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In a recently released photo, Nicolas Cage and his son Kal-El Coppola, 3 ½, attend the Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza last month in the UK.
Sporting pink streaks in his hair, Kal-el wasn’t too interested in the music, so Nicolas took him aside and the two began play-fighting with lightsabers!
Kal-El is Nicolas’ son with wife Alice Kim. He is also dad to son Weston, 18.
Pink streaks in a boy’s hair ? He seems like a hands on Dad though.
- Alicia on
Yes, pink streaks in a boy’s hair because we all know boys can only wear blue and girls can only wear pink. C’mon, this is 2009.
I think his hair is cute, and I’m glad his dad is spending so much time with him. Celebrity or not, many kids don’t get that luxury of spending time with a dad or father figure.
- Robyn on
Oh please, it’s just pink. Not a disease. Kal-El’s a little cutie though! I can’t believe he’s so big!
- Ryo on
Is there any personal meaning behind Kal-El’s name? It’s very different but cute, and his mother being of Asian origin I was just curious if it was a family name or anything.
- Kait on
I have way more issues with a 3 year old being at Glastonbury than the streaks in his hair (which I have absolutely no problem with).
- girlJordan on
Oh geeze… Not only is his hair colored but it’s pink. I have a bad feeling that this post is going to turn very ugly very quickly. So, all I’m going to say is, I love Nic Cage, Kal is a cutie, and he’s rocking those pink streaks nicely! Now I’m getting out of here before this turns ugly.
Peace.
- Summer on
Kal el is in reference to superman. I think it was supermans name on his home planet or something. I think he is very cute. I don’t have a problem with coloring a kida hair though. I mean if the kids wants it, why not. Its not any different than giving a pageant girl highlights.
- andilea on
@ kait -> Kal-El is Superman’s real name, that’s why they named him that way.
- alguien on
kal-el is superman’s birth name; Experts have pondered the fact that Superman’s original Kryptonian name, Kal-El, resembles Hebraic syllables meaning “all that God is.”
but alot of conspiracy theories, religious theories, etc. surround the name Kal-El, google it.
- shiva on
yes, Kal-El is Superman’s name. But my comment is on Nicolas’ jacket, um Spiderman meets Incredible Hulk? Maybe it’s perfect for the event he attended, but I’d pass on it personally.
- mom to boys on
I have no problem with the hair, but I think for the people who do, it sometimes goes to the vanity aspect. When you’re putting streaks like Kal-el’s into a child’s hair, it’s fun and cute, it’s nothing to do with improving an appearance. When (to quote the example given by Andilea) we’re talking about beauty contests and pageants etc, it is very different in my mind, since it’s no longer for fun, it’s teaching a child the underlying concept that their natural appearance can/should be improved and that they are otherwise maybe not good enough. Personally, that’s not a lesson I want my children learning when they’re little more than babies which is why I find child beauty pageants so repulsive.
Anyway, I digress, I just wanted to throw my two pence worth in with regards to the hair. I actually do think it’s nice, and I particularly like that it’s pink, since I find it rather amusing how much it seems to irritate those who like gender rules to be stuck to! Kal-el rocks and so does his daddy!
- Alex on
He is a BIG BOY!!! He’s cute though! I think he looks like his mom. ♥ the pink streaks!! 
- Crystal on
seriously, people HAVE to get over the pink thing on boys. think about it, think about it reeeeeaal hard and then decide whether there is ANY logic in the fact that boys should wear or own pink things… come on, i dare you. it’s very sad that some little must boys must grow up feeling insecure if they like something that’s pink, or if, god forbid they should want to play with a doll or something. i have been surprised by recent posts that there are actual grown ups who still think about this sort of thing… what the heck does it matter? give me one good reason why it’s ok for girls to wear blue but not for boys to wear pink. or is it just an outdated, oldfashioned, conservative and extremely sexist idea that we somehow can’t quite shake off?
this little guy is a cutie. looks like he’s having fun with daddy.
- JM on
How do you say this name?
- Ann on
@ JM. Honestly, I think it has a lot to do with homophobia, which is very alive and well in 2009 along with racism. As if a little boy is going to “turn gay” by wearing pink streaks in his hair or wearing a tutu.
- aroundtheywaygirl on
I want to point out that so far the number of posts saying that other posters need to stop critizing is again higher than the number of posts actually critizing.
Besides can’t we agree that some people enjoy gender differences and some don’t? If I had a girl, I’d pink her up for as long as I could. One of my friends with a daughter is the same as me, another friend with a daughter is anti-pink. None of us are wrong, all of us are right, get it?
- Adeline on
It has nothing to do with the streaks being pink; people here would be complaining if the streaks were red, blue or green too. It’s the fact that they put anything in his hair other than regular ‘ole kid shampoo!
- Stephanie on
People will find something to complain about, regardless.
Anyway, Kal-El is adorable and Nicolas seems to have a great relationship with both of his sons.
- Liliana on
I’m more disturbed by Nicks jacket…
- Theresa on
Wow I cannot believe he is nearly four already! Time just flies by.
Nick Cage has been with Alice longer than any other woman since Patricia.
- RIP Michael on
Theresa: LOL I know! That jacket…Is he trying to be Green Lantern? 
- Liz on
I think pink is fine for little boys. My four year old son decided that out of all the converse in the store, he wanted pink hi-tops. We bought them and had his name airbrushed on them in black. He is definitely the best dressed kid around
I will never push my kids toward or pull them away from a decision unless it’s dangerous, or immoral. It’s so important to choose your battles and I just don’t think that what color they wear is important enough to make them feel shamed or confused over their wishes.
I think Kal-El looks sooo handsome.
- sarah on
aroundthewaygirl, i think you’re right. it’s a prejudice that still exists in our society and i think it is still more accepted than some other prejudices and that is worrying. and to think that even if someone’s child turned out gay there would be something wrong with that or that it should upset the parents is very very sad.
adeline, it’s not about dressing girls in pink or boys in blue. if you want to dress your daughter in pink there is nothing wrong with that i sometimes dress my older daughter in pink (younger one doesn’t like pink). i just object to people saying there is something WRONG with boys dressing in pink or having pink things. as, aroundthewaygirl pointed it out, it relates very strongly to homophobia, not to mention sexism and i think that it is just sad that in this day and age we haven’t come further. again, if you say you just like dressing your daughters in pink but don’t have any problem with people who don’t dress their daughters in pink or who dress their boys in pink then you are absolutely right. it is something that doesn’t need discussing. but i do feel the need to speak up when people actually have a problem with boys and pink….
- JM on
sarah, very nicely said! i’m sure my son’s all have some pink things. i honestly don’t really think about it. good for you for letting your son express himself, ensuring that he never feels he has to hide who he is from you and what he is interested in.
- JM on
They are awesome together. Would love to catch a picture of his older son.
- Benigna Marko on
He looks like his mom but with his daddys long face. I didn’t even notice the pink at all actually.
- Electra on
So are all the defensive comments supposed to be directed to the first comment or are people just on a warpath to start an argument. The first commenter makes one small comment about pink hair; no nastiness, homophobia, negativity at all, and the defenders come charging out ready to string people up. Relax a little.
- Lara on
I wanna know how they got a 3 year old to sit long enough for the bleach and color to take. He really must have wanted pink or he is a chill dude! I love the lights.I bet he picked the color. My son thinks pink is great mostly because he adores his older sister who loves everything pink.
LOL- the green jacket on Nick is just too much. I love this guy as an actor but have never understood his personal style.
- Jhack on
It doesn’t take that long to do pink streaks, especially if they used the wash out sticks just for this rock festival.
I think it’s fun and I agree pink is ok for boys.
- Anna on
Pink hair in a BOYS hair?? Who lets that happen??? I don’t even have kids, and I even know that I wouldn’t do that.
Cute kid otherwise.
- Erika on
I posted my last comment before reading other previous comments, and I had no idea it might offend other people (I’m sorry to those who it did- I’m making an apology before I get flamed lol). I don’t mean a boy shouldn’t have pink at all, but I don’t agree with putting pink streaks in any child’s hair, let alone a boy. The reason has nothing to do with the fact that ‘boys shouldn’t wear pink’ or saying that is ‘homophobic’ but simply because in a couple of years, he’s going to see these photos and see himself with pink hair. And if his future classmates see this when he’s older, it may be the subject of teasing. Not saying it’s right, but kids can be cruel.
- Erika on
To each their own when it comes to jackets, I guess.
Kal-El is such a cutie though! And I hadn’t realized Nick had another son. Love the name, used it on my boy I get so excited whenever I hear the name Weston, I go into paramania about “Don’t you just LOVE that name?!” I’m so obsessed with my little man, I’m such a mother *sigh*.
- Stacia on
I think the pink looks nice in his hair, since it’s so black naturally he can really pull off bright colors. I think a little wash-out dye here and there is fine and i’m assuming that’s what kal-el’s got in, but I won’t be using any real dye in my kids’ hair…just don’t see reason to be exposing them/their hair to the chemicals so young.
i like nic’s fedora and how his feather matches his jacket. the jacket combined with kal’s shirt makes my eyes hurt a bit though, lol!
- MZ on
He doesn’t look like Nic at all. Looks all Asian just like his mom. Nic has such a big age difference from his wife, 20 years. He’s 45 and she’s 25.
- Laura on
love.love.love Nic Cage & lil Kal-El is too cute!
- melissa on
Everyone can have their own thoughts Laura, but there is definitely some of daddy in that child. As someone else said, it’s the length of the face. Just because one parent is Asian and that has dominated the child’s facial features doesn’t mean you can’t see anything else there. For example, sometimes the Gosselin children look very much like Kate (particularly the littlest girls), even though Jon’s Korean genes are massively dominant.
I didn’t really understand your point about the age difference either? Did you mean to say that you didn’t like it? Lots of couples have age gaps, I like to think it means nothing, that love is more important, but maybe that’s just coz I still think I’ll marry Steven Tyler one day lol.
Also, to anyone who mentioned the homophobia with the pink thing, I think you might be onto something. Although the blue on girls does tend to induce some conversation (remember when Shiloh was wearing blue clothes in her first photos? Some people didn’t like that much!), it’s generally more heightened when a little boy is allowed to wear pink. My son will be allowed to choose whatever colours he likes, as will my daughter. It’s more important to me that they are happy with who they are than it is for me to force them into a ridiculously dated sense of gender conformity. The only time I’ll ever *force* my children into or out of any particular clothing is when it is wholly unsuitable for the weather, or we’re going somewhere nice and they can’t wear their old play clothes.
Oh, and if I ever do get to marry Steven Tyler, I’ll be sure to come back here and tell y’all!
- Alex on
pink streaks in kids hair? *gasp* what horrible parents! LOL come on people are you serious? i put hair gel in my 4 yr olds hair to give him the “rockstar look” that he likes. i must be a HORRIBLE mother lol
- Erika on
Asian genes are usually dominant, like the Gosselin kids all looking like their dad. I wasn’t trying to offend with my pink hair comment, where I’m from (small town-midwest), boys looks like boys and girls look like girls and a pink haired boy would be made fun of and be quite a spectacle. I’m sure in LA no one would bat an eye, it’s just a regional difference in opinion. That being said, he’s their kid and they can do whatever they want !
- Alicia on
Didn’t even think twice about his hair…he’s a kid & he’s cute! People on here have way too much time to get all nitpicky!!
Anyone know what kind of shoes those are???
- Karen on
Agree that there are more defenders than offenders on here. My son also likes pink and rocks the pink converse. In fact, its his best color
- brannon on
i remember the last time i read comments about nic and his son and they were all racially tilted. this time round it’s (mostly) about pink hair. so i guess that’s progress!
kal-el’s hair is cool, he doesn’t look remotely girly so I don’t even get the colour issue. in my view he looks a lot like nic cage, around the eyes and face shape. and lol at comments about nic’s jacket – seems he needs as much advice on picking clothes as picking movies! only teasing, still love ya nic.
- cheekymama on
I didn’t even notice the pink in his hair, until you guys here pointed it out.
I’m more worried about the jacket too! LOL! And I wouldn’t give Superman’s birthname to my son, but that’s their business.
- j.U.d.E. on
Anyone can see that the pink hair is fake. Just a tracks of hot pink hair extensions for fun. This site kills me.
- Emma on
I noticed the pink but it didn’t bother me. This is 2009 and society is more gender progressive than ever before. Men where pink, skinny jeans, mascara, nail polish , “man-purses” etc. I’ve seen celebrity women where designer suites and tux’s at red carpet events.
- RIP Michael on
yeah i was just about to say that, they look like clip ins lol!
- Electra on
Speaking of Kal-El being batman’s real name, has anyone seen this? Opinions?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/pages/I-will-name-my-Son-Batman-If-this-page-gets-to-500000/84634573853?ref=nf
Yes the admin is serious. If you google it, it comes up all over the place.
- Erika on
I knew these 46 post had to be about his hair!!
I don’t see the issue. It’s washable. No different then if he was dressing up for halloween.
I don’t have a lot of issues with the pink/blue gender issue but it something that starts from birth. Right away you find out your having a baby girl and the next thing you know her closet is filled with pink. You find out your having a baby boy and his closet of clothes is filled with blue. Just how it is. I think the issue with boys wearing pink is more unacceptable then a girl wearing blue. If a girl wears boy clothes she’s a tomboy – if a boy wears pink he’s “gay”….makes no sense.
Although I must say there probably will be times that I draw the line and that’s only to protect my child from the outside ridicules of our society. So if he said, “mommy buy me hot pink crocs” I’d probably have to convince him to choose another color – the key word being try!!
- JMO on
I love the green jacket. At least I love the way he’s pulling it off with the fedora and those jeans. There’s a funky fashion stylist behind this picture somewhere I’m sure.
- tew on
JM, but I don’t like boys in pink and I’m gay. I think you’re stereotyping people on the other side of the argument to make it easier to blow them off. “Oh, of course, they’re wrong – they hate gays!” I run into your kind a lot and you’re a bigot too. You just hate “the right way.”
I always think that when people have their boys where pink or don’t let their girls wear pink, they’re trying to force the anti-stereotype on a child. It’s like women who name their daughters’ boy names like that will make their daughters less oppressed. My friend refuses to let her son play with “boy” toys and gives him dolls to bring out his senstive side. Oh, who cares if he doesn’t want to play with dolls and he wants guns and cars? Don’t let children be individuals, force them to fight against the MAN!!! If my kids want to wear an non-traditional color, I’m cool with them being themselves, but too many self-righteous people shove their kids into being “enlightened.” To me those people (mostly women) are worse that the parents who won’t let their boys play with Barbies because they are more obnoxious about their feelings. Hence, notice how much meaner the comments defending the pink hair are than the ones against the pink hair. It’s homophobia! It’s racism! It’s them backward folk who don’t read the New York Times!
- Satina on
Erika made this comment:
The reason has nothing to do with the fact that ‘boys shouldn’t wear pink’ or saying that is ‘homophobic’ but simply because in a couple of years, he’s going to see these photos and see himself with pink hair. And if his future classmates see this when he’s older, it may be the subject of teasing. Not saying it’s right, but kids can be cruel.
I’m not sure how old you are, but I can remember hairstyles I had in the 80′s and 90′s I wouldn’t have now and people would make fun of. It wasn’t colored any differently and not outrageous for the times. But everyone goes through stages and everyone will look back on something and think ‘what was I thinking?’.
Honestly, I think they almost look like something tied into his hair if you look at the one in the front.
We have to grow up too fast the way it is, people should remember to let kids be kids and enjoy life for a while. No matter if it’s pink hair or something else.
- JayCee on
satina, wow, i don’t know exactly what comment you were reading but it can’t have been mine otherwise you wouldn’t have committed so many logical fallacies.
i don’t think i actually said anything remotely like, a boy who wears pink is probably gay nor that if you’re gay you necessarily like pink. what an absurd assumption to make. you are gay and you don’t like pink on boys. do you speak for all gay people? I’M saying that whether or not you are gay is irrelevant to whether or not you like pink. you made one massive assumption there and i think that’s wrong.
i am bigoted? please do explain how? you actually acted like you were quoting me or someone?? “Oh, of course, they’re wrong – they hate gays!” did i say that? if not then please don’t insinuate that i did. i don’t think that EVERYONE who doesn’t like pink on boys is homophobic. maybe they’re sexist, or insecure or something else. whatever it is it’s irrational.
i would really be interested to hear your response to this because you called me bigoted which is a big statement to make and i didn’t see you back it up in anyway…..
- JM on
oh and alex, you rock
- JM on
Erika- Kal-El is Superman’s birth name (Superman’s “real” name, as in his secret idenity, is Clark Kent), not Batman’s. Batman’s real name, and presumably his birth one, is Bruce Wayne.
- CelebBabyLover on
You can’t say that all Korean genes are very dominant. It is different for every Korean person. I have seen Half Korean children looking very much like their white parent but not much like their Korean.
- Jenny on
Personally I think people need to lighten up on the criticism. There are more important things in this world to worry about than if a boy has pink on or if a girl has blue on. My son wears pink! He has a shirt that I bought him from a breast cancer walk that I did that is black, has the pink ribbon on it and says “Real men wear pink”. He wears it proudly. He also enjoys having temporary colors sprayed into his hair and has had them all. Including pink. Luckily I have taught him to ignore disparaging remarks from people if they don’t approve of a simple color.
- Carie on
Wow! My son is only a month or so younger — Kal-El looks soooo tall!!! What acutie!
- mmh on
Dude, I am digging Nic’s lok in this pic!
Kal-el is adorable. I think he’s rocking the pink!
- Shannon on
@ Karen, post 39, I think those might be Skechers?
p.s. the boy is so cute! I can DEFINITELY see a resemblance to his papa for sure.
- alana on
To those who were more concerned that a small child should be taken to a rock festival like this, please note this wasn’t the world famous, huge mudfest Glastonbury Festival, but was in fact the much smaller-scale Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza, which takes place in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey, miles and weeks away from the bigger, more famous festival. This is a one-evening concert, with a lower-key line-up which appeals to a much more family-oriented crowd. It would be absolutely appropriate for a small child like Kal-El to attend.
- Sarah on
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