Connie Britton Brings Son to Power of Global Citizens Our Planet: Rare Photo

Connie Britton made Global Citizen’s Power Our Planet: Live in Paris a family affair as she supported the important cause with her son, Eyob ‘Yoby’.

“Under the sparkling Eiffel Tower with my love!” the white lotus alum, 56, captioned an Instagram Story photo from Saturday, June 24 with her son, 12, backstage at the event.

Britton beamed in her orange ombre blouse as she hugged her only child, whom she adopted when he was just a baby. Yoby, for his part, opted for a casual look in a blue soccer jersey while looking at people like HER And Billy Eilish performance in Paris.

The Friday night lights alum, who serves as an ambassador to Global Citizen, attended the event to raise awareness for climate change.

“What an incredible night! We came to Paris hoping for radical reforms, ready to celebrate breakthroughs for equality and justice on behalf of vulnerable countries trying to tackle climate change,” Britton wrote via Instagram later on Saturday. “We are encouraged by the steps taken by the President of the World Bank Ajay Banga to reform key policies, including including suspension clauses in loan agreements for countries affected by natural disasters.”

She continued: “We are also celebrating the coalition of countries [that] agreed to cancel Zambia’s $6.3 billion debt, we now have a coalition supporting the introduction of a tax on the shipping sector, and France has also taken a step through its share of the special drawing rights allocated to poor countries increase to 40%. The ‘Power Our Planet’ campaign will continue to stand up for justice on behalf of the countries and populations devastated by climate change.”

Britton, who is currently dating David E Windsoradopted her son in November 2011 Dear Edward star has made sure to teach the preteen about his heritage and how to support his fellow global citizens.

“We talk about [his adoption] always. In his room is a large map of Ethiopia and Africa, but we also travel back to Africa. We’ve actually been back every other year since I adopted him, and I’m really committed to that,” she told Exclusively Us weekly in December 2019. “We just try to be as vocal about his experience and where he came from in our everyday lives. I just want him to know what that world is.”

She added at the time, “He’s a super American kid, but he’s very proud to be from Ethiopia. I think that has always made him feel special.”