Learn more about fame Emily Blunt, Justin Timberlake and more celebrity parents have revealed their kids’ thoughts on their careers.
“It’s a strange thing to navigate, you know,” the actress told The Sunday TimesIn May 2021. “[My eldest daughter]Hazel, Hazel, returned home the other day [my husband, John Krasinski, and I] were in the kitchen and she goes, ‘Are you famous?’ … We’ve never said that word in our house. We don’t talk about it.”
The Mary Poppins Returns star explained that “someone at school had clearly said it,” adding, “I was like, ‘Um, not really, I don’t think I am. Did someone say that to you, Haze?’ She said, ‘Yeah,’ but then she wouldn’t divulge much more, but it’s weird. It’s weird.”
Blunt, and the Office alum don’t want Hazel and her younger sister, Violet, to learn about their parents’ life in the spotlight yet in order to keep them grounded. The couple plan to keep them from feeling “any more important or special or [feel like] there’s a glare on them any more than other kids.”
As for the little ones following in their parents’ footsteps one day, the London native told the outlet: “God, no! Please God, keep them off the stage.”
Timberlake is also conscious about making sure his and Jessica Biel’s sons, Silas and Phineas, can “stay [normal] kids as long as possible.”
The “Cry Me a River” singer told Dax Shepard in a January 2021 “Armchair Expert” podcast episode: “The hope is that we just keep instilling in them that we got really fun jobs, but it’s not who we are. Hopefully down the road, then that has more weight to it, I guess.”
Grammy winner said that he had warned his oldest son about his role in the Grammys TrollsFranchise might get attention from schoolchildren. Sure enough, Silas’ classmates did tell him: “Your dad is Branch.”
Shepard said that he had similar conversations to his and Kristen Bell’s two daughters, Lincoln and Delta, about the actress’ Frozen role. “I know you’re proud and you should be able to say that, but I’m just warning you, that’ll probably make other kids jealous,” the Bless This MessAlum: “They won’t know how to handle that feeling.”
Keep scrolling to read more celebrity parents’ comments about their kids’ concepts of fame, from Teen Mom 2’s Kailyn LowryTo Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda.
