Jeff Goldblum on Why He Won’t Financially Support His Kids When They’re Older: “Got to Row Your Own Boat”

Jeff Goldblum doesn’t plan on financially supporting his children forever.

During a recent appearance on iHeart’s Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi podcast, the Wicked star opened up about raising his two sons, Charlie, 8, and River, 6, whom he shares with his wife, Emilie Livingston.

Goldblum explained that he tells his children they’ll need to work or find their own way to support themselves when they’re older: “‘Hey, you know, you’ve got to row your own boat.’”

“It’s an important thing to teach kids. I’m not going to do it for you. And you’re not going to want me to do it for you,” the actor said. “You’ve got to figure out how to find out what’s wanted and needed and where that intersects with your love and passion and what you can do. And even if it doesn’t, you might have to do that anyway.”

Goldblum previously opened up to British outlet iNews in 2018 about feeling like it was the right time to become a father.

“I’m glad I waited,” he said at the time. “It feels great to do it right now, because all the things I’m considering are perfectly suited to the big questions and challenges of having kids, and what you want to expose them to. What you want to leave them with, what life is, and what kind of life you contribute to them.”

The Jurassic Park actor isn’t the only notable Hollywood figure to open up about the idea of not financially supporting their children when they’re older. Anderson Cooper, Guy Fieri, Gordon Ramsay and Ashton Kutcher are among celebrity parents who have previously said they don’t plan to leave their children with trust funds.

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