Ashton Kutcher: 'I don't want my daughter in showbusiness!'
Ashton Kutcher will do his utmost to protect daughter Wyatt from the "nonsense" that is showbusiness.
Wyatt, who turns two on 1 October (16), will grow up with two famous parents - Ashton and his wife Mila Kunis. But the 38-year-old actor isn't planning to encourage the tot to follow her mom and dad into Hollywood.
Asked during an interview with Entertainment Tonight if he would
allow Wyatt to get into showbusiness, Ashton replied with a
vehement "No!" before clarifying: "When it is a choice that she is
making, then I think it is fine. As long as it’s not a choice that
she is making, it is my job to protect her from all this
nonsense."
Something Wyatt will have to contend with growing up is social
media, with sites like Twitter and Instagram only growing in
popularity. However, with that popularity comes an increased level
of discrimination, with famous faces like Ghostbusters actress
Leslie Jones recently targeted with offensive messages from
followers.
When it comes to tackling this issue, Ashton is of the opinion that
"we have to change us" before any changes can be made to the social
media world.
"I think people want to blame social media for a lot of things, but
social media’s just a reflection of the world we live in. If we
want to change social media, we have to change us,” he said.
Ashton also referenced businessman-turned-politician Donald Trump's
bid for the position of president this November (16), adding: "It’s
tough when you have people that are campaigning for the highest
position on the planet that are justifying other people’s prejudice
with their campaign and it creates separatism, it creates
divisiveness and I think it creates a lot of animosity."
Ashton was one of the first famous names to jump on the Twitter
bandwagon, and has learned along the way what he can and can't say.
Now, the actor has something of a monitoring system when it comes
to using the site.
"The thing that I’ve learned is to monitor myself and realize that
there’s a responsibility that comes with having a very large voice
on social media,” he said. "You’re throwing meat in the cage and it
doesn’t matter how well-intended you are, somebody is going to tear
it up. You get thick skin really quick."