William H. Macy ‘Really Glad’ Wife Felicity Huffman Is Working Again

On the red carpet for the premiere of “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” his latest film, Macy was asked about his wife Felicity Huffman’s new acting gig, one of her first since her involvement with the college admissions scandal that rocked Hollywood in 2019.

In April, People magazine confirmed that the "Desperate Housewives" star would be appearing on season two of the “Criminal Minds” spin-off, “Evolution.”

"It was great! I went to visit her on the set a couple of times... and she had a great time. I think she did a great job, too. I'm really glad she's working,” he gushed.

When asked whether he and Huffman “rehearse at home together,” Macy gave an honest answer.

“We talk the talk and walk the walk. We give each other each other’s scripts and we give each other notes. I wouldn’t try that at home, folks. But we somehow make it work,” he said.

Macy and Huffman are one of Hollywood’s longest-standing couples. They have been married since 1997 and are the parents to two daughters, Sophia, 23, and Georgia, 22.

Macy added that his daughter Sophia has also taken on the family business.

“My daughter Sophia is an actor also. Both my kids grew up around the breakfast table where we just talked theater and acting all the time,” he told a reporter at the premiere.

The couples’ two daughters were involved in the scandal that resulted in their mom pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Huffman ended up serving 11 days of her 14-day prison sentence, in addition to having to perform community service and being on probation.

The college admissions scandal was a massive “scheme that allegedly involved students gaining entrance to schools including Georgetown, Stanford, Wake Forest University, UCLA and Yale as recruited athletes — regardless of their athletic ability — or on inflated college entrance exam test scores,” reported the New York Post.

Huffman was accused of paying an admissions consultant, Rick Singer, $15,000 to have a proctor change her daughter Sophia’s answers after she took her SATs. Singer also pled guilty and was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Other high-profile names involved in the scandal included “Full House” star Lori Laughlin.

"It felt like I had to give my daughter a chance at a future. And so it was sort of like my daughter's future, which meant I had to break the law," she said.

Huffman told the outlet that she regrets her involvement in the scheme.

"Huffman recalls having second thoughts and anxiety about her actions as she drove her daughter to take the test that day. 'She was going, 'Can we get ice cream afterwards?'' Huffman recalls. 'I'm scared about the test. What can we do that's fun?' And I kept thinking, turn around, just turn around. And to my undying shame, I didn't."

But it seems Macy and Huffman have put the scandal behind them. Huffman's new television role is her first major television acting role since the scandal.

When asked about what it meant to Macy to join the "Planet of the Apes" franchise, the actor said he's proud to be part of its legacy.

"I’m pretty proud. I saw the Roddy McDowell version. I saw the first one in the movies when I was young. And to be part of it is really flattering and it’s gratifying."