Okay, so let’s go back to 2018, when Keira Knightley appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and revealed that she banned her daughters from watching Disney movies. Specifically, it banned Disney princess movies such as “Cinderella” and “The Little Mermaid,” which she said had anti-feminist themes. But six years later, she rescinded that rule because of COVID-19.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair Italia titled “Keira Knightley talks politics, motherhood, iconic characters and new Netflix movie,” Knightley said that it is true that children watch Disney movies. However, she revealed that she still holds on to her feminist ideals.
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“Well, coronavirus has killed all my ideas, and my oldest daughter Edie has been watching them all,” she says, explaining how her eldest daughter Edie is introducing feminist ideas through Disney princess movies. He also talked about how he continues to hold on to it. “Oh yeah, she’s so bad at that. She has a feminist point. She totally said, ‘Why do princesses always get saved by someone?’ And I was like, ‘Oh yeah, she’s so bad at that.’ I answered, “Because it was written at the time, and I was trying to save myself, so it’s completely ridiculous.”
As a parent, things change, especially when unforeseen events like COVID-19 occur, but even though my daughter is watching a movie I never wanted to see, I still have the same ideals as myself. It’s cool to see that.
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For those who don’t know, the Oscar-nominated star has two children with her husband of nearly 10 years, James Righton. They first welcomed Edie in May 2015, and fast forward to October 2019, they welcomed their second daughter, Delilah.
In a previous interview with Vogue for the upcoming true crime film Boston Strangler, Knightley revealed several valuable insights into how she raised her two “strangely bizarre” daughters. .
“I’m not a structured person by nature, but I find that my kids really benefit from structure. We have a pretty scheduled house, which is literally the opposite of my personality,” she says. spoke. “I’m not at all what I imagined myself to be as a mother. I thought I’d be much more of a hippie than I am now. And the truth is, I’m not a hippie at all.”
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