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Jason Momoaisn’t eager for his kids to follow in his footsteps.
Momoa, 42, who shares daughter Lola, 14, and son Nakoa-Wolf, 12½, with wifeLisa Bonet, toldEntertainment Tonighthe hopes his children pick career paths outside of Hollywood.
“Aw man, one of them wants to do it and I’m not a fan,” Momoa said. “I don’t want them to.”
“I don’t know. I’ll try my damnedest to keep ‘em out of it,” he added. “I love storytelling, I love theatrical things, I like directing and filmmaking, but I just want them to, you know, really to go for other things.”
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Momoa toldET, “If they [really] want to, maybe,” adding, “But I don’t want them to get into acting. It’s very hard on people and I don’t want them to have that pressure. I’m tough, I can handle it, but I wouldn’t want to put someone I love [through] that.”
Isabela Merced, Momoa’s 20-year-oldSweet Girlcostar, agreed, tellingET, “There’s a lot of, like, extra stuff that comes with acting that you’re like, ‘I didn’t sign up for this!’ But you love it, so you gotta do it.”
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Momoa, who has been married to Bonet since 2017, recently opened up about his relationship with his son and daughter. The actor toldInStylein November that growing up without a dadaffected how he raises Nakoa-Wolf.
“I didn’t know what it takes to be a dad,” he told the magazine at the time, adding, “And I don’t want to just tell my son, ‘Because I said so.’ I really want to connect, and I want him to be vulnerable and open.”
Momoa also got candid about his daughter, tellingMen’s Healthlast year that he hopes his stepdaughterZoë Kravitzcanserve as a role model to Lola. “I hope and pray my daughter is that talented and loving and open and close to her family,” he said.
source: people.com
