Charlize Theron says ‘job as a mother’ is to teach her children acceptance
Charlize Theron joined the queens on the RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 premiere, where she revealed how the contestants inspired her parenting style.
“I do [my kids] to grow up in a world where they know what it means to accept what is not you, what is different and to love that, to not be afraid of that, and to embrace it, and that is my job as mother,” Theron, 48, said during Drag race‘Unhidden’ aftershow on Friday January 5. “I feel like we live in a time where our words can so easily be weaponized against us.”
She continued, “I worry about us as people and what we can do to each other, and how powerful it is when you love and how powerful it is when you hate. One destroys and one builds.”
The actress is a mother of two children. She adopted daughter Jackson in 2012, three years before adopting youngest daughter August.
Candid confessions. Charlize Theron hasn’t shied away from sharing her parenting anecdotes since becoming a mother. The Oscar winner adopted her first daughter Jackson in 2012, followed by another daughter August three years later. In April 2015, Theron told W magazine about the joys of starting a family later in life. ‘I know […]
“[I hope] to be like my mother. Honest, tough and supportive,” Theron said British Vogue in a 2015 profile, noting that she “always” wanted to have a family. “Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and my own independence.”
Theron has since made sure that Jackson and August learn their own skills to grow as individuals.
“For me, kindness is very important,” she said We weekly and other reporters in October 2019. “We kind of live by our religion, which [says]“Do unto others as you would have done unto you.” We value respect and think of others first before we think of ourselves.”
Charlize Theron
Darla Khazei/INSTARimagesRespecting others is one of the reasons Theron signed on as a guest judge Drag race.
“Given the climate in our country right now, there’s a lot of energy being put into the community that doesn’t exist,” Theron told participants in the episode, referring to anti-tow legislation being drafted across the country. “I truly believe this all comes from fear. The beauty of what your community brings and the truth of who you are and represent will shine through. Do not give up.”
Theron has long been a vocal ally of the LGBTQIA+ community, especially when it comes to her children.
“My daughter’s story is truly her story, and one day, if she wants to, she will tell her story,” she previously said Proud source in December 2019 when asked if Jackson would come out as transgender. “I feel like it was important for me, as her mother, to let the world know that I would appreciate it if they used the correct pronouns for her.”
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16 airs on MTV Fridays at 8pm ET