Chris Rock Tries (and Fails) to Be a ‘Cool Dad’
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His funny factor may be through the roof, but Chris Rock‘s dad status is not nearly as impressive.
“I’m friend dad, as much as I try to be the cool dad, kids just don’t think you’re cool,” he confesses to iVillage.
Even his show business connections, which led Rock to introduce daughters Lola Simone, 7½, and Zahra Savannah, 5½, to Justin Bieber recently, have yet to increase his popularity among the girls. “[But still,] I’m just dad,” he points out.
Although he may not be a cool dad, Rock is certainly a doting one, offering plenty of fatherly advice.
“They play a lot of sports and I say … if you learn how to slow it down at trouble, you’ll probably get through it,” the Death of a Funeral star says, adding that he also reminds “the oldest to take care of the youngest constantly.”
Looking forward to Father’s Day, Rock, 45, jokes the perfect gift from wife Malaak and their girls would be a day alone!
“If they just left me alone, just let me go to the Yankees game,” he laughs. “Every Father’s Day there’s a baseball game and I’ve been a father for eight years now and I haven’t been allowed to go to one.”
– Anya Leon
