William H. Macy discusses wife Felicity Huffman’s ‘amazing’ return to TV

William H. Macy celebrates his wife Felicity Huffman‘s last television appearance, five years after the college admissions scandal turned her career upside down.

Macy, 74, told Entertainment tonight in an interview on Thursday, May 2, that it is “amazing,” Huffman, 61, joins the cast of Criminal Minds: Evolution. “I went to see her on set a few times… and she had a great time,” he explained. “I think she did a great job too. I’m really glad she’s working.”

He added that the pair support each other as artists, noting: “We give each other scripts and we give each other notes. Somehow we make it work.”

Huffmans Criminal Minds: Evolution The casting was announced in early April and arrived a year after the actress made her TV comeback The good doctor‘s spinoff, The good lawyer. The short-lived show marked Huffman’s return to acting after taking a four-year hiatus following her involvement in the college admissions scandal.

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The former Desperate housewives star was arrested in March 2019 for paying $15,000 to boost her daughter Sophia’s SAT scores. She was one of fifty people arrested as part of the scandal Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli.

Huffman, who shares daughters Sophia, now 23, and Georgia, now 22, with Macy, pleaded guilty to fraud in May 2019. She was sentenced to 14 days in jail in September and was released in October 2019 after serving 11 days.

The actress broke her silence on the scandal in a November 2023 interview with ABC-7 Eyewitness News, noting that she felt “undying shame” for her actions.

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“I felt like I had to give my daughter a chance at a future. And so it was a bit like my daughter’s future, which meant breaking the law,” she told ABC. “I know hindsight is 20/20, but I felt like I would be a bad mother if I didn’t. So I did it.”

Reflecting on the moment she was arrested at gunpoint, Huffman recalled thinking it was a “hoax” and turned to one of the FBI agents to ask, “Is this a prank?” A month later she pleaded guilty to fraud.

Sophia, for her part, retook her SATs and was admitted to Carnegie Mellon University in April 2020.

“I think the people I owe and apologize to are the academic community,” Huffman said. “And to the students and the families who sacrifice and work very hard to get where they legitimately want to go.”