Sterling Okay. Brown is praising his son for being extra emotionally mature than he’s, based mostly on how he dealt with a current incident.
Throughout a current roundtable for season 2 of his hit present “Paradise” on Hulu, the 49-year-old actor shared the best way his teenage son responded when he was known as the n-word throughout a soccer recreation, Folks journal reported.
“My 14-year-old was in a soccer recreation the place a younger boy spat on him, and he noticed the spit and he walks as much as the ref and he goes, ‘Ref, this dude simply spat on me.’ And the ref was like, ‘I didn’t see it, so I can’t do something about it,’” the “Washington Black” star defined.
He continued, “Then, afterwards, the younger man got here as much as him and known as him the N-word and simply sort of stored it going. And my son didn’t inform me till after the sport, and I used to be like, ‘Yo, man, how come we didn’t beat his ass?’ And he was like, ‘As a result of that wouldn’t have solved something. He already did what he was going to do. The ref didn’t reply to it or whatnot. So I didn’t need to make you any extra upset, which is why I didn’t inform you till after the sport.’”
“So he’s a extra developed particular person than me. I’d’ve beat his ass,” Brown quipped.
Brown, who shares two sons together with his spouse, actress Ryan Michelle Bathé—Andrew, 14, and Amaré, 9—mirrored on his sons and their rising emotional maturity all through the dialogue.
“I take a look at my youngsters now — my youngsters have by no means been in a struggle. The 14-year-old or the 9-year-old,” stated the “This Is Us” alum.
Many reacting on-line have echoed the Emmy-winner’s sentiments, expressing their admiration for Andrew’s composure throughout such an upsetting encounter. A number of, in type with Brown, have admitted they possible would’ve responded extra viscerally and applauded the teenager’s emotional intelligence below stress.
Others, upset on the teenager’s behalf, query whether or not standing up extra forcefully to the bully or involving the dad and mom within the second may have despatched a stronger message about self-defense.
Both approach, his measured response left his father each proud and awed.
“I do take nice enjoyment of seeing that, ‘Oh, he’s a extra mature particular person than I used to be at age 14,’ and that’s all you are able to do is attempt to do some bit higher than what your dad and mom did for you. And hopefully he’s capable of do some bit higher as nicely,” he stated.
