I tend to believe that Aquaman will be a a gigantic mess. But will it be a financial success? I don’t know. My prediction is that it will make its money back, but it won’t be a huge hit in the vein of Wonder Woman. Still, I’m looking forward to the promotional tour, because I’m always looking for more Jason Momoa content. Momoa covers the December issue of Men’s Journal, and the editorial is very “He-Man/playful.” He apparently insisted that they photograph him at the LA home he shares with Lisa Bonet, and there’s a rock-climbing wall and lots of toys. You can see the full editorial here. Some highlights from the interview:
He’s always had an athletic/hippie/outdoorsy vibe: “Always. I’ve been climbing since I was 14. Skateboarding since I was 8. I love the outdoors, camping, I mean—obviously you saw the Airstreams. I used to live out of that one…. This is my love. It’s always kept me humble, grounded, outdoors, and pushing myself, scaring myself,. On the wall, it’s a flow— you’re problem-solving, creating something. It’s the perfect real-world mental and physical test.” He’s determined to teach that ethos to his kids—daughter Lola, age 11, and son Nakoa-Wolf, “Wolfie,” who’s 10. “That’s the coolest thing, when your kids love what you do. They do hula and African dance with my wife, and they climb, skate, and surf with me. And they dig music.”
He’s building a Momoa Army: “If I see something I love, I want to learn everything about it. There are just so many things I want to do in this life, from writing to music to designing to activism. I actually need more people to help me. I’m slowly building a little army.”
Guinness & Lisa Bonet: “You know, I met my wife over a pint of Guinness. I knew it was love when she ordered it first.”
His marriage is normal: “I get in trouble just like any other dumb f–king male. We love each other, have an amazing family together, but a relationship is work.” He… reflects on how much a person can change over 12 years. “That poor woman met me when I was 26. I was a maniac. I wanted to do all of these things, but I didn’t have an outlet, so I would just destroy. She’s stuck with me through too many me’s.”
He’s like Aquaman, an outsider: “It’s probably the character I’ve played that’s most like me. Like him, I grew up a huge outsider. I was just with my mother, he was just with his father, and I know what that’s like, not having a parent around.”
He gets work for all of his friends: “If I fall in love with you, I put you in my pocket, and I take you everywhere.”
Momoa threatens to “go Brando” on Bonet: Bonet looks in closely at one shot, an image of Momoa hunched over a clump of carrots, a slight pudge sticking out at his waist. She laughs and clucks, “Uh-oh—look at that gut.” Momoa bellows back, “Baby, do not shame my stomach!” and slaps her backside. “I told you I’m gonna go Brando on your ass.”
I do wonder about his marriage to Lisa Bonet, even though I think he flat-out adores her and worships her. But I also think they’re probably hippies and rather “open” and that it’s all sort of loosey-goosey when it comes to fidelity. Just my take, maybe I’m totally wrong. But I like that he’s not trying to sell his marriage as the most devoted and perfect thing, he’s being pretty honest about how much he’s changed and how much he’s put Lisa through. I love this: “If I fall in love with you, I put you in my pocket, and I take you everywhere.” He wasn’t talking about Bonet there, he was talking about his dude friends, and I love that he thinks that way – he “falls in love” with his bros and gets them jobs and looks out for them. It’s sweet.
Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of Men’s Journal.
He’s not a bad looking guy, that’s for sure. I am inclined to agree with you that their marriage is fluid.
Pretty sure he’s all about the Bones, their kids, and being present for all of them: 100%. I would be very, very surprised if Jason & Lisa had an open relationship.
I agree. I don’t believe for one second they have an open marriage. No way.
How are you getting “open marriage” from anything he says here? It sounds to me like he’s clearly talking about being a 26-year old man and how much of an idiot men in their 20s (and 30s and…) can be, that she’s been with him through “many me’s” i.e his morphing and growing as a man, as a person. Why does it have to be open marriage and how did he give any indication of that? Just because people are “hippies” as you term it, does not mean they are into polyamory or sharing. He is a devoted family man and adores his wife. And I doubt she would be sharing him with anyone especially after being cheated on by Lenny. She has been candid about not having a father growing up and how much Jason’s family devotion to fatherhood and husbandhood have changed her life for the better. In none of the things they’ve said has there been an indication of open marriage. Seriously. Not everyone who is about health and clean living, etc. “hippie” has to be polyamorous.
I like him a lot. I liked his Participation in SNL. He, his friends and kids did a haka dance at the premiere and it was great! The children killed it.
Yeah I saw that! It was great! His father in the film is a Kiwi / Maori actor – Temuerra Morrison, and he was doing some great haka tongue and eyes action! There were also some other guys who look like they have Polynesian heritage – I wonder if these are some of the people he had put in his pocket? I know he loves the Maori and Pacific Islander cultures along with his own Hawaiian culture. I love that his kids got involved too.
I did see their haka first on Bustle’s Instagram and they called it “a traditional Hawaiian dance” which really irritated me – it is just so ignorant… it is a Maori dance. Samoans and Tongans also have versions (although in Samoa it is called a sa’a). The haka is not a Hawaiian tradition despite the shared Polynesian roots. In the last decade or so the University of Hawaii – inspired by the famous haka of the NZ Rugby team – has created a Hawaiian version called the ha’a which incorporates some Hawaiian traditions for their football team, etc. That still doesn’t make it a Hawaiian tradition. Sometimes the US-centric reporting of a lot of US media makes me crazy! 😜
I like how he uses the word humble and says he makes mistakes, which is indicative of humility, but he’s a giant – not just physically but in personality. I am betting humility and maturity is something he has to work on and without Lisa he’d be far less humble and mature than he is now. I believe him when he says she’s stuck with a lot of “me’s”
I agree. I’m sure she makes him 5864688545221% cooler.
Actually, as a comic fan, I am getting MORE excited about Aquaman because the early reviews are GOOD. They are excitingly good. I just read two more this week, and I was like wow. They do all mention that this film is going to explode Momoa because his charisma is off the charts in it, but that’s not all they say. They also say this is a really fun movie. The best of the DC yet, some said other than Wonder Woman, others say including Wonder Woman. That’s high praise if you know the DC world.
It will make so much money already in China alone its about to cross $200 million after only 7 days in the cinema
I dont know how fluid their marriage is considering she left Lenny because of his wandering peen.
Sure , she could have changed and evolved since then but…that’s seems like a really basic and intrinsically fundamental thing to do a 180 on
It depends. Infidelity is only so if it’s behind your back. Maybe Lenny and Lisa had no agreement but she and Hason do.
I agree that you can want/expect/be fulfilled by completely different things from different relationships. It sounds like Jason provides limitless love, devotion, and emotional security maybe in a way that Lenny couldn’t which would make his sexual fidelity more of an issue.
Why is this even part of this conversation? I’m so confused by this CB post. Where has he made any indication of an open marriage? Have there been some reports about infidelity? I just don’t understand this need to identify them as having an “open marriage.”
Completely agree, a wandering peen is about the only reason I’d ever willingly walk away from Lenny Kravitz.
Jason does have a big personality and it comes off flirty with women sometimes, but I think he’s just like that with everyone, and that’s unusual for a man. Plus they give off the free loving hippie stereotype vibe. I dunno, maybe I’m just being hopeful because he does seem to adore Lisa, and he grew up without a father so I doubt he’d risk doing that to his own children. I remember everyone thinking he slept with Rose McGowan because she was dangling off of him with a shit eating grin at some premiere, but I think she did that on purpose.
Of course she did. That was early in Lisa and Jason’s marriage/relationship and Rose was just being out of pocket with that shit.
I don’t think working hard at a marriage or saying that he has made mistakes has to mean he cheated or wandered the peen or whatever. There are plenty of ways for a husband to be a jackass and realize later they were wrong — finances, general thoughtlessness, taking off for a weekend with the dudes without saying anything first because hey whatever… You just don’t know. If he’s a generally good husband then anything they’ve had a serious sit-down about could stand out in his mind as a mistake that had to be dealt with.
not really into super hero movies but he actually looks the part without a big rubber suit! Bet this movie will do great.
My male bosses at work were talking about this movie and Jason being with Lisa Bonet. And said Lenny took it out of her, she looks like she’s strung out now. Really irritated me. Two men who look older than their age snd one extremely overweight guy. I hate men that talk smack about women’s looks!
Next time, try this: “Whatever you say, Mr. Universe.” I’ve used it a fre times, it’s pretty effective. Make sure you sound very sarcastic.
I bet they were GORGEOUS, right? /s
Lisa Bonet gets more beautiful as she ages, she’s one of the most beautiful women in the world IMO.
Yeah, god forbid a woman age. Jesus.
Oh my god, she is STUNNING!!! She was in her 20s when she was with Lenny, of course she looks different now! The woman has aged like a fine wine. She is 51 years old!
Ugh, those are so annoying. Ever notice how the ones saying it are the fattest losers around? I often find they seem to expect their female partners be perfect 10s, but heaven forbid she can expect the same.
They’ve been conditioned by a few decades of non-hot guy/hot wife sitcoms, and you know, centuries of misogyny.
Momoa seems like a lot to take, to me that “big personality” type of person gets exhausting after a while, but he does seem crazy about Lisa. Who wouldn’t though? She’s a goddess. I’ve wanted to be her since I was 8.
Ok, you’re so mature now, how about you buy copies of those books you ripped up and give them to Amber to make up for her property you destroyed?
OMG! Izzy! I love this comment.
I have been a very big fan of his and he was one of my few celeb crushes. And then I read about what he did to Amber’s books and it was quite possibly the biggest/swiftest complete turn off I have ever experienced.
I am VERY serious about my books. lol
I don’t think he really did that, come on! Maybe he ripped a tiny tear in a page as a joke…maybe one page—whatever it was, my feeling is that story was blown out of proportion. And if he did do it, I’d bet he replaced the book the same day. Amber is getting so little attention for her role in this film! She may be desperate for any crumb.
Eh, you know, he’s really growing on me for this tour. Is he a knockout talent? Nah. But he’s got a lot of enthusiasm and personality that’s pretty infectious. Just, please…don’t say dumb things in front of a camera.
I should really rather he never talk, ever.
Just keep making grunty sweaty movies with very little dialogue and stop giving interviews.
So… when he says “go Brando” is he referring to A Streetcar Named Desire? Like actually? Because even if he’s kidding around that’s extremely problematic. It made me uncomfortable to read that. Am I totally misinterpreting this?
In the context of the pudge comment I’m pretty sure he meant that he would gain a lot of weight as he ages.
@frankly that’s what I thought too. I forget what movie Brando was making when he told them they could not film him below the waist, so he wouldn’t wear pants to ensure they didn’t.
Thank you for the clarification! I just took it as him being angry in general, not about his body. My bad!
Lily –
Don’t know about that specific film, but I know the reason he’s shot in tons of shadows with high torso/face shots in “Apocalypse Now” is because he showed up on set vastly overweight rather than the thin/emaciated look they’d requested for the character. Not that it wasn’t worth it because his performance more than makes up for it, but you know very few other performers would be allowed to get away with that.
Exactly. It’s about going from being a hottie to big belly in older age. Simple.
He means get fat.
Yes, he means get fat.
It was “Last Tango in Paris” and I don’t think that’s what he meant.
My brain doesn’t work when I look at him.
I need a Momoa in my pocket to carry around with me.
He posted a pic with Lenny on Instagram. Seems like he’s just one of those guys. Not the most mature but fun and friendly.
Love both if these men. Lisa has it going on to have had them both. You go Lisa!
I don’t think Lisa and Jason have an open marriage. I’ve seen him on talk shows a few years ago talk about how he dreamed of being with Lisa since he was a young boy. When you see him on talk shows he seems very open and endearing.
He was engaged to an Aussie girl he met when they were both newbies on the scene and did a Baywatch series. They split and then a few months later he’s everywhere gushing about his new baby with Lisa Bonet. Not nine months later, just a couple so the baby was conceived whilst he was engaged to another woman. Lovely. To say his ex-fiancee was shattered is an understatement.
THAT turned me off anything he ever did or will do.
Cheating dog then but now he’s found the right woman so it’s great.
Spare me, real men don’t cheat, no amount of muscles, so called “charm” or interviews will change that.
Has anyone seen his show on Netflix? It’s called Frontier. Check it out if you haven’t, it’s not bad.
I can’t really see an open marriage here. At minimum, she has a Scorpio sun and he has a Scorpio moon. Scorpio does not lend itself to that kind of relationship when committed and in love.
[*Which I assume they are.*]