The devastation of motherhood! Scarlett Johansson Parents find out about the troubles they face when raising kids – and it’s not just the “terrible twos”.
,[Age] 3 is really hard. i miss my daughter – my daughter [is] half past 8- [but] When she was 2, I said, ‘That’s great. I don’t know what everyone’s talking about,'” Johansson, 38, recalled during the Sunday, April 2 episode of “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her” podcast. “And then she turns 3 and it’s like being in an emotionally abusive relationship.”
black mother The actress explained: “It’s crazy, like, very intense emotional swings and [she was] So overbearing and adamant, and it’s just crazy.
Johansson, who shares daughter Rose with ex-husband Romain Dauriac, recalling “constant mood swings” with her eldest child. “I was like, ‘Those poor little guys.’ My heart goes out to them. You’re, like, constantly up and down,” she said.
The Outset founder also shares 20-month-old son Cosmo with husband colin jost and noted that the phases of paternity fluctuate.
“Having a baby is lovely,” Johansson revealed. “They’re so sweet. They sit there and they love you and then that’s it. And you just get love from them. You get so much grief from the kids. Like, everything you do is wrong.
The Oscar nominee said being a mother means there is “no balance” between her role at home and her career in entertainment.
“I work, like, 15-hour days, you know, so if I’m going to work on something and I have to move everybody, [it’s] Adventure in some ways for the kids,” Johansson explained. “But they also need stability, too.”
“I don’t work the same way I used to when I was, you know, 25,” the New York resident confessed, especially now that her daughter is getting older, adding, “I Very career driven and focused at the time, and less focused on personal growth or whatever.
Johansson has pivoted as an actress after welcoming her second child in August 2021 – but her husband of 40 years is also a very observant family man.
A source exclusively revealed, “Colin is an extremely practical dad, he’s always making a big fuss over little Cosmo.” us weekly in October 2022, that Jost “always makes it a point to pitch in” and allows his wife to rest.
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Saturday night Live The star, who married Johansson in October 2020, is also “great” with her stepdaughter. ,[Colin is] Very respectful and caring, ”said the insider.