Russell Crowe revealed the surprising reason why his children decided to isolate themselves from the coronavirus in the populous city of Sydney, Australia, instead of being in the rural jungle with him.
The 56-year-old “Gladiator” actor shares sons Charles, 16, and Tennyson, 13, with Australian singer Danielle Spencer, whom he married in 2003 and divorced in 2018. He appeared for a recent interview on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon “. “The Australian actor explained why his children decided to isolate themselves from him.
The actor told Fallon that he decided to isolate himself in a rural area due to the fact that his parents live there and that he wanted to be near them. However, when it came to his children, there was an argument.
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“I was talking to my kids, and they kept the schools open here for a long time, so there was confusion about where people would go and all of that,” he explained. “At the end of the day, my children decided to isolate themselves in Sydney. I was a little offended because it’s the bush, we have open spaces, we have all these amazing things here, right? “
He continued: “But they said: ‘No, no, Dad, we have made the decision that, in a pandemic, we are going to isolate ourselves in the most populated part of the country, surrounded by the areas that have the most infections.’ And I say, ‘ Guys, can I ask why? ‘ And my youngest son, who is too honest, said … “Uber eats.”
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The boy was referring to the popular food delivery app, which Crowe joked had taken on for his “parental roles and responsibilities.”
Russell Crowe said that his children decided to isolate themselves from him to continue using ‘Uber Eats’.
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The actor was on hand to discuss his new movie “Desquiciada,” which will be one of the first movies to hit theaters since they began reopening in parts of the country following the COVID-19 pandemic. The actor plays a man who takes his fury to the extreme. However, he noted that he initially rejected the role before realizing that he was afraid it would get too close to home.
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“It also has extreme resonance by the time we meet,” he told Fallon. “It seems like we’ve reached a point in history when it’s very difficult for people who have different points of view to have some kind of polite conversation, you know? As the characters in the movie say, we’ve developed the inability to apologize to someone for anything. I mean, when I first read it, man, I didn’t think I wanted to. In fact, I was pretty sure I didn’t want to!
