Ben Stiller’s Daughter Ella, 19, Felt He Was ‘Not There’ During Her Childhood: It’s ‘Hard to Hear’
usmagazine.comA tough truth. Ben Stiller is reconciling with the fact that his 19-year-old daughter, Ella, doesn’t think he was present during her childhood.“She’s pretty articulate about it, and sometimes it’s stuff that I don’t want to hear.
It’s hard to hear,” the actor, 56, told Esquire in an interview published on Tuesday, February 22. “Because it’s me not being there in the ways that I saw my parents not being there.
And I had always thought, ‘Well, I won’t do that.’”The New York native, who also shares daughter Quinlin, 16, with his wife, Christine Taylor, noted that it’s “important to acknowledge” his motives as a working dad — although they still don’t “feel great.”The Zoolander star explained, “It’s that thing that, like, I was trying to navigate my own desire to fulfill the hopes and dreams I had, too. … What I’ve learned is that your kids are not keeping score on your career.
It would be solipsistic to think that my kids actually care about that. They just want a parent who’s emotionally present and supportive of them.
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