Charlize Theron joked about parenting being a double-edged sword as she gave a glimpse into her life with daughters Jackson, 11, and August, 9, over the weekend.
The “Mad Max: Fury Road” star mentioned her two ladies is usually a handful whereas talking to E! Information at a Saturday occasion for her Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Undertaking, a basis specializing in HIV and different points.
“Oh, my God, they’re so embarrassed by me constantly,” she revealed. “They’re kids, they’re girls, you know? I have a preteen and I feel like I have a nine year old who thinks she’s a 13 year old. It’s a lot of girl in our house.”
She added: “I’m just trying to keep my head above water, because they are smart and they are witty and they are firecrackers, but they do not go, ‘Oh my god, Mom, you’re so amazing.’ They’re like, ‘Excuse me, I need. I want.’”
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Theron mentioned her ladies have been “normal kids,” noting that additionally they have prickly sides.
“They’re a―holes, but they’re really nice,” she joked, including, “Other parents know what I’m talking about.”
Whereas the star has saved her household life pretty personal since adopting Jackson in 2012 and August in 2015, she’s at all times been frank concerning the powerful components of motherhood.
In November, Theron advised Individuals that being “a parent in general is a nice hard.”
“When you’re in it, you’re like, ‘I’m never going to survive this,’” she mentioned on the time. “And then you get to the other side, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, this is amazing. I can’t believe I did that.’”
