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As father to Oscar Maximillian, 9 ½, and Ava Eliot, 4 ½, Hugh Jackman knows all too well what makes each child tick. While his son tends to shy away from the paparazzi, his daughter is all about the glamour shots!
“Oscar’s always like, ‘Oh, the paparazzi, I hate the paparazzi,’” Hugh shared during a recent visit to the The Jay Leno Show. “And my daughter is like, ‘Paparazzi!’ (Strikes a pose) She loves it!”
Hugh wasn’t kidding! When Jay showed a recent picture of Ava perched on her papa’s shoulders, eating an apple and offering a goofy grin to the photographers, the actor couldn’t help but burst out laughing. “Look at that! Hamming it up for the paparazzi. She’s going to regret that on her 21st,” he said.
And if Ava has her way, those priceless shots won’t be ending any time soon.
“I’m like, ‘Let’s go this way.’ And she’s like, ‘But Dad, the paparazzi are this way!’”
Oscar’s feelings toward the unwarranted press were recently made quite obvious when New York City experienced a weekend blizzard. Taking the day to spend time with his son, Hugh and Oscar headed to the park for a snowball fight only to be followed by a group of paparazzi.
“There were about 15 [of them and] there were about eight of us throwing snowballs,” he chuckles.
“And [Oscar] said, ‘Dad, I’d just give anything to throw a snowball at the paparazzi,’ and I said, ‘Well, why don’t you do it son.’ I’m a good father, lessons all the way!”
The land of the Outback is not particularly known for its snowy seasons, so celebrating each winter in the city with his family is something the Aussie native doesn’t take for granted. “I never saw snow growing up,” he admits. “Christmas, it’s summer for us, it’s like 100 degrees! I’m like a little kid, I just stand in the window looking out at the snow.”
Oscar and Ava are Hugh’s children with wife Deborra-Lee Furness.
Source: The Jay Leno Show
– Anya
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