bialik names Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Hunter McGrady and Amy Schumer as two of them — but says it’s not for her.

“Honestly, that’s totally great for those women. I don’t have those feelings about the ‘imperfections’ of my body at all,” Bialik, 41, tells Glamour. “It’s something I spoke to Hunter about. I said, ‘I understand there are some women who love to show off their cellulite and stretch marks; I don’t feel empowered by that.’ I think that’s going to vary, and I think both things need to be OK.”

The actress and author of the new book, Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular attributes the opposing mindsets to a generational difference.

“I don’t feel shamed. I grew up with a very different standard of beauty and attractiveness, as did many women my age,” she says. “It takes a lot of adjusting for some of us to get used to this notion that all of a sudden things women were teased for and hated for I’m now supposed to flaunt. It’s just not how my brain’s going to work, but I think both things can be OK.”