Julia Roberts’ marriage is being put to the test once again. The actress is furious after her husband Danny Moder told her his family has stopped going to the counselling sessions they promised they’d attend. Julia is so livid that she has now issued an ultimatum to the Moder family: “Get back in counselling or you won’t see the new baby.”
Danny broke the news of the therapy lapse during a family holiday in Hawaii, just weeks before 39-year-old Julia gave birth to the couple’s third child, Henry Daniel, on June 18.
Julia has been urging the Moder family — including Danny’s father Mike and siblings John, Debbie, Jane and Jyl — to get into therapy ever since her twins Hazel and Phinnaeus were born in 2004.
However, she finally put her foot down earlier this year and demanded they get help or she wasn’t letting them around the new baby after his birth.
“Julia felt the counselling was necessary for the Moders so they could better fit in with her new family and understand her needs.
“When Danny told his family, they were outraged at Julia’s ultimatum,” a friend reports. “However, they reluctantly agreed for Danny’s sake, in order to keep the peace.”
For a while, it’s thought the family took the counselling sessions seriously and everyone attended on a weekly basis. But shortly before a then heavily pregnant Julia, Danny and the twins left for a family trip to Hawaii in May, the Moders stopped going to counselling.
When Danny broke the news to Julia during the holiday she “lost it”, says the friend.
The friend now says Julia will make good on her promise to the Moders, refusing to let them near newborn Henry until they return to therapy…
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