Jerry O’Connell Refuses to Do One Factor Different Mother and father Do for Children

Jerry O’Connell just isn’t going to do that one factor for his youngsters.

Throughout his look on Kelly Ripa’s podcast Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa, the actor and tv host, 51, defined his stance on offering children with alcohol as a guardian. O’Connell shut down the concept, saying that he is “not a type of mother and father.”

“I noticed some children mendacity on my flooring, and I used to be like, ‘Pay attention, are these children okay? Is that fentanyl?’ And [his daughters] had been like, ‘No. They only take edibles.’ And I used to be like, ‘Okay. I do not wanna see it. I do not wanna learn about it’ as a result of I’m not a type of mother and father,” he defined.

“There are mother and father in my neighborhood who provide these children with booze, and I’m not that guardian, and I do not adhere to that,” he continued, earlier than trying to elucidate the mother and father’ reasoning behind their choice. “Their factor is like, ‘Nicely, they’re gonna get the booze elsewhere, higher that they get it right here.’ However, I gotta inform you, I feel these drunk mother and father simply wanna occasion with these children and that is one other degree of sick.”

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A yr after tying the knot along with his spouse Rebecca Romijn in July 2007, the pair welcomed their twin daughters, Charlie Tamara Tulip and Dolly Rebecca Rose, 16, in December 2008.

Over time, each O’Connell and Romijn have shared glimpses into the lives of their teenagers and their experiences in elevating them. O’Connell beforehand opened up to PEOPLE about how he discovered it “attention-grabbing being the daddy of ladies” as a result of he is “by no means had sisters.”

In September 2024, the previous The Speak co-host shared a candy picture on his Instagram as his 16-year-old twin daughters acquired prepared for his or her homecoming dance. O’Connell posed between his ladies, carrying a blue MTV T-shirt and white pants. On his left, daughter Dolly wore a black mini costume and leaned into her dad as they smiled collectively.

O’Connell’s different daughter, Charlie, was on his proper, carrying a striped blue costume and carrying her cellphone. “HOCO!” the proud dad captioned his submit.

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In June, Romjin spoke to PEOPLE on the 84th Annual Peabody Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., the place she revealed that her daughters seem to favor their mom over their dad.

“Dads are totally different with them,” Romijn instructed PEOPLE. “We now have a really totally different relationship. My ladies need me there on a regular basis.” Nonetheless, the star famous that it is “fairly cool to have Jerry” as a dad, as properly.

“They’re humorous ladies,” Romijn continued. “And I like being with them as a result of they will be 16 in December, which suggests I’ve solely acquired two and a half years left with them till they’re out of the home. So I need to take as a lot time as I can to run round with them.”