Ben McKenzie Jokes It Was a ‘Bad Idea’ to Let 7-Year-Old Daughter Frances Watch ‘The O.C.’: She ‘Absolutely Loves It’

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California, here she comes! The O.C. alum Ben McKenzie revealed that his 7-year-old daughter, Frances, is now hooked on the teen drama.The Junebug actor, 44, shared the development to former costars Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke during the Tuesday, May 9, episode of their “Welcome to the O.C., Bitches” rewatch podcast.“I haven’t been working in the last couple years because I’ve been doing this stupid book thing, and so they [the kids] think that their mom is cool because she’s in movies, but they’re not aware of my work,” McKenzie explained to fellow guest Josh Schwartz, who created The O.C.He continued: “So, I let Frances watch The O.C.

at 7 years old … bad idea, bad idea. She of course loves it. Like, absolutely loves it. I had to cut it off after two episodes because I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I forgot about the smoking.’ I remembered the drinking.

And there’s cocaine.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe Texas native — whose debut book, Easy Money, will be released in July — wed actress Morena Baccarin in June 2017 after two years of dating.

In addition to Frances, the pair share son Arthur, 2. McKenzie is also the stepfather of Baccarin’s son Julius, 9, whom she shares with ex-husband Austin Chick.Although the Southland alum described letting his daughter watch the series that gave him his breakout role as “terrible parenting,” he noted that Frances “really wants to continue watching” the show. “It’s adorable and really weird to watch it with your daughter,” he said.In addition to admitting that he’s sharing The O.C.