Jane Seymour dances for her mom

Actress Jane Seymour, 56, is competing on Dancing with the Stars this fall. During an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show, Ellen, Seymour explained that she has a special reason to excel in the competition – she is dancing for her mom.

I was really, really sad, because my mom had a stroke, and she’s in a nursing home, and she can’t talk anymore and she can’t move. I’d been asked to do (the show) and I mentioned it to her over the phone…and my mother started trying to talk. She went, ‘Wuhwuhwuhwuhwuh,’ she got so excited.

So then I said, ‘Well, Mommy, I’m going to do it for you, and I hope you’ll be proud.’ And she said the first word she’s ever said [since the stroke]. She said, ‘Yes!’ And we were all in shock. So I’m doing it for her. And they’re going to show it in England two days after we do it here, so she’ll actually be able to see it.

Jane is mother to four children: Katherine, 26, Sean, 21, and twins Johnny and Kris, 12.

Source: People