Hugh Grant has constructed a profession out of portraying caddish and irreverent characters on-screen, however when it comes to his 5 youngsters, he’s nothing however sweetness and lightweight.
True to kind, the “Bridget Jones’s Diary” actor was jovial whereas discussing fatherhood in an look on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” this week ― that’s, till the chat took a surprisingly sentimental flip.
“There’s a lot to dread, because I’m old and it’s noisy and it’s unbearable,” Grant stated, when requested about being a dad of 5. “I do a lot of hiding in the loo. I do a lot of sleeping in there now.”
After noting that he was heading house after the interview, he added, “Let’s face it, the bit where they jump in your arms ― the 6-year-old, you know, she calls it her chimpanzee hug. I quite like that.”
Grant’s last comment drew an audible sigh from the group, at which level he joked, “I’ve made myself cry!”
Watch a clip of Hugh Grant’s “Kelly Clarkson Show” interview under.
The 64-year-old and his spouse of six years, Anna Eberstein, are mother and father to son John Mungo, 12, in addition to daughters Lulu Hazard, 8, and Blue, 6. He additionally shares a 13-year-old daughter, Tabitha Xaio Xi, and an 11-year-old son, Felix Chang, with ex Tinglan Hong.
Grant was 51 when he grew to become a dad for the primary time in 2011. In interviews since then, he’s been candid about how fatherhood has modified his strategy to his Hollywood profession whereas additionally joking concerning the impact his age has on his parenting model.
“It’s just lovely to have all that love around,” he advised Folks journal in 2018. “Suddenly you love someone more than yourself. It’s unheard of in my case. And they love you, and it’s all enchanting …. What’s nice is when work comes along, it tends to be a bit more challenging. I’m too old and ugly to be the young leading man in romantic comedies now, thank God.”
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Grant provided related sentiments in a 2020 Los Angeles Instances interview during which he cheekily described himself as “an old man with very young children and a very exhausted wife” who was primarily targeted on “survival from hour to hour in terms of childcare.”
“When you say how have I changed as an actor, I strongly suspect that having these children has really helped,” he stated. “Because suddenly, instead of being a half-atrophied, middle-aged golfer, I’m a man with a life full of love. I love my wife, I love my children. They love me. And, suddenly — very unusual for an Englishman — I have all this access to emotion. Almost too much access. Sometimes it’s hard to keep it down.”
