'Palm Royale' star Kaia Gerber became 'disillusioned' with Hollywood at 'young age'
- - 'Palm Royale' star Kaia Gerber became 'disillusioned' with Hollywood at 'young age'
Erin Jensen, USA TODAYNovember 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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"Palm Royale" Season 2 celebration at The Sun Rose on Oct. 21, 2025, in West Hollywood, California. See some of the stars ahead of the show's November release.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>Kaia Gerber and more celebrities attended Apple TV's "Palm Royale" Season 2 celebration at The Sun Rose on Oct. 21, 2025, in West Hollywood, California. See some of the stars ahead of the show's November release.
" data-src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/TXxO5WECV1iOHzorVtnneQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODYz/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/3a434dd39b03ac63a11021edf5876b54 class=caas-img data-headline="See John Stamos, Kaia Gerber, Ricky Martin and more 'Palm Royale' stars ahead of Season 2" data-caption="
Kaia Gerber and more celebrities attended Apple TV's "Palm Royale" Season 2 celebration at The Sun Rose on Oct. 21, 2025, in West Hollywood, California. See some of the stars ahead of the show's November release.
">Kaia Gerber and more celebrities attended Apple TV's "Palm Royale" Season 2 celebration at The Sun Rose on Oct. 21, 2025, in West Hollywood, California. See some of the stars ahead of the show's November release.
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/TXxO5WECV1iOHzorVtnneQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODYz/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/3a434dd39b03ac63a11021edf5876b54 class=caas-img>Patti LuPone
" data-src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Lj0I268zsZscWLCnmN0Byw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODYz/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/3739bd2a51368ecc8f2824265099ccb3 class=caas-img data-headline="See John Stamos, Kaia Gerber, Ricky Martin and more 'Palm Royale' stars ahead of Season 2" data-caption="
Patti LuPone
">Patti LuPone
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Lj0I268zsZscWLCnmN0Byw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODYz/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/3739bd2a51368ecc8f2824265099ccb3 class=caas-img>Leslie Bibb
" data-src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/FQICpDMDKj2_MMGEXtcqAg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/a8043d8bdacd085a6ac2799c7838d663 class=caas-img data-headline="See John Stamos, Kaia Gerber, Ricky Martin and more 'Palm Royale' stars ahead of Season 2" data-caption="
Leslie Bibb
">Leslie Bibb
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/FQICpDMDKj2_MMGEXtcqAg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/a8043d8bdacd085a6ac2799c7838d663 class=caas-img>John Stamos
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John Stamos
">John Stamos
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/6SR0vieTSESPhfi8Zb7Ahg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/aa0249d4f69ffada0275e0e3130e3eff class=caas-img>Ricky Martin, Allison Janney, and Mindy Cohn
" data-src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/H8nc38vFVFN2ZLBCbcxyBQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/29bf324642a1a2bc8893bf121eb3c0f9 class=caas-img data-headline="See John Stamos, Kaia Gerber, Ricky Martin and more 'Palm Royale' stars ahead of Season 2" data-caption="
Ricky Martin, Allison Janney, and Mindy Cohn
">Ricky Martin, Allison Janney, and Mindy Cohn
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/H8nc38vFVFN2ZLBCbcxyBQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/29bf324642a1a2bc8893bf121eb3c0f9 class=caas-img>Lisa Rinna
" data-src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Ziq3NowudUEvXtPhhXhfBA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/2596f09163f01160c894a5fa91e2bc7d class=caas-img data-headline="See John Stamos, Kaia Gerber, Ricky Martin and more 'Palm Royale' stars ahead of Season 2" data-caption="
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">Paige DeSorbo
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Kaia Gerber and more celebrities attended Apple TV's "Palm Royale" Season 2 celebration at The Sun Rose on Oct. 21, 2025, in West Hollywood, California. See some of the stars ahead of the show's November release.
Watching "Palm Royale" it's hard not to wonder if Hollywood has been the actors' version of the sunny social club symbolizing wealth and prestige.
In the Apple TV+ series returning for Season 2 on Nov. 12, Kaia Gerber plays manicurist Mitzi, who is "very much a code shifter," the model-actress says. At first, Mitzi appears to be a loyal friend to Maxine (Kristen Wiig) in the late '60s-set soapy dark comedy. But in the Season 1 finale, Maxine learns that Mitzi slept with her husband Douglas (Josh Lucas) and is carrying his child.
"Mitzi comes from a very different background than a lot of the characters in Palm Beach," says Gerber, the 24-year-old child of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber. The West Palm Beach-born Mitzi viewed Palm Beach "as the dream," Gerber says.
Kaia Gerber looks forward to viewers getting a better sense of Mitzi in Season 2 of Apple TV+'s "Palm Royale" debuting Nov. 12.
But Mitzi is "quickly disillusioned when she realizes that maybe people aren't as happy as she thought rich people would be."
Season 2 for Mitzi is "about finding her independence, finding her voice as a young woman who often has been defined by men, by older men," Gerber continues. "That's a really key theme for Mitzi this season is like, 'Who am I without these men?' And that's something that I was really excited to explore with her because it's not dissimilar to my experience as a young woman and finding my voice and my identity on my own."
Kaia Gerber poses with her mother, supermodel Cindy Crawford, at the LACMA Art+Film Gala on Nov. 1, 2025 in Los Angeles.
Growing up with a connection to the entertainment industry, Gerber says, was "such a gift for me because I was disillusioned from a young age, and yet here I am."
She adds she "learned early that there's so much that I love about this world" of acting. "I get to go to work and be with everyone who I grew up admiring, all of them in one place," Gerber continues. "And I don't know another job, for me specifically, that would provide that for me."
"Walking onto a set and you have Carol Burnett and Allison Janney and Kristen Wiig and Laura Dern and Ricky Martin and Patti LuPone and Vicki Lawrence… I feel so lucky," Gerber says. "So for me, that makes it absolutely worth it."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kaia Gerber became 'disillusioned' with Hollywood at 'young age'
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
