{"id":251849,"date":"2026-01-26T02:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/251849\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T02:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:15:07","slug":"natalie-portman-on-why-her-kids-dont-watch-her-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/251849\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Portman on Why Her Kids Don\u2019t Watch Her Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/natalie_portman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Natalie Portman<\/a> isn\u2019t counting on her kids to watch any of her films by May or even December.<\/p>\n<p>The Avengers: Endgame actress\u2014who shares kids <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1419314\/natalie-portmans-son-makes-rare-appearance-in-marlon-luga-livestream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Aleph<\/a>, 14, and Amelia, 8, with ex-husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1409217\/natalie-portmans-ex-benjamin-millepied-confirms-new-romance-after-divorce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Benjamin Millepied<\/a>\u2014shared that her kids aren\u2019t interested in seeing her on the big screen, even in the iconic Star Wars films.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids are so resistant to seeing anything that I\u2019m in,\u201d Natalie told E! News&#8217; Will Marfuggi at The Gallerist premiere at Sundance Jan. 24. \u201cI was always like, \u2018Yeah, if you want to see it, like if some of your friends have seen it or whatever.\u2019 And they were like \u201c\u2019No, thanks.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s just because they want the Oscar winner in her best role: mom.<\/p>\n<p>As she put it, \u201cThey kind of just want to see me as me, which I appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But this wouldn\u2019t be the first time that Natalie has shared insight into her family life. After finalizing her divorce from Benjamin in March 2023, the 44-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1416208\/natalie-portman-shares-rare-update-on-her-benjamin-millepieds-kids?query=natalie%20portman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared a rare glimpse into her dynamic<\/a> with the former couple\u2019s kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Natalie Portman isn\u2019t counting on her kids to watch any of her films by May or even December.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-251849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}