Scott Eastwood would love to ‘knock out’ all the ‘whiny little f–king brats’

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I’ll admit it: Scott Eastwood is actually attractive when he’s not making douchey frat-boy faces. I can see why he models, because he’s actually sort of good at it. Scott covers the new issue of GQ Australia, and it’s a really long douche-bro piece. Most celebrities take magazine journalists out for a drink, or out for a dinner. Scott took the GQ journalist out on two long nights of partying with his “entourage.” They picked up women, they talked about asses, they talked about fathers, and much more. You can read the full piece here. Some highlights:

Doing the Taylor Swift video: “[My agents] were saying things like, ‘Why would you want to go be Taylor Swift’s boy toy?’ And I go, ‘Well, why wouldn’t I? Are you kidding?’”

Clint Eastwood didn’t support Scott: At 17, “I called [Dad] and was like, ‘I’ve got this job, can I get eight grand to buy a truck? I’m working this job, I can pay you back ‘X’ amount a month, you know,’ and I remember the phone going silent… And he’d just be like, ‘Yeah, no. You’re done with what you’re doing.’ He wouldn’t give me a dime. And I don’t want to give him all the credit, because Mum had a huge part in raising me too, and making me a better man, but he definitely was the hammer. I was… I was a hustler, a straight hustler to make it, and to get where I am. I love that. I still have that hustler mentality.”

He’s realistic about Hollywood: “You’re a passenger in a vehicle and you’re replaceable. Interchangeable. There’s a million guys who could f–king do what I do, and probably millions who could do it better than me. I’m lucky.”

He was 16 when Clint Eastwood assaulted him: “I had taken my younger sister, who was, like, 14, to this party. I left, maybe to go get beer with the guys. And I left her and I didn’t think about it at the time. Later, Dad found out that I’d left her there.” Clint Eastwood, all six-foot-one of him, slammed his teenage son against a wall. He wrapped his sinewy hands around Scott’s throat. And then he punched him, square in the face. “He popped me and said, ‘You don’t ever leave your sister at a party. EVER.’ And it was very old-school, very old-school of him. He wasn’t afraid. None of this new-age bullsh-t where you can’t even smack the kid because everyone’s afraid of being judged or whatever. That wasn’t the way that sh-t went down in that family… If you did something wrong, you were going to get punished. I learnt quickly – you don’t do that.”

What pisses off Scott? “Complainers, whiny little f–king brats. You just really want to knock them out and be like, ‘You lucky, lucky, spoilt brat. You’re full of yourself. You’re so lucky, I would love nothing more than to knock you out, to show you how much of a little brat you’re being…I just worked with an actor, a younger actor, you know, there were a few times I snapped on him. I said, ‘Get your arse over here! This is a job!’ And I could hear myself, after I said it, I could hear my father inside of me saying it, and I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’m turning into my father.’ You know, a lot of people aren’t raised like that anymore, where someone is able to put them in check and say, ‘Hey, stop acting like an arsehole, get over here, this is a f–king job.’ That’s how my Dad would’ve done it. There’s a little bit of that lacking in society today.”

He loves Cuban girls & he’s going to Cuba soon: “I’m going to meet my future ex-wife next week…It’s easy to fall in love when you’re young, right? And then you start to realise those feelings of love and stuff, passion, love, lust, sometimes they come very quickly, but they can also leave quickly.”

[From GQ Australia]

Scott tries so hard to be “manly” like his dad but he still comes across as… not that deep, you know? It’s obvious he hero-worships his dad and I understand that, but it sort of falls flat when Scott tries to imitate Clint’s attitude. It’s like Scott is doing Clint Cosplay.

Scott also tells a story near the end of the interview about the last time he cried. That was the question, when did you last cry? And his answer is to talk about a girlfriend who died in a car accident because the airbag malfunctioned. The loss of this girlfriend, Scott says, “made it harder for me to date.” Ever since this interview came out, outlets have been running stories about Scott’s lost love – go here to read.

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Photos courtesy of Tom Craig/GQ Australia.

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  1. mia girl says:

    “I’m going to meet my future ex-wife next week”
    This guy says the most romantic things. Such a charmer.

    • Naya says:

      So you are saying you dont want to have a baby with the guy who dreams of “knocking out whiny little brats”?

      • mia girl says:

        It is a tempting offer actually. I mean he says he loves Cuban women and I am a Cuban woman, so I have that going for me. And who wouldn’t want their child to have Clint as a grandfather?

    • HeidiM says:

      This is kinda how I picture all american men.

    • Locke Lamora says:

      I thought it was funny.
      I don’t know, he doesn’t sound that bad. He does seem to idolise Clint and want to be like him, and when you factor in the fact that Clint didn’t really acknowledge him for quite some time ( if I’m correct?), it kinda makes sense. He seems to really really want his dad’s approval and attention.
      He does sound like a frat-boy, but not in a horrible way. More like that football guy we talked about here a few months ago, Gronk? Gronkowski?

      And this might be my favourite thing any celebrity has ever said – “You’re a passenger in a vehicle and you’re replaceable. Interchangeable. There’s a million guys who could f–king do what I do, and probably millions who could do it better than me. I’m lucky.”

      • Bridget says:

        He definitely sounds like he idolizes Clint, and it comes across a lot, and it sounds like it really screwed him up. That story about Clint punching him?!?

      • Veronica says:

        He sounds a tad douchey either way, but having a similarly crappy father, I have some empathy for his very obvious daddy issues. It’s not like he’ll ever get the cartharsis that most of us had at some point when we recognized we deserved better, not when he’s surrounded by people who remind him every day that his father is a legend, an American idol. You don’t recognize a false god if everyone around you is worshipping it.

      • perplexed says:

        I thought that line was funny too. He was clearly joking in that particular instance.

    • INeedANap says:

      I’m Cuban. I feel like I want to go into hiding after reading this.

      • Justjj says:

        No matter how physically attractive a guy is at first… it only takes one moment of douche frat boy speak to make him a completely unattractive cliche. I think he has dad issues from reading this. Not even healthy or normal ones. And who says they are meeting their “future ex-wife”? Gross. To me, that sounds the same as a dude saying “I’m your future valtrex prescription. Go make me a sandwich.”

  2. anna2222222 says:

    Jesus Christ if I ever agree with Clint Eastwood on anything, it will be the need to punch Scott Eastwood in the face.

  3. justme says:

    my, isn’t he charming

  4. Lama Bean says:

    That quote makes him sound like he is on the way to being as nutty as dad.

  5. Trixie says:

    He looks hot in those glasses.

    • Jegede says:

      He generally looks gorgeous in black and white stills.

      Same as in those original Town & Country shoot that propelled him to fame.

      If only he were taller in real life……………………..

      • thelazylioness says:

        Oh no… how tall is he? Isn’t Clint tall? I thought he was at least six feet, no?

      • KAI says:

        Clint Eastwood is 6’4″ (although he may be shorter now due to age) but Scott isn’t quite 6′.

    • Lolad says:

      He’s beautiful in formal photo spreads in magazines but in real life photos I don’t find him cute at all. He must be very photogenic and cleans up well.

  6. Lucy says:

    I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I don’t hate him here (not that I hated him before, he’s not his father after all). I’m not supposed to like him, dammit. I do feel for him for how he lost his girlfriend. They were both so young.

  7. Maria_ says:

    old school father I get it … but omg!!! he is soooo handsome in pictures!!!!
    now motion….I can´t tell XD

  8. Emily says:

    He seems harmless, and at least he is acknowledging that his whole career is mostly luck, unlike other celebrity-kids who like to pretend they’ve worked so hard and are so talented and that’s why they get roles.

    Clint Eastwood still seems like a dick, though. I’d really admire Scott if he were purposefully, slowly making sure his dad looks worse and worse (not buying him a truck is one thing, but punching a 16 year old…you could make the point not to leave your sister in other ways. Especially since didn’t Clint himself say he would have preferred to leave the children after “siring” them?)

  9. littlemissnaughty says:

    He doesn’t seem like a bad guy but he’s really …. loud. If that makes sense. He’s got such a rah rah personality that I can imagine him just being really in your face all the time.

    Also, why does a grown man punch his teenage son for leaving the little sis at a party? As far as I can tell, let a 14 year old go to a party with her 16 year old brother as her chaperone? That seems like a great idea. Teenagers are known to make good decisions.

    • Jwoolman says:

      Clint was just an occasional and reluctant father. He treated it like a movie role. No wonder his son talks about beating up whiny little brats, consider his idiot role model. I foresee child protection services in his future if he pulls that on his own kids.

  10. Ginger Gal says:

    I hope he looks in the mirror and starts with himself

  11. Betti says:

    He should stick to modelling as he’s a terrible actor plus he look good when he’s not posing with that gob open.

  12. Tara says:

    He comes across as very angry and resentful with strong violent tendencies. Just like someone who was abused as a child would be, without any professional help.

    Clint Eastwood IMO is pretty much a monster.

  13. minx says:

    Ugh, it’s “new age bullshit” if you don’t want to punch your child in the face?

  14. Tash says:

    He’s a hustler…yeah sure, aha.

    • Naya says:

      I for one totally believe that he was tending bar to pay the bills and not because its a fratty right of passage for his crowd. “Hustling bro! Did your mum send over the check yet?”

  15. H says:

    Actually punching your child in the face is considered abuse, so Clint is an abuser. Another as*hole goes on my boycott list. My mother will be upset as she’s loved Clint since the 60’s.

    I feel kind of bad for Scott as its obvious Clint was a horrible father. Scott had no role model growing up so no wonder he’s a douche-bro now.

  16. Hejhej says:

    He sounds like a complete douchebag but with a parent like Clint, how could he not be??

  17. MinnFinn says:

    Clint slamming 16 year old Scott against the wall and punching him in the face is not ‘old school’ teaching a kid a lesson. That is assault.

    • Jegede says:

      I don’t agree with it that form of discipline.

      But Scott upped and left his young teenage sister. Alone. At a frat party.

      I shudder to think what could have happened to her.

      • MerlinsWife says:

        Why do you assume it was a frat party? Why would a 16 year old boy be at a frat party?

      • Jegede says:

        I guess cause they are usually the kind where a 16 year old can go get a beer and bring back to the premises on the sly.

        Unless Scott and his guys were buying the beer only to take it elsewhere.

        And I don’t think Clint would have reacted that way, if the 14 year old was at a b-day party surrounded by family & friends.

      • Leo says:

        That’s what I thought. But if it was a frat party – for whatever reason – it makes Clint look even worse. Not only did he assault his son, but he let both his son and his daughter, both minors, go a to such a party.
        Although I doubt he was present enough (at all?) to be so hand-on about these issues.

      • Bridget says:

        Probably not a frat party – 16 year old boys aren’t usually welcome at those. Sounds like it was just a run of the mill high school party. No, he shouldn’t have left his sister, but there are so many details missing, like: were any of her friends there?

        Clint, nice to see that despite not being there for the actual parenting, you were there for the part where you choked your 16 year old son. Real class great dad there.

  18. doofus says:

    “Scott tries so hard to be “manly” like his dad but he still comes across as… not that deep, you know? It’s obvious he hero-worships his dad and I understand that, but it sort of falls flat when Scott tries to imitate Clint’s attitude. It’s like Scott is doing Clint Cosplay.”

    this is EXACTLY how I feel about Scott Caan, too! he tries SO HARD to be his dad but just comes off as so…well, try-hard.

    • . says:

      yep – scott caan reminds me of scott eastwood too – both trying *really hard* to follow in the footsteps of their dad & neither will live up to that level of acting. even though neither of the sons r that talented, at least scott eastwood is drop-dead gorgeous, but that’s because he got his good looks from his dad; unfortunately for scott caan, he did too … but james caan looks like a bag of ass :-/

  19. FingerBinger says:

    Scott Eastwood like Clint is a bad actor. Like Clint he’ll have a long career maybe talk to a chair or 2.

    • Jayna says:

      But Clint had a presence on screen and picked movies that were good vehicles for him to make up for his limited acting skills, and he became a great director. Scott doesn’t have that kind of talent.

      • FingerBinger says:

        Scott will do the same thing. He’ll find vehicles for his limited acting skills then go into directing.

      • perplexed says:

        Not that I have any desire to see Scott Eastwood on screen, but he’s still young.

        Clint Eastwood is now 80 and had a whole life to amass achievements. Life is unpredictable — who knows where Scott Eastwood could be in 50 years. Plus, Scott is part of a new movie and tv landscape. I don’t necessarily think he’ll do any better than his contemporaries, but who knows whether Clint Eastwood would have done as well in today’s Hollywood climate. He benefited from an era where people’s attention spans were longer.

      • Cranberry says:

        I think he’s overrated as a director too. Especially now, imo the quality of his films is more to having a talented, experienced cinematographer and editors etc. I think he’s one of those directors that works with the same crew for all his films, and they know exactly the way he works and what he wants. Clint is known for no dramatic nonsense and very few takes shooting scenes. He wants things done fast and within budget.

      • mayamae says:

        Eastwood has always said he’s not that great of a director, he just works with the bast actors. People seemed to think he was being modest , but maybe it’s just the truth.

  20. Good luck to Scott Eastwood’s future wife and kids. Hope they can run fast and duck well.

    That’s all I’m getting from his interview.

  21. mazzie says:

    Wow, that’s…. not a healthy parent-child relationship.

  22. MissMerry says:

    I will admit hes a better model than actor.

    He was in Suicide Squad and just stood there…had a few lines that he delivered terribly, but overall he and Cara did a better job at posing on camera than acting on camera lol

  23. Moon says:

    Read deeper into the lines, and this is a lonely guy who is trying to live up to his dad’s standards. He loves his dad and he wants to emulate him. It’s unfortunate that Clint doesn’t have the best values. I feel sorry for Scott.

    • Jegede says:

      Yeah. It’s becoming more apparent.

    • Bridget says:

      This interview made me sad. He’s a guy trying to live up to his a-hole dad’s standards of manliness, trying to finally get that approval from Clint.

    • Naya says:

      Now that you mention it, I see it too. He was conceived of an affair to an emotionally stiffled elderly dad and visitation was pretty much visiting his dads main family. Other sons are usually fighting for their right to be individuals, he actually wants to be seen as an extension of his dad. Plus, he isnt a bright guy and instead of that gritty rawness that his dad is famous for, he has a beauty pageant queens disposition, so he has to fake it. And he is really poor at that. Also, Clints machismo doesnt translate well today anyway, “manly” should be tempered with goofy. See Rock, Gosling or even Nick Offerman. So even if he could get immitation right, he would still lose. So yeah, this is definitely very sad.

    • I Choose Me says:

      Yup. Came away feeling sorry for him too. Shame that he thinks getting punched in his face by his dad was an appropriate punishment for a teenage mistake. His idea of what a man should be is all twisted thanks to Clint who I’m learning more and more is a sh-t human being.

  24. ElleBee says:

    He’s good looking but perhaps he should remain silent…..at all times

  25. NeoCleo says:

    Total d-bag. I can hardly stand to look at his face. Don’t care much more for his father.

  26. Lala says:

    Oh boy don’t talk to me about hustling when your dad is Clint E. He tries so hard to be manly and one of us…please!!!

  27. Rhiley says:

    I thought his dad largely ignored him for most of his life, like wasn’t really present and only acknowledge Scott’s existence when he was finally forced to by the courts

    • KAI says:

      I believe Clint had little or nothing to do with Scott and his sister while they were growing up and didn’t even have his name on their birth certificates, but I am sure he paid for their support. I don’t remember their mother taking him to court for support and that most certainly would have made the news.

    • Easy says:

      No one seems to know what the deal is with the mother. All that’s known is she was a stewardess who had two kids by Clint while he was, at least publicly, still with Sondra Locke. Scott or Katie have no legal father. I think they were planned though. You don’t have two babies from a rich movie star in less than two years by accident. It’s just weird she would be okay not having any public acknowledgement.

  28. La Ti Da says:

    “Clint Cosplay” is on point. He acts like he’s rocking a badass Dirty Harry costume, but to everyone else its just a cheap synthetic knock-off.

  29. Dani says:

    All I got from this article, sadly, is that Scott is just trying to mean something to his father. To get his love and attention and validation. Another lost kid, with a shitty father. I kind of feel really bad for him. He seems self aware enough, especially with the whole you can be replaced thing. He needs a hug and a good cry, it seems.

  30. Jayna says:

    I usually love GQ and Men’s Journal interviews. This was an effort to finish. Beyond a few interesting answers, he just comes across like a 22-year-old in maturity and not much depth or intellect. He doesn’t come across like a spoiled, entitled brat. I will give him that. But other than that, there’s not much there. I agree with Kaiser’s description of him regarding trying to emulate his father but coming across like play-acting a manly-man and I think desperately seeking dad’s approval.

    Party on, Scott. Enjoy the ride.

  31. QQ says:

    Him and Bella Thorne, a Supercouple of Need! This could work in all our favors, we can Cover them at once or ignore them wholesale!

    • mia girl says:

      California already has a major drought problem. Putting these two together would cause a power twin activate level of thirst that could destroy the state.

  32. Prim says:

    That story about his father is horrific. So sad that he’s just internalised the violence and not questioned it at all. I hope he works through that before becoming a parent himself.

  33. OTHER RENEE says:

    The whiny little brats he’s referring to are the Conrad Hiltons and Justin Baby Biebers of the world right? The coddled, the entitled and the spoiled.

    • mayamae says:

      I can’t stand Justin Bieber but it’s unfair to compare him to a Hilton. One actually earned the money which spoils him.

  34. Lyka says:

    I agree with the posters who feel sort of sad for this dude. He’s definitely got some major issues with his dad, and not a healthy upbringing. Plus he acknowledged how lucky he is, and even how minimally talented. Meh, he seems ok (and The Rock certainly prefers him to the ol’ VD).

  35. thelazylioness says:

    Okay I gotta admit this guy is growing on me. And I’ve always loved his dad. And my dad kicked my ass too when I was a teenager. I’m not saying it’s right but I’m old and this happened in the 80s.

    • Prim says:

      I’m old and it was wrong in the 70s to punch your child in the face. There were plenty of beautiful fathers who treated their children with respect when I was growing up. They were men determined not to damage their kids in the same way they were damaged. And when they made mistakes, as we all do, they apologised.

      I’m grateful my father though a survivor of abuse himself, did his best back in the day to not abuse his kids. “Good old fashioned fathers teaching their kids the real ways of the world” is abuse. It only gets called tough love because it’s hard for children who love their fathers to admit to themselves that their idol has hurt them.

  36. Miss S says:

    Aesthetically he is hot, but then he speaks and… His looks can’t really save him.

  37. MrsBPitt says:

    This poor guy is going to need some real therapy because of his abusive, fucktard of a father….

  38. Who says says:

    There will only be one Clint Eastwood so Scott will have to brand a new image for himself in Hollywood.

  39. Josefina says:

    I actually felt kinda sorry for him reading this. The way he talks about being a man, as if he had no intention but pleasing his father with it. He was trying so hard to sound like Clint. Like a 5 year old imitating a grown up.

    I actually like his quote about Hollywood. At least he knows his place in the industry.

  40. WendyNerd says:

    Is it me, or is that truck story kind of… not that great? Like, he was 17 and wanted to buy a cheap truck, was willing to pay back and only did it once he had a job. Seems to me like a good opportunity to teach a kid about owing money, making payments, responsibility in that respect, you know? When he wasn’t even legally an adult yet, it seems kind of extreme and ridiculous to just slam the phone down like that. Especially if he was already working and came up with a payment plan. Like, I’m not saying Clint owed him a free ride or whatever, and I can understand wanting to keep your kid from becoming spoiled when raising them in Hollyweird but… Jesus. I went to private school in High School and to keep going there, my parents had me get a part time job to pay for part of my tuition. It was a really good learning experience and taught me a lot about the realities of adulthood in terms of owing money and working off debts. I just really, really don’t get that reaction. My dad was a kid in the fifties and when he wanted a new bike, he got a paper route to pay his dad back for it when he was like, eleven. And his family did NOT have much money AT ALL. It just seems silly and over-compensating.

    ESPECIALLY when you compare it to what we know about Francesca “Burn a Birken Bag” Eastwood. SERIOUS double standard there.

  41. Ginger says:

    Uh huh. I had an “old school” father too who was prone to beating me and my brother and called it “punishment”. He too threw my brother into a wall in my room and broke up a bunch of my toys in the process. We were 8 and 10 years old. This isn’t discipline but straight up abuse. Scott needs to go straight to therapy. Because of my childhood I refused to EVER hit my son. It’s not “new age bullshit” and my child is not a “whiny brat” because he was raised with a loving home and absolute respect for his parents and society. It sounds like Scott at least has that part right but what a way to learn.

    • Prim says:

      Hats off to you for not repeating that pattern. It takes a lot to do that, and I admire you for it.

  42. Pmnichols says:

    So he’s going to knock himself out. He’s an ass.

  43. Jennifer Jones says:

    I think it’s odd that he says the death of his girlfriend made it harder for him to date. While I would typically be like, “Yeah, I totally get that”, he is just a complete and utter douche nozzle. So while I am sure her death actually did hurt him, I do not think it made it harder for him to date in the sense that it would most of us non-douche nozzles. As he said, “I still have that hustler mentality.”

  44. mayamae says:

    I just checked Wikipedia and his page has been heavily edited. It used to talk of his father’s refusal to acknowledge him or be named on Scott’s birth certificate. It also made it clear that Scott’s mother was Clint’s occasional side piece. That’s all gone. Now it goes into detail naming all of his half and step siblings. It also claims Scott went by his mother’s name in Hollywood (initially) to avoid nepotism. The truth was Clint refused for Scott to have his name.

    Yeah I’m finding it hard to believe that Clint had any concern about his fourteen year old daughter’s welfare. It’s more likely Clint was drunk and looking for a reason to knock the kid around.

  45. Cirque28 says:

    I feel bad for Scott too. Clint Eastwood has to cast a massive shadow, even more so if you are male, and you look like him, and you’re in the same profession as him, and were rejected by him for many years.

    Also I believe Scott doesn’t realize that Clint’s values no longer fit with modern Hollywood. The age of the strong, silent, flinty-eyed He-Man is coming to a close.

  46. Soror Bro says:

    To all the impressionable types at home: Don’t punch your kids in the face to be like Clint Eastwood. You won’t sound cool when you try to justify it to the good folk at Child Protection.

  47. Square Bologna says:

    I picture father and son bonding as they growl at neighbors to stay off their lawn. :p

  48. Zeddy says:

    I’d still sleep with him.

  49. Blackbetty says:

    I feel for him. His dad is exactly like my dad and my grandfather.