Kelly Rutherford frustrated after losing custody to her two kids

Gossip Girls Actress Kelly Rutherford had been left frustrated after losing her two children in a custody battle.

Kelly attempted to get her son Hermes and daughter Helena returned from their German businessman father Daniel Giersch in France to live with her in the US, don't think that would be possible anytime soon as a federal judge ruled out such appeal.

''I know it's not right. Parents know. Everyone knows it's not right! My children, not only were they taken away, but they were sent to a foreign country. I don't know how you even explain to someone what it feels like! I could sit here and tell you how often I cry. I could tell you how it feels to leave my kids in a foreign country. To go see them after not seeing them for weeks on end. Not being able to take them to school, pick them up from school, dress them, smell them, hug them...'' Kelly told ABC News.

Kelly and Daniel were originally awarded equally shared custody of their eight-year-old son and five-year-old daughter after the 46-year-old actress filed for divorce in December 2008, but problems arose when the businessman was denied re-entry into America in April 2012.

He was barred from entering the US after Kelly's lawyer brought allegations about his business practices to the State Department and they ruled he could be deported on the evidence.

That summer, a California judge ruled that the children should reside in Europe with their father, as he could not travel to see them in the US.

Kelly's subsequent appeal charged that the state of California had unconstitutionally deported her children to a foreign country, but the federal ruling disagreed, stating that 'the children have not been deported' and that they ''retain their United States citizenship''.

[Bang Showbiz]