Regina Jackson, the mom and enterprise supervisor of Washington Commanders’ star quarterback Jayden Daniels, is setting the file straight about their dynamic.
Throughout a Mom’s Day episode of “The Pivot” podcast on Sunday, the mom of the 24-year-old NFL participant addressed the general public scrutiny about her being his enterprise supervisor and rumors round how a lot she controls his private life.
She made it very clear that she doesn’t management his private life and he or she in actual fact needs her son to this point.
“I’m placing it on file. My son can date, he can reside freely, make his personal selections,” she pressured. “Nevertheless, with the connection we’ve, he does worth my opinion as a result of when my children have been little, I did rather a lot for them and my children noticed that.”
She famous that the “complete ‘ladies’ remark” stemmed from an interview she did two years in the past whereas her son was nonetheless a scholar at LSU. On the time, she was requested, “What’s your largest worry?” and he or she mentioned, “them ladies.” The sports activities supervisor added that it ought to be “each guardian’s worry,” whether or not their youngster is a person or a girl.
“Since you’re a public determine and your greenback quantity is related along with your title. So that you by no means know who’s actually there for you and who’s actually in opposition to you,” she expressed.
Jackson defined that in relation to enterprise particularly, Daniels “doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, and he is aware of soccer.” In the meantime, with twin levels in hospital administration and entrepreneurial enterprise, Jackson mentioned she’s “educated and certified.”
“He doesn’t know the enterprise world,” she mentioned. “He doesn’t know the predators or the vultures that could possibly be on the market. So he feels very snug in realizing that not solely am I educated and certified to do it, I’m additionally his mother.”
Jackson famous that her evolving enterprise relationship along with her son could “look completely different” than what others have change into accustomed to concerning parent-manager dynamics.
“The factor is, I believe we’re altering the narrative that has been on the market,” she continued. “So, it appears a bit completely different than what persons are used to, ’trigger not solely am I educated on that facet, I’m additionally a licensed agent, however I’m additionally his enterprise supervisor.”
The interview arrives after Jackson has been more and more noticed off the soccer discipline with Daniels, together with seated courtside smack dab in the course of him and basketball star JuJu Watkins, and on the dance flooring at a good friend’s marriage ceremony.
After garnering a number of headlines and fueling on-line discourse for months, Jackson mentioned she was showing on “The Pivot” to let the world “really get to know” who she is. Regardless of how devoted she is to managing her son’s soccer profession, she mentioned she doesn’t need to be often called simply Jayden’s mother.
“I had Jayden. Jayden didn’t have me,” mentioned Jackson.
