I don’t like to give Jack Nicholson too much coverage – I don’t care what anyone says, I can’t stand him. He just seems really smarmy, and every time he gives his trademark sneer I want to punch him in the ear. With that said, it seems I have a little more evidence in my “Jack Nicholson is a total wang” argument – he claims he may have fathered as many as 9,000 children. What a potent seed you must have, sir.

Randy Jack Nicholson reckons he could have as many as nine thousand kids. The legendary Lothario has four acknowledged offspring by three women. But Shining star Jack said: “There could be 9,000 for all I know – I used to live so freely.”

Jack, 70 – whose exes include actress Anjelica Houston [sic]– admits calming down with age. He said: “You can’t get too wild these days but I’m as wild as you can get.”

A source said: “He loves women – it’s as simple as that.”

[From the Sun]

Excuse me while I run to the bathroom. I get that he’s being glib when he says he may have 9,000 kids, but it sounds like he’s bragging. And I don’t think potentially fathering a lot of kids that you don’t even know about is something to feel proud of. Even if his boast is more about how many women he’s slept with – he’s still boasting that he’s slept with them in an irresponsible way that could have left them alone with a kid. I’m sure my revulsion to his comments is influenced by my dislike of him in general, but somehow I find calling that behavior “living freely” really selfish.

Of course there is always the good news that Anjelica Huston beat the crap out of him. That image tends to calm me down a little.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Jack Nicholson is shown getting up close and personal with Sally Kellerman, yes Sally Kellerman at Fashion Week on 3/22/06. Apparently she was picking something from his teeth. Here’s a picture of Kellerman since I was curious what she looks like now. She has no connection to Nicholson that I could find apart from attending the Actor’s Studio with him, I just thought these pictures were cute and wanted to show one of her face. Thanks to PRPhotos for these photos.