For all its charm, the Connecticut dream came with a problem. Bacon said Sedgwick initially “folded into” his rural lifestyle, and the family lived in Connecticut while raising their children, Sosie and Travis. But by the time their son was around six, Sedgwick had reached her limit. “Kyra went, ‘Guess what? I’m done,'” Bacon told Esquire. He described the situation as “reverse Green Acres.”
She missed New York. “I want to go have lunch with my friends. I want to be able to go to Bergdorf’s,” he recalled her saying, before quickly adding, “I’m making her sound very shallow, but she’s not that way at all. Really, she just felt very isolated.” The disagreement became enormous. Bacon has called it the biggest fight of their lives.
The New York Apartment She Wanted Changed Everything
During his Mythical Kitchen interview, Bacon remembered Sedgwick making the case very clearly. “She said we need to buy an apartment in New York where all of us can live,” he recalled. Bacon panicked about the money. “How, how, how, how are we going to afford to do that?” he remembered thinking.
But they found a way, and according to Bacon, Sedgwick turned out to be right. “It was the greatest thing we ever did,” he said. “Raising kids in Manhattan was the best idea.” He made the same point to Esquire, calling the move “the best thing for our children,” “the best thing for our marriage,” and even the right choice from a real-estate standpoint.
Sedgwick’s push to return to New York once sparked what Bacon called the biggest fight of their marriage. He later admitted she was “100 percent right,” saying the move proved best for their children, their relationship, and even their real-estate investment. | Source: Getty Images
Sedgwick’s push to return to New York once sparked what Bacon called the biggest fight of their marriage. He later admitted she was “100 percent right,” saying the move proved best for their children, their relationship, and even their real-estate investment. | Source: Getty Images
New York Had Been Part of Bacon’s Story Long Before Their Marriage
Bacon’s relationship with the city stretches back to 1976. During a 2023 appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” he recalled initially sleeping on his sister’s couch for roughly four months while trying to get established. His budget for an apartment was just $150 a month.
After answering an advertisement aimed at artists, actors, and musicians, he discovered that the available two-room apartment cost $325. He couldn’t afford it alone. Then the person running the rental office simply pointed to another man sitting there and asked, “What about this guy?”
Bacon said he looked over; the stranger asked if he wanted to live together, and the two became roommates — for four years. The roommate was a classical pianist who worked nights at the Copacabana. Years later, Bacon’s New York story looked very different.
Inside Their Warm, Renovated New York Home
The couple’s Manhattan apartment is in a prewar building, but Sedgwick said they changed its original layout. “It’s a prewar building, but we renovated to knock down walls and open up the living space,” she said in a 2018 Wall Street Journal interview. “Our apartment is a warm, welcoming space.”
More recent glimpses rounded out that picture. Architectural Digest noted that a 2024 Instagram post revealed a kitchen with a colorful tiled backsplash, terra-cotta flooring and white cabinetry. Another image showed the open layout, parquet floors, white walls and ceilings accented with light wood beams.
Sedgwick has described the couple’s Manhattan apartment as a “warm, welcoming space.” The renovated prewar home became part of the city life she had fought to restore for their family. | Source: Instagram/kyrasedgwickofficial
