I learned the art of cursing from both my parents, both of whom had/have absolutely filthy mouths. Apparently, they never really edited themselves when I was a baby or a young child, and I often let obscenities fly freely without really knowing what I was saying (I was just repeating what I heard all the time). One of my mom’s favorite stories involves me at like one-year-old, in my little wheeled baby transport thing (I don’t know what it’s called), and I got myself stuck somewhere and I screamed “SH-T!” It just so happens that my mom had about a dozen other moms over to the house at that time. Anyway, it seems like Keira Knightley is raising her daughter Edie the same way. And Keira had a proud moment when her daughter reacted authentically to the election of Donald Trump.
Keira Knightley‘s 19-month-old daughter, Edie, swore the night Donald Trump won the U.S. election. The British actress explained on the Christmas special episode of The Jonathan Ross Show — airing Saturday — that her daughter has been “talking a lot, she’s running, she’s literally repeating everything we say so we’re having to be really careful.”
However, Knightley and her husband, James Righton, experienced a strange moment in the aftermath of Trump’s surprising win. The 31-year-old actress said she brought her daughter into bed with her and her husband in the morning.
“She’s like this watching the television, completely silently and totally still for about four minutes and she rolls over onto her back and she closes her eyes and she goes, ‘F—!’” she said. “I’m very proud.”
The Atonement star also said she’s been busy training her daughter to sit still in preparation for Christmas dinner with their family.
“We’ve actually been testing out and making Sunday roasts to see if she could sit at the table for long enough for the Christmas dinner,” she said. “All that keeps happening is she looks at the brussels sprouts and she goes ‘Ball! Ball!’ and she grabs them and lobs them at you. I’m hoping that doesn’t happen on Christmas day.”
What’s sad is that a 19-month-old child realizes how awful Donald Trump is but grown-ass adults don’t realize it. I do feel sorry for all of you parents out there and the tough road you’ve got with trying to explain Donald Trump to your children. Perhaps you too should use obscenities. Like, “He’s a f—king fascist and a g—damn racist and sh-tball misogynist and apparently people like that. Those people are dumbasses.”
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I love Keira more and more every day. Go Edie!
Moi aussi. What a darling baby!
Can you high five a 19 month old?
I mean, she knew what was up back when I was trying to decide if the network was p*nking me with a fake electoral map. I guess the denial part of the brain develops later…
Groan. She’s *that* mum. I have a friend like her, whose kid is the coolest, most self-aware, most chilled out, most anti-consumer child EVER. EVER. And we must never forget it.
It’s really annoying. I have a friend like that. Her children are sage little beings on facebook, but I’ve yet to hear any of it irl.
One instance does not mean she is “that mom”. But I don’t really think swearing or talking about politics to toddlers is the best thing, remember that those whose politics you dislike could be doing the same thing and that how the idiotic adults that don’t trust news and get easily angry when contradicted are made.
I don’t think a toddler whips out the f-bomb without some regular exposure to that kind of language. I don’t actually know any parents who are okay with that kind of talk in front of their little kids; I’m certainly not. I find it mortifying enough when my toddler mispronounces words so that they sound like bad words.
My bestie was in Cuba vacationing w/her husband during the election and after waking my 8 yo daughter that morning w/the news she rolled over facing the wall and after a long pause she said somenly “Should we go to Cuba w/Ali and Dan ?”
How cute 🙂 I was on the phone when my sister told my 7-year old niece and she asked “why other people are so dumb?”
My 10YR old son asked if I dated a ski coach we met at a holiday party. I said, “yes we went to lunch, but honey he’s just not as smart as mommy and it’s frustrating”. Then my son said, “well who did he vote for?” I told him he voted for Gary Johnson. “That’s just sh*t stupid”, he answered. Yes. I agree. Protest voting for an incompetent on the brink of an orangapocolypse was “SH*T STUPID”. Kids are absorbing the zeitgeist and NO I can’t date the politically amorphous.
The shadowing on the top pic is unfortunate. She looks like she’s growing a mustache
It’s a shadow fumanchu! I didn’t even notice because i was looking at her hair. She has a new crop of wispy brand new hair, as do i. I also have a 19 month old. This happened with my first around 18 months, so i was fascinated when i recognized the 4 inch strands all over her head too, peeking out from the updo like mine.
didn’t we ALL F Bomb? I seem to remember a sustained ten minutes of turning the air blue with all sorts of words, F Bomb was pretty mild in comparison…
That green dress resembles her wedding dress. Both lovely.
Again, why is a 19 month old dropping the f bomb? Crude and vile parenting.
HAHAHAHA!
My daughter, at age 3, said to her aunt “stop f-ing me off”. It was the most hilarious thing ever.
**proud vile and crude parent***
👏. Agreed…I think there are worse things a parent can do then let an occasional swear slip. With all the crazy stuff going on in the world right now I’d rather spent time talking about the real problems and worries then focusing on swear words..which in the end are just words. I think this year deserves an f bomb even from a kid.
High horse much? Occasionally curse words fall out of parents mouths ( In my case particularly while driving )
and because there usually said loudly with a lot of inflection they make an impression. It happens. Parenting judgement is exhausting for everyone involved, I say give it up for 2017
Oh please….
I know plenty of kids who learn to drop F-bombs not from their parents, but from other kids/nannies/school/playgroup.
You can’t control everything your child learns, but saying some bad words is far less of a problem than some of the other behaviors I see people teaching their kids.
Shortly after the election I was at the store with my two daughters, 14 and 6. We were checking out and my 6 year old grabbed a magazine with Trump on the cover and threw it on the ground. I was quite surprised at her reaction but proud nonetheless. I shouldn’t have been surprised because I do own a “Tuck Frump” shirt and my disdain for him is well known in my household.
She is gorgeous. I love seeing pictures of her.
My child occasionally said curse words when he was young. Husband and I talk really awful so he was bound to hear it sometimes. But I was really embarrassed when he did it. It wasn’t something I would repeat. I don’t know… You have to be careful. That can cause you kid trouble later.
I like the idea of doing practice runs for big and/or fancy dinners. Teaching table manners – heck teaching manners in general – seems to the be the first thing overwhelmed parents jettison in order to stay sane. I have a few friends whose children have apparently never sat at a dining table or used a knife or fork at home. The tiny terrors can only sit at a table in 30 second increments, the rest of the time they run laps around the room, they knock cups over within minutes of sitting down and spoons are good for nothing except dribbling stuff onto the table – none of the contents ever make close to a mouth. I should say none of these kids are toddlers, one is just a few years away from being old enough to drive. I’d trade a few f-bombs for being able to sit across a table from one of these walking disasters without losing my appetite.
My BF’s daughter and son-in-law let their little 4 year old daughter run amok, literally. They come to visit and the house is torn apart within 5 minutes – sh*t strewn everywhere. Last time they came she got hold of a ball-point pen and scribbled on the walls, my ivory sofa, kept crawling under the dining room table instead of eating her food, made a huge scene throwing food in a restaurant, and don’t even get me started on her climbing into bed with us at 5:00AM. Can’t get her to behave at all, so I feel your pain.
I think this is a result of “let the children be children” and ” the childhood ends too quickly anyway”
Many parents I know from kindergarten never ever expect table maners at home ( who will witness it?) The problem arise when they have to go to a dinner party or restaurant. Afterwards there are hashtags about “children haters everywhere” and “no consideration whatsoever”. I’ve yet to meet ONE who’d reflected whether they have ruined someone’s evening.
Why is her mouth always hanging open?
I highly doubt her 19 month old comprehends Trump winning the election. She was mimicking, reading the room, repeating a word she’s clearly heard before, in context.
exactly. Its a fluff article with no real substance. Just preciousness lies for meaningless entertainment.
Sad that someone swears around their kid like that.
You and me both Edie, you and me both!
Dems, you’re SO charming!