Anak ni Michael Douglas inakalang pancake maker ang ama
MAGALING si Michael Douglas sa pagbibigay ng proteksiyon sa anak niyang babae mula sa kanyang buhay sa Hollywood, at lumaki ito na inakalang ang kanyang ama ay eksperto sa paggawa ng pancake. Kinapanayam ang dalagitang si Carys, kasama ang inang si Catherine Zeta-Jones para sa Town & Country magazine kamakailan, at tinalakay nila ang pagpapalaki sa 15-anyos bilang anak ng mga sikat na magulang. Sinabi ni Carys na hindi niya alam kung ano ang trabaho ng kanyang ama,na anak ng acting legend na si Kirk Douglas, noong siya ay bata pa, ayon sa Cover Media.
“I thought my dad was a pancake maker,” sinabi ni Carys sa magazine. “I didn’t know he was an actor. Honestly.”
Nagbago ito nang magsimulang maranasan ni Carys ang paparazzi.
“I used to get really upset,” kuwento niya. “They ( paparazzi) would jump on the subway (in New York City) and sit right in front of me. I was, like, six. I was confused.
“That’s when I knew, ‘If this is going to be what it’s like, I need to focus on who I really am, and this is going to be something that’s just going to happen, and I can’t do anything about it’.”
Sa kabila ng atensiyong natanggap ng kanyang mga magulang ay hindi natinag ang dalagita na pasukin ang show business, at umaasa si Carys na magiging isang aktres—nang hindi umaasa sa apelyido niyang Douglas.
“When I was younger I didn’t like the idea of having his (father’s) name attached (to mine), this kind of ‘Douglas Dynasty’ stuff,” paliwanag niya. “I think what bothers me the most is that people think I don’t work hard for it, that I don’t need to work hard for it. That anything I do gets handed to me. When, honestly, I feel like it’s the opposite.
“I feel I need to constantly prove myself to people, that I am not just my parents’ daughter.”
Ipinagmamalaki ni Catherine, na may 17-anyos ding anak kay Michael, si Dylan, at stepmother sa 39-anyos na anak ng aktor na si Cameron, ang kanyang anak na babae, iginiit na pinalaki niya ito sa karangyaan ngunit may mabuting ugali.
“What I instilled in my kids, and I’m very, very proud of it, is manners,” sabi ng aktres. “There’s nothing worse than a privileged kid without manners. I drilled it into them like boot camp... She (Carys) knows she cannot roll her eyes at me, or huff and puff around me. I never did it to my mother, and she’s not doing it to me.”