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Hilary Swank’s promotional duties are just starting up for the October 23rd release of Amelia, a film based on the life of Amelia Earhart. I have to say, this film looks good. It even has supporting parts played by Richard Gere and Ewan “Dirty Hot Costume Drama Bastard” McGregor. Oh, and Cherry Jones is in it too! She’s one of my girl-crushes. Anyway, despite the fact that movie looks interesting, you know what doesn’t look good? This Marie Claire cover. It’s not that Hilary looks ugly or anything - she doesn’t at all. It’s just her expression. Like the caught her mid-sentence as she was threatening to beat her assistant with a riding crop. It’s not photoshop - that Hilary’s face when she’s pissed at something or someone. My guess? She pissed off someone on the editorial staff and they used this photo for the cover. Hilarious. In the interview, Hilary talks about everything from getting hired for romantic comedies to walking around naked in front of her boyfriend’s son. Seriously. Yikes. Marie Claire has the full interview, but here are some of the highlights:
Marie Claire: One myth about you is that you’re such a hard worker, you don’t know how to have fun.
HS: That’s understandable, because that’s how people see me all the time. And I will say that it took me a while to learn how to actually have fun. I think I was so driven and determined to get out of where I came from that I thought I had to be constantly focused.MC: How do you relax now?
HS: My relaxation has always been my animals—going to the dog park with them, going to the beach. I always try to carve out time in my day to be with them. On the last set I was on, I would just get a bike and ride around the studio with my dogs chasing me. It just gets me out of my head, you know what I mean?MC: People are so awed by the glamour of famous actresses’ lives—they assume they just sit around in designer gowns all day. Myth?
HS: [laughs] In our business, we have to dress up for things, and usually I just borrow a gown. But if I don’t have work, I’m not going anywhere in any designer gown.MC: What do you sleep in?
HS: I don’t sleep in anything. Do you sleep in a nightgown?
MC: I sleep in pj’s. I have two young sons, so I have to be conscious of that.
HS: Well, my boyfriend’s son is 6 years old, and you wonder at what age you should stop walking around nude. Every morning he comes into the bedroom, and you’re just nude. But he doesn’t look twice; he doesn’t think about it yet. I just toss and turn too much when I sleep, and if I’m in clothes, I get all twisted up.MC: Another myth: Considering you have two Oscars, there is the assumption that you can get any role you want.
HS: So not true. I really chase the things that I want. I don’t audition anymore, but I do go after things that I believe in. Someone will say, “Oh, I don’t see Hilary in that role because she’s not really that funny to me.” So I’ll say that I want to sit down with them so that they meet the real person behind the characters. I usually get roles that are not the conventional beauty.MC: Audiences might also assume that you’re just too serious for rom-coms.
HS: P.S. I Love You made over $150 million. It was a really big success. I wasn’t the comic relief of the movie—that’s an area that I’m going to have to prove myself in, if that’s something I want to do. But I don’t find myself leaning toward those movies a lot because I want them to have a lot of heart. I don’t know—just to put on a pretty dress and fall about isn’t funny to me.MC: What of the idea that your career is more important to you than having a family?
HS: For me, my career is like, for lack of a better word, a baby. I always knew that I wanted to act, since I was 7 years old. But also from that age, I’ve been thinking about the day that I would have kids. When the time is right, I’ll know. I am aware that next week, I turn 35. But I am also aware that the timing has to be right.
[From Marie Claire]
I really wish Hilary would stop talking about her boyfriend’s son in interviews. The last big interview she gave, to Hello! Magazine, she talked about that kid a lot. I found it a very passive-aggressive move towards John’s ex-wife, but that’s just the way my mind works. I also think it’s weird that she’s hanging out naked around her boyfriend’s son. Does that make me a prude about nudity? Probably. But would it be so difficult for Hilary to, I don’t know, pull up the sheet so she’s not all, “Here are my breasts, six-year-old”? Once again, I have to play the reverse sexism card - if it was a man hanging around naked with his girlfriend’s daughter, would people still think it was appropriate?
Note by Celebitchy: I’m an American married to a German guy and living in Germany. I have never seen my parents naked that I can remember and I know that it would make me uncomfortable. However, the Germans have a much different approach to nudity. It’s very common to see nudity on TV and for kids to hang out at nude beaches without an issue. I’ve seen nude kids and nude adults shown on TV in a very matter-of-fact way. If you don’t make nudity an issue kids won’t see it as one, as Hilary tries to explain. Swank probably shouldn’t have mentioned that at all, but I don’t think it’s necessarily inappropriate if she’s just in bed and isn’t walking around naked all day. The issue of shielding kids from occasional natural nudity is, in my experience, a very American one. I don’t think it’s wrong, it’s just a cultural difference. We don’t walk around our house naked, and we wear pajamas to bed, but we don’t take pains to hide from my five year-old son, either. It’s just not a big deal in our house.
Hilary Swank is shown at the “Triumph Inspiration Awards 2009 as part of Milan Womenswear Fashion” on 9/23/09. Credit: LUCA SGRO /bauergriffinonline.com. Marie Claire photos via CoverAwards
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37 Responses to “Hilary Swank on how she’s sometimes naked around her boyfriend’s 6-year-old son”
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What does this child’s MOTHER have to say about this? I know if it were my 6 year old son seeing his Daddy’s new friend naked, I would be PISSED!!
She just seems to flaunt herself. Obviously, the father doesn’t give a crap, we KNOW where his morals are.
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She makes it sound like she could do comedy if she wanted, but I don’t actually buy it. All her movies seem to have the same Very Serious vibe… I kind of assume it’s because that’s what she can do.
And her face on the cover - well, I think that’s just her face. She always has a kind of sneer-look, even when she’s half smiling. (A full grin she can pull off without looking pretentious, though.)
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Completely inappropriate. It’s bad enough that the kid has had to go through his parents divorce. Now he has to get used to daddy’s new “friend” that has taken mommy’s place in daddy’s bed. And oh, yeah, she doesn’t know enough to keep herself covered up when the child is around.
I feel sorry for this child.
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I’m glad you added that NB Celebitchy (even if apparently, not everybody got it). There is a cultural difference. I grew up in Germany but I’m half French/half German, so in our household, it was completely normal to walk around in the buff occasionally (okay, often in the mornings and before bedtime). I find myself thinking it’s strange when people say “I’ve never seen my parents naked”. I’m a big advocate of there being no rules, what’s good for you is what you are comfortable with. For example with age, my dad doesn’t like being naked in front of me and my brother anymore. Everybody respects that and it’s no big issue. My mum (she’s French lol) still doesn’t care and we’re all fine with it too.
I don’t think there is any inappropriateness going on with Hilary Swank and her bf’s son. The bf is a grown man and I’m sure that if he found it inappropriate or if he found the son to be negatively influenced by her nudity, he’d speak up. Evidently, this is not the case. However, I’m not sure that in Hilary’s shoes, I would talk about stuff like that in magazines. It’s one thing to do it and be okay with doing it and another to splash it all over the media, she should think about the kid and what his friends’ parents will think when they read it, given that this is the US where it’s happening. -
I know it’s not the same as they are my actual parents but I always saw them naked growing up. I’m 20 now and when I go home to visit I still wake up in the morning and walk out to see my dad sitting naked infront of the computer checking at email or something like it’s nothing. And it is nothing it’s my dad I don’t care.
And I’d regularly see my mum naked in the shower, or bath, etc.As far as my judgment on this goes, I don’t know how long she’s been with her boyfriend for. If it’s years well there’s no problem she’s like family. If it’s months to a year - that’s a little weird.
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Is she a complete moron? I’m serious. I have 3 kids (15 year old girl, 11 year old boy and 4 year old girl) and yes they have all seen me naked - but HELLO they are mine!! Not some random kids that happen to belong to the dude I’m currently banging.
I have no problem with nudity as long as it is appropriate. This is NOT. I truly believe that this woman is selfish and has no moral character. I will not be going to see her movie. She just totally lost a fan.
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CB - Here’s the thing: I really don’t think nudity is a big deal when it’s your parents. I’ve seen my parents naked a million times. What I find inappropriate is that Hilary is this kid’s father’s girlfriend. She’s not related, and she’s not even the kid’s step-mom.
I still think that if the genders were reversed, people would be having a fit.
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man, I had a mom attack me once for telling her kids they needed to leave as I was going to do yoga. When they asked why they had to leave I made the mistake of saying I did it in the nude. The mom came over and went nuts for just implying “naked”. I found her reaction to be bizarre. Mind you, her kids actually slept on bare mattresses and her home was a FILTHY, smoke filled den!!! But she was a guru of morality.
mmmkay.
I think what I’m trying to say is as much as I love my fellow Americans, I feel we have an askewed take on morality. J’s are illegal but ambian’s okay. Stripping’s fine at 18, as is war, but don’t drink. The naked human body is “vulgar” but Hugh Hefner’s an American king.Hey, as long as one is trying to keep it tight and clean (of all shapes and sizes) being naked is lovely.
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I am american woman. I have seen my mother naked when she has been changing or showering (and visa versa) because we had to share a bathroom. It is not that big of a deal. Parents see us naked when they change, bathe, and dress us as babies and one day I am sure I will be giving my mother a sponge baths and helping her go to the bathroom. It is just not that big of a deal for a child to see a naked adult. Nakedness is not the issue it is what is going on when the clothes are off that is the issue.
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I would be interested in hearing what the mother of the child has to say about this? I can see discussing with my ex’s new partner what my child likes to eat, bedtime etc. But whether or not to walk around in the nude in front of him? That does not come to mind
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That was an interesting commentary Celebitchy. I was pretty weirded out by her comment until I read what you said.
Having said that, I still must say that I have the very old fashioned idea that children should be shielded from a single parent’s dating life. Too many people coming and going is confusing and hearbreaking. Once you settle on someone, that’s a different story. Just my opinion. For reference, I am a fairly newly divorced mom with a five year old daughter who hasn’t started dating yet, and have been giving it serious thought. My ex, on the other hand is already remarried. LOL
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They live together… it’s not some new strange lady in Daddy’s bedroom. If they never get married, would you never accept that she could have a relationship with the kid? (take a gander at Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn if you really believe that marriage is the only way to make a family unit).
Nudity isn’t dirty. Even if it’s not your parents… drawing a line there is strange to me. What’s the message there? It’s okay to see mommy and daddy and someone you’re going to f*ck naked, but no one else… Seems a little odd.
There is NOTHING sexual about nudity if you don’t make it so.
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I don’t think it’s cool that she keeps talking about someone else’s child in her interviews.
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I agree Danielle. This is what Giselle did all the time. I wonder how many times she’ll mention him once she has a kid of her own? *crickets*
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I have never found this girl to be pretty. She looks like a horse to me. on the naked thing…I have three children ages 6,9,and 17 months. Two are girls, one is a boy. The 9 year old is a boy. And when he was younger he has saw me naked.But they are my children. I have a step son who is 12 and I have NEVER been naked or semi naked around him. That would just be odd.
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i agree with danielle - i don’t think she should talk about her boyfriend’s son at all. as for the nudity, i see no reason to get uptight. but knowing your bf’s 6 year old son is going to come in the bedroom maybe you should wear a nightie or at least underwear. he isn’t her son, and he does have a mother who may be interested to hear about how her son has seen hillary naked.
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People are always going to be split on this subject because we were born into a hypocritical society here in America. The hangups about nudity are sickening and help to explain the sexual repression in American baby-boomers. The youngsters that came along in the late 60s and tried to loosen things up were branded hippies by the establishment and treated as a sub-culture when in reality it was just counter-culture. We now have to deal with the fallout. Would the porn industry be a billion-dollar business if you didnt have to hide in a dark closet to watch it?
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So what?
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So what? Kid probably just thinks he’s at a petting zoo.
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I am French (surprise) and I have this kind of problem with my in-Laws. My husband saw his parents naked, and I didn’t… well at least mine, because I saw his mother’s and sister’s breast… His sisters kid is 3 and walking arround naked in the summer because his sister and his mom streap him naked. Some might say he is innocent, which I don’t beleive, because I think kids are more complex that what we want to see. I would have no problem at all seing him wearing just an undie. But it’s kind of distracting/disturbing to see him nude. My main concern is that his mother would streap my son as well.
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What really upsets me is that she says it’s nothing to the child- and how does she know that? How does she know he isn’t like, “My dad’s girlfriend has a great rack” we he goes to school?? Get real. You are not his mom, it isn’t the same, and you should not be talking about him.
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‘There is NOTHING sexual about nudity if you don’t make it so’
I agree. Nudity is natural, Plain and simple! I notice people who are uptight about the matter have a hard time separating naked bodies from sex. We have a ‘no clothes allowed’ rule for our hot tub and sauna. It has never been weird or uncomfortable for us. My son is six. He has seen many adults and other children au naturel with out damage to his yound brain or self esteem. Children tend to be more curious about and dwell on the things they don’t or can’t see. (hello, GoD!) -
Iggles, Danielle, original Kate…
You’re obviously not stepchildren. I would be deeply hurt if my stepfather pretty much pretended I didn’t exist.
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My dad had a girlfriend from the time I was 9 ’til I was 17. She used to walk around naked a lot and it never bothered me because it was separate from their sexual relationship. They kept that part of their relationship personal and completely away from me. I liked that she was so comfortable with herself and it helped me feel better about myself.
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The kid is 6, it’s not like he’s going to have inappropriate thoughts because of seeing a naked woman.
Both of my parents were naked around us regularly when we were little, and I’m really happy about it because it made me understand that there is nothing wrong or dirty about the human body. I like to be naked in the privacy of my own home, and when I have kids that’s not going to change.
Hilary lives in the same house as this kid, it’s not like she’s just staying the night once in a while and prancing around with a sheet. If she’s showing him that nudity is a natural, non-sexual state, more power to her. And if the child’s mom has a problem with it, I think it’s the result of other issues regarding how she feels about Hilary/her ex husband.
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Ok, I think the generalization that Americans are such prudes about “naked bodies” is not true.
I am a nurse and I have seen so many patients that can care less if you see them naked, co-workers in locker rooms stripping with out bating an eye, and same goes at the gym countless women and children of all backgrounds strutting their nude bodies. ( In the lockers, of course).
I have seen almost every single member of my family naked at one point or another, male friends (well, half-nude), and female.
But, I would not like to see my parents ( boyfriend or girlfriend) naked, no matter how old I am, and specially at such a tender age (six years old) when you are the most impressionable.
Yes, Hillary please cover that face with your hair,
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The child will grow up to be Shia LeBouf I guess there are worse things but I am with the blogger who said if the genders were reversed it would be a different story. As for American’s loving porn because we are uptight about nudity..really? no European porn? hmmm….
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How difficult would it be for her to slip on a robe, knowing that the child comes in every morning? He’s not her son, or step-son, and thus shouldn’t be seeing her naked, imo.
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I understand the thinking behind not making a big deal out of nudity but I am just programmed that way.
If that was my household the door would be locked.
I can remember stuff from when I was 6. The last thing I would want to remember is seeing a parent naked.
But to each his own.
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Call me a prude but I hope I never have to witness my father or brothers nude! We would all be embarrassed. It has nothing to do with sex or thinking nudity is dirty. We just were brought up with modesty.
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Yeah I’ve seen my mother naked changing in her room or in the bathroom. Nowadays she doesn’t appreciate me barging in on her because she is older and the same goes for me since I am older. However I have never seen my father naked. I have seen other naked men at nudist beaches but honestly I do not need to see my dad naked and the same applies for him. It’s too weird.
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“Here are my breasts, six-year-old”
LMAO!
I remember years ago a friend’s mother dropping me off at school and her youngest daughter, three years old, would always be naked in the car. Each to their own I guess.
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She’s an icky person. What do you expect from a homewrecker.
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I think she is a great talent. but not interesting. And that statement is what people are talking about. I notice that everytime a celeb that is not very popular has a movie coming out..they always have to say something to Shock the reader. I mean come on. Why would she even say this, regardless of her thinking it was ok. TMI for me. I just think they do it to get more coverage. And it is working.. without that little tid bit.. I doubt this thread would have had this many comments.. So I guess it worked. Now lets see if it puts the asses in the seats.
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I have 3 kids and 1 on the way, my oldest girl is 7, my son is 6, and my youngest girl is 2, my 2 older kids are from a previous relationship but my son has taken a shower with my boyfriend, and so has my 2 year old, but my 7 year old has only seen him in his boxers, all of my kids have seen me naked because they take showers with me sometimes, and almost always find their way in my room as soon as i go in there to get dressed. I am 28 and still see my mom naked but my dad stopped walking around naked when i was like 2, so i think it all depends on how you were raised and how you allow your kids to percieve a naked body. My 2 year old is always trying to touch my boobs when im getting dressed and even when i am dressed and she has a bad habit of trying to pull my shirt down so the world can see my boobs, because kids do that, i tell her no but i dont yell at her or make her feel as if she did something wrong, i just tell her no and move on, my 6 year old has an obsession with boobs and always has since he was a baby, and now that hes a little older i do become a little more stern with him when he gets grabby or just stares but he doesnt get in trouble unless he keeps doing it. I assume at some point my son wont want to see me naked anymore because he is a boy but there is nothing wrong with a naked body. My kids see naked people on Tv sometimes when they come in the room while we are watching a movie that contains nudity but they never watch sex scenes even if they arent showing much nudity, people have their opinions about nudity and we are all entitled to them and i dont think that makes anyone wrong about it. some people are more reserved than others but look at kevin bacon and his wife and their family, they are completely open about nudity in the home and we dont hear about their kids in the media being screwed up because they saw each other naked. just sayin.
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she looks all ways sexy and hot but i lot this time when she this post thanks well
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I am german and nudity is on tv all the time.. even in the afternoon, when children watch tv, but i can´t say all germans are soo open about nudity. maybe a little bit more open than the americans..
I think hilary should keep this private stuff to herself..now everyboday knows her boyfriends son sees her naked all the time..awkward
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