Jennie Garth on Co-Parenting Kids, Forgiveness With Peter Facinelli

Jennie Garth had to learn what she liked about herself.

Over a decade after she split from Peter Facinelli following their nearly 20-year relationship, the What I Like About You actress detailed how she rose above her breakup to focus on co-parenting her and Peter’s daughters Luca, 28, Lola, 23, and Fiona, 19.

“In order to be the best co-parent I wanted to be, I had to really come to a reckoning inside myself of forgiveness, of acceptance,” Jennie told E! News in an exclusive interview. “And it wasn’t even forgiving or accepting of someone else—it was really forgiving and accepting myself through it all.”

And the I Choose Me author—whose new memoir is out now—emphasized that the grace she showed herself allowed her to prioritize her kids.

“That made me a better mom,” she continued. “Definitely more present, more connected to what they are going through, instead of so much about what I’m going through.”