Alan Thicke thinks his son Robin Thicke & Paula Patton could be ‘the next Brangelina’

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First of all, it’s been forever and a day since I’ve even seen Alan Thicke. God, do you know how much I loved Growing Pains? I was really little when that show was on. I barely remember anything from it (unlike the Golden Girls, where every episode is etched into my memory). Anyway, Alan Thicke is probably most famous these days (amongst the young’uns) for being Robin Thicke’s dad. That’s still bizarre to me – for everyone over the age of 30, Alan Thicke is known for being very family-friendly and small-c conservative. And now his son is knuckle-deep in jailbait and getting twerked upon by Miley Cyrus. Still, Daddy Alan thinks his little boy could be the next Brad Pitt, and he thinks his daughter-in-law could be Angelina Jolie.

Start thinking of a celebrity couple nickname! Alan Thicke, predicts his son, Robin Thicke, and daughter-in-law, Paula Patton, could be the next Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. At ACT Today’s 8th annual Denim and Diamonds for Autism event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 6, the 66-year-old actor spoke to Us Weekly about how proud he is of the couple’s career success.

“It’s amazing. It’s a rocket ride,” Alan told Us of Robin’s hit song “Blurred Lines.” “I’m thrilled for him. I’ve always dabbled in music. If I could have grown up to be Robin Thicke, I would have. But I’m glad somebody in the family did.”

The Growing Pains star is as equally thrilled for actress Patton. “She has a great movie, Baggage Claim, and is getting wonderful reviews for that,” he gushed.

Alan also told Us that he believes the couple’s success will only continue to soar. He shared, “I told [Robin], ‘You’re a power couple now. If you only adopt a few Ethiopian kids, you’d be the next Brangelina.'” (Robin, 36, and his wife of eight years are already parents to son Julian, 3.)

[From Us Weekly]

Eh. Don’t get me wrong, I do think Robin and Paula are some kind of power couple, but that’s mostly on him (not her). And I reject the notion that all Paula and Robin would have to do would be to “adopt a few Ethiopian kids.” I get that Alan was joking, but still… that made me uncomfortable. Where do you rate Robin and Paula as far as power couples go? As far as tabloid-bait, fame, success, and attractiveness… I think they’re probably pretty close to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in Power Couple Status. No one can really beat Brangelina at this point. Well… maybe Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, but I get the feeling that Danchel is actively trying to avoid Power Couple Status.

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  1. T.fanty says:

    I cringed a little when reading this.

    Inappropriate joke aside, Robin Thicke is going to be yesterday’s news by Christmas, and Paula Patton is going to be C-list at best.

    • I Want To Live In New York says:

      I think Christmas has come early. Aren’t they yesterday’s news already?

  2. Buckwild says:

    Are you kidding me. Paula Patton is a total C list actress (“the hot exotic girl”) and Robin Thicke, to people who don’t know his previous less famous work, a one hit wonder (“that blurred lines guy”).

    • doofus says:

      not to mention, his one-hit is a total rip-off of a Marvin Gaye song, and is kind of rapey.

      • V4Real says:

        That’s a bit of a stretch don’t you think? Thicke & Patton the next Brangelina, I almost spit out my coffee. First Brad is not a singer and Thicke is not an actor even though he has been on Kevin Hart’s show. Patton is nowhere near Angie’s Caliber of talent. WTF is the elder Thicke thinking with that statement.

        I agree that the song is reminiscent of Gaye’s Got to give it up but there are quite a few songs that sounds similar. Madonna accused Gaga’s Born This Way of ripping off her song Express Yourself and there have been others. The only fault I find with the Gaye’s claim is why they wait so long to try and sue. This song has been out for months. I also notice we didn’t even start to compare the two songs on C/B until the Gaye’s stepped up; then we had that aha moment.

        I like the song and don’t find it to be suggestive of sexually harming a woman. (I hate the word rapey and hope people would stop trying to make it a thing. It comes off as a slang word for rape). The line I know you want it is nothing new in music. Some people could find fault with Marvin’s lyrics. ” Long as you prove it. There’s always a chance somebody watches. I’m gonna make romance with your body, ooo baby you dance all night. Get down and prove it, feel all right. Keep on dancing you got to give it up.”
        Now most people know he’s probably talking about dancing and getting lost in the rhythm but it only takes one person to interpret it differently and others would run with it. You got to give it up, that’s suggestive of rape. Rick James song Give it to me baby was much worse than Thicke’s Blurred Lines. Rick goes home and his girl didn’t want to have sex with him but he goes give it to me baby I’ll make you hollar you’ve had enough. Men and women loved that song back in the day. Go figure.

      • juicebaggy says:

        V4Real, the song is rape-tastic. The fact that Thicke the Younger thought of it as a feminist anthem honestly made me throw up.

      • Evelyn says:

        I also disagree the song has rape connotations and hate the word ‘rapey’ it’s the same as saying something is ‘murdery’ or ‘molesty’ it undercuts the seriousness if the crime by making it, as V4real said, a slang word.
        But listening to the song, the only TWO lines that could be construed as talking about rape are “I know you want it” and “give you something to tear that ass in two” The former of which makes sense in the context the song is about a married woman, which I always thought it was, the latter is just a guy bragging about his d*ck, nothing new. Anyway, my point is, those lines make sense in a song about trying to get a woman to cheat on her husband, however the song doesn’t make sense if it’s about rape, because those are the only “rapey” lines in the song, the rest of it just doesn’t add up to anything

      • TheOriginalKitten says:

        Personally, I think “rape-tastic” is worse than “rapey”.

        So I guess My Charona was “rape-y” too:

        “Never gonna stop, give it up
        Such a dirty mind, always get it up
        For the touch of the younger kind”

        And so was “Young Girl” by Gary Puckett:

        “Young girl, get out of my mind
        My love for you is way out of line
        Better run, girl,
        You’re much too young, girl.”

        Or Bad Company’s “I Can’t Get Enough”:

        “Well I take Whatever I want/and baby I want you”

        Or “Summer Nights”:

        “Girls: Tell me more, tell me more, was it love at first sight?
        Guys: Tell me more, tell me more, did she put up a fight?”

        Or Sarah McLachlan’s “Possession”:

        “And I would be the one/To Hold You Down/Kiss you so hard/I’ll take your breath away/And after I’d wipe away the tears/just close your eyes dear”

        I mean I could go on and on…it’s a SONG. Are we going to take an inventory of every song ever made that could possibly be interpreted as promoting rape and then do a literal translation of the lyrics? Because you guys will have your hands full, trying to chose which is the most “rape-y”.

        I just don’t understand why people keep harping on this ONE song or why people think that it’s the job of pop stars to impart morality in their music. I never grew up thinking lyrics in a song are to teach me right from wrong, that’s what PARENTS are for.

        If you want to make the argument that music DOES influence young men’s perception of women, then my counterargument is this “Maybe, but only if their parents aren’t doing their job.”

      • Tiffany :) says:

        You wrote, “I hate the word rapey and hope people would stop trying to make it a thing. It comes off as a slang word for rape”

        I agree 100%!!!
        It makes it seem like there is something that is rape-agecent. Like there is a gray area where an action is “kind of rape”. That is delusional. There is rape, and there is not rape. There is no inbetween. I feel terms like “rapey” feed the delusion that there is a middle ground and that is a dangerous concept.

        I also notice that the people who think the song is “rapey” also seem to ignore the lines he sings about “the way you grab me”. It is not a song about a man forcing himself on a woman.

      • V4Real says:

        @TOK I will agree with all you just said.

        Side note: My Charona was the bomb. I changed the hook to My Corona just to sing about my favorite beer.

  3. QQ says:

    Ahahahjahahahahahahhahhahahhahahahahahah The next Loopy drunk and sweaty always Brad and Angie?! ahahahahhahahahhah

    • mollination says:

      And ‘THE LEG’….Ahahahahahaha, man. Every time I see it, I remember that I forgot about it, and then it’s funny all over again.

    • Mrs Odie 2 says:

      I think Alan is just being a proud daddy. Everyone thinks his kid is the cutest, the smartest, the most talented. Alan is no different. Except he’s rich. Super, filthy rich. And Canadian.

  4. QQ says:

    Also: Ethiopian kids don’t need this bullshit

    • T.fanty says:

      The Ethiopian kids will be fine as long as they remember that mommy’s hot and daddy has a hit song. I’m sure that’s what keeps Angie’s kids going.

  5. GeeMoney says:

    Growing Pains was like the best show ever.

    I didn’t know that celebrity couples out there aspired to be the next Brad and Angelina… what for? Yeah, I would want their careers, but they have NO privacy, and their relationship is in the tabloids constantly. Yeesh. No way to live, in my opinion.

    • Tulip Garden says:

      I don’t understand people wanting the kind of attention that “power couple” symbolizes either. To me, it seems that the loss of privacy (to a degree) and the constant media speculation about your private life is too high a price to pay for….what? Being at the top of the heap?

  6. gogoGorilla says:

    Good lord. Delusion is strong with this one.

  7. JLK says:

    I don’t know about “family friendly;” that may be the image, but Alan was quite the womanizer in his day.

  8. blue marie says:

    There is no way they have that kind of staying power. And that’s a pretty gross joke.

    Btw, I prefer Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz over Brangelina, such a sexy couple.

    • Karen says:

      Peak hotness Craig/Weisz and pitt/Jolie are pretty equal super sexy but power wise Daniel and Rachel have got nothing. Rachel has never had any box office draw power…she’s simply famous for being beautiful and a good actress and if you took away either one she’d be in obscurity because unfortunately hollywood doesn’t value talent and you need to be pretty because everyone else is.

      Also Daniel had no box office power outside James Bond, as he proved in that bomb aliens and cowboys and the underperforming girl with dragon tattoo that also had a famous book to help box office.

      Hate them or love them, Jolie and pitt are super successful same as beyonce and jay-z

      • Faith says:

        Karen,you took the words out of my mouth.In my country brad and angie,are the only hollywood couples that everyone knows,bey and jay-z come in as a very close second-their type of fame is really rare-.People seem to think that its their relationship and humanitarian works that makes them famous but that couldn’t be more untrue.It’s their movies that makes them famous,just as it’s bey and jay’s music that makes them famous too,individually they’re famous and as a couple they are also famous.A star can adopt from africa and still not be famous here.

  9. Snowpea says:

    Please don’t hate me…I know he looks like Knob of the Century, but I find Robin Thicke sooooooooo crazy hot.

    Phwooooooooaaaaar 😉

  10. judyjudy says:

    Show me that smile again (oooh show me that smile)…don’t waste another minute on your cryin’…..

  11. linlin says:

    Beyonce & Jay Z surely are the biggest power couple besides Brangelina?

    • Karen says:

      They’re super powerful but in limited areas because Jay-Z’s past prevents them from gaining access elsewhere.

      • melanin blessed says:

        As much as they are welcomed in St. Tropez, Jay’s past has no real bearing to limiting him anywhere

    • m says:

      I think Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are up there too… I remember being surprised at how much she raked in, and they are both at the top of their respective fields.

  12. Vera says:

    Hmmm…Not so much.

  13. hadleyb says:

    He’s delusional. Mr and Mrs Douche face will never be near Brand and Angelina.

    So far, I don’t see anyone even up and coming that could be.

  14. chloe says:

    I think Alan’s smoking some of Robin’s stash.

  15. TG says:

    Alan Thicke is thick in the head. His comments about adoption are so insensitive and disgusting. I used to like Paula Patton until she started appearing everywhere and I thought Robin was awesome too until his grossness started showing thru. They are not a power couple and never will be. Hilary and Bill, Brangina, and Jay-Z and Bey come to mind.

    • V4Real says:

      You left out Kermit and Ms Piggy.

      Come on you know they are well known compared to Thicke and Patton.

  16. NeNe says:

    Power couple….. WTF????? NOT!!!!!!

  17. Kim1 says:

    It was a joke,not a funny joke.90% of Americans have never heard of Paula and Robin is” that Guy Miley was grinding on at VMA’s”.The part about adopting is just tacky

  18. Susie Q says:

    Robin got lucky with blurred lines and I think Paula has been doing too many lines. Next year people will be saying Robin who?

  19. janie says:

    Robin Thicke always looks sleazy & in need of a shower to me. The way he carries on with other women is disgusting to me, but they both do it! On a good day, they aren’t even on the same planet as Brangelina!

  20. Shelby says:

    He’s delusional

  21. eliza says:

    Oh please! She is a mediocre actress at best and he, well he is who he is and his music is not that original. Good luck on trying to be the next “Brangelina”.

  22. AlmondJoy says:

    He’s delusional. While Robin may be a very talented (and douchetastic) man, his wife is a terrible actress. I’ve seen pretty much every movie Paula has been in and she’s pretty bad. Gorgeous and sweet though. Oh and here’s a fun fact: She was vice president of the Black Student Union in high school.

    • fingerbinger says:

      Agree with everything you said. She doesn’t bring anything to a role. I remember watching ‘Precious’ and thinking everybody was perfect and I couldn’t see else playing those roles,except for her. Anyone could have played that part.

      • AlmondJoy says:

        @Finger Exactly! It’s like she gets cast in “filler” roles. I have yet to see her in a meaty, complex role.

  23. Frida_K says:

    “[Alan] shared, “I told [Robin], ‘You’re a power couple now. If you only adopt a few Ethiopian kids, you’d be the next Brangelina.’””

    Full stop.

    Whaaaat….??!!

    SMDH

  24. Mitch Buchanan Rocks! says:

    He’s more Casper Smart than Brad Pitt.

    • Vee says:

      Witty comments in the morning make my day. Good one!

      I didn’t know who these two were until Blurred Lines, so even the Kartrashians are above them.

  25. Wif says:

    I’d forgotten Alan Thicke was Robin Thicke’s dad. My friend used to babysit for the them when they were visiting family in Kirkland Lake. My friend babysat Robin Thicke. Hahahahahaha. So weird.

  26. Sisi says:

    the only thing I know Paula from is that awards show (golden globes?) when she was wearing a canary yellow dress and she stood up and clapped for all the winners while everyone else was seated’so and she ended up in every shot of the winners walking up the stairs.

    try hard.

    their celebrity equivalent would be between Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats or Jessica Alba and Cash Warren.

  27. TQB says:

    Can we call them Raula? If so, fine.

  28. Maggie says:

    Buddy must be on crack! Who wants another Brandgelina anyway.

  29. Grant says:

    These two are nowhere near Kanye and Kim K. in terms of tabloid fodder and international fame. And no offense, but I don’t think most people outside of pop culture enthusiasts even know who Rachel Weisz is, let alone that she’s with Daniel Craig. I’d guess that almost 75% of the people you asked on the street would have no idea who RW is or who she’s romantically linked to, but almost all of them would be able to tell you that Kanye and Kim K. are together.

    • Kim1 says:

      ITA I know she is beautiful and with Daniel Craig but I couldn’t name any of her films or his films.I know he was James Bond but I haven’t seen any of his films.

  30. Addie says:

    Don’t you think he was joking? Obviously they will never be Brad and Angie but I mean really, do you honestly honestly think Brad is a great actor? I think he was hot 10 years ago full stop.

  31. Didiz says:

    Only Sienna Miller & Jude Law and Hugh Grant & Elizabeth Hurley can match Brangelina in terms of sex appeal. The rest? Nope… Try hards

  32. jenniferjustice says:

    In their dreams. So far thicker iserely a one hit wonder and the song is Huber hot only because its catchy not because he’s a stellar singer. Patton is a mediocre b or c actress. She only seems to play the hot mess or the exotic chick. Nothing of any substance and excuse me for dissing a sister but she should change her name to thicke. What happened to her waiste?

  33. Kate says:

    Power couples:
    Brad/Angelina
    Jay Z/Beyonce
    Affleck/Garner
    Will/Jada
    I’d even put Kidman/Urban on that list along with Gwenyth/Martin (if these couples were ever together that is)

    Sorry, but Craig/Weisz aren’t anywhere close to a “power couple”. I’d put Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz higher than Craig/Weisz. As for Thicke/Patton, please.

  34. Surgeryhugs says:

    he’s so ugly without the sunglasses i mean WTF

  35. Virgilia Coriolanus says:

    Um, no. Say what you will about Angelina’s acting, but she can act better than Paula. I actually thought Paula was a really good actress (based on “Precious”), until I saw “Jumping the Broom”–and then the magic was gone.

    And I don’t know too much about Robin beyond “Blurred Lines”.

  36. SFRowGuy says:

    So would that make them ‘Paubin’ or ‘Robla’?

  37. Relli says:

    OMG on this whole thread I cannot believe no on brought up Alan’s random appearances as Robin Sparkles mentor on HIMYM! He is hysterical and while I loved Dr. Seaver seeing him play a parody of himself, pipe smoking and his comfy warm dad sweaters included, always make me day!

    *Kaiser there are times you speak right to my heart…. Growing Pains and the Golden Girls are the cornerstones of my childhood! I was amazed to watch the GG at this age and still holds up, also I get the jokes now 🙂

  38. skuddles says:

    I’ve always thought Alan Thicke was a smarmy, oily SOB. That is all.

  39. Shoe_Lover says:

    A true power couple like Brad and Angelina is a once a generation thing. They are the modern day Taylor and Burton.
    Thicke and Patton? who gives a sh!t about them?

  40. Faith says:

    I think most of you are confusing power with wealth or talent.For a couple to be powerful,each spouse should have already attained fame on his/her own.You don’t have to be the most talented or the richest in order to be most famous,you just have to be different from others,something about you has to stand out.A couple can be very rich or talented but not powerful.Thats the advantage brangelina and bey/jay have against other couples,each of them already had international fame on their own before their hook-ups.

  41. Ruffian9 says:

    No.

  42. Mari says:

    Hahahahahahaha. Ro-Paul.

  43. Beezers says:

    I think their couple name should be Grease and Stupid, or Grepid for short.

  44. Kosmos says:

    For one thing, I agree with the first few reviews, that neither one of them is going to make A-list or last, even if she makes a few movies and he has one or two songs that people listen to. However, she seems like a sweet person and I like her for that, and I used to like Robin, too, until I saw that horrid pic of his hand all over a young woman and realized that he probably does do other women on the side and he’s actually a sleezy kind of guy, which took away all of the interest away for me, completely !!

  45. Stef says:

    … I just learned that Alan Thicke was Robin Thickes father… 😐

    Anyway, there is no way in hell Thicke and Patton will be the next Brangelina. There’s really ‘wow’ factor to them.

  46. VilodeMenus says:

    Alan Thicke is a well known falling down drunk, I take what he says like the crazy guy who talks to pigeons about the economy near my parking garage. Plus he and his son have both slept with the same women, which I find disgusting. The wife is pretty into women, and not too talented so I’d say they have a snowballs chance in hell of being as successful as Jolie/Pitt. Dream on Drunky!