{"id":355362,"date":"2025-08-18T23:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T23:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/355362\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T23:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T23:34:09","slug":"naomi-watts-breaks-down-in-tears-as-her-and-liev-schriebers-son-heads-to-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/355362\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Watts breaks down in tears as her and Liev Schrieber&#8217;s son heads to college"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Naomi Watts and Liev Schrieber documented their respective emotional goodbyes to their son, Sasha Schreiber, as he heads off to college.<\/p>\n<p>Watts, 56, took to her Instagram Stories Monday to share a photo of herself standing next to Sasha on a sidewalk, gripping his waist as she buried her head into his chest.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old\u2019s luggage and duffle bags surrounded the mother-son duo as a small dog sat atop his pile of belongings.<\/p>\n<p>Naomi Watts and Liev Schrieber documented their respective emotional goodbyes to their son, Sasha Schreiber, as he heads off to college. Instagram\/Naomi Watts<\/p>\n<p>Watts took to her Instagram Stories Monday to share a photo of herself standing next to Sasha, 18, on a sidewalk, gripping his waist as she buried her head into his chest. Instagram\/Naomi Watts<\/p>\n<p>Sasha looked straight at the camera, wrapping his arm around his mom\u2019s shoulders and holding her tightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStep #1,\u201d the actress wrote atop the image. \u201cAlready [bawling] \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d.\u201d She made sure to tag her teenager, who was wearing a white T-shirt, baggy blue jeans and a simple chain in the shot.<\/p>\n<p>Watts, for her part, looked chic in an oversized beige blazer and a white collared shirt, which she paired with wide-leg blue jeans.<\/p>\n<p>The actress also uploaded a picture of Sasha hugging his 16-year-old sister, Kai Schreiber. Instagram\/Naomi Watts<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMulholland Drive\u201d star also uploaded a picture of Sasha hugging his <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/08\/parents\/liev-schreiber-recalls-moment-trans-daughter-kai-asked-him-to-use-she-her-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16-year-old sister, Kai Schreiber<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha \u2014 who added a gray sweater and headphones to his outfit \u2014 looked sad in the snap, while Kai \u2014  who was dressed in a black tank top and white shorts \u2014 had her back to the camera for the sweet embrace.<\/p>\n<p>Liev also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNdS5eQxywz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Instagram<\/a> to commemorate the milestone, admitting that he was \u201cstarting to feel the pull.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor, 57, added, \u201cGonna miss my ride or die. Having said that, USC is gonna get one of the deepest, kindest, bravest and most beautiful boys I have ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liev then took to Instagram to commemorate the milestone, admitting that he was \u201cstarting to feel the pull\u201d of his \u201cride or die\u201d leaving. Instagram\/Liev Schrieber<\/p>\n<p>Sasha \u2014 who graduated from Friends Seminary, a private high school in New York City, in June \u2014 is moving across the country to start his freshman year at the University of Southern California. lievschreiber\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Sasha \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/06\/parents\/naomi-watts-and-liev-schreiber-reunite-for-sons-graduation-in-blended-family-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">graduated from Friends Seminary<\/a>, a private high school in New York City, in June \u2014 is moving across the country to start his freshman year at the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Liev and Watts <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/09\/26\/liev-schreiber-and-naomi-watts-split-up-after-11-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broke up in September 2016<\/a>\u00a0after 11 years together.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Watts <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/10\/naomi-watts-confirms-marriage-to-billy-crudup-hitched\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">married Billy Crudup<\/a>, while the \u201cX-Men Origins: Wolverine\u201d star wed Taylor Neisen, with whom he shares daughter Hazel, almost 2.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naomi Watts and Liev Schrieber documented their respective emotional goodbyes to their son, Sasha Schreiber, as he heads&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,17065,36196,125300,14932,14064,4082,15306,12058,77,125301,3943,125302,3176,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-355362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-children","10":"tag-celebrity-dads","11":"tag-celebrity-exes","12":"tag-celebrity-families","13":"tag-celebrity-moms","14":"tag-celebrity-news","15":"tag-celebrity-social-media","16":"tag-college","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-liev-schreiber","19":"tag-movies","20":"tag-naomi-watts","21":"tag-parents","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115052390970928640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}