Scarlett Johansson Says She Taught Her Daughter Rose About 'Ghosting'
Scarlett Johansson revealed that she talked to her daughter, Rose, about ghosting after the 10-year-old avoided a boy who had a crush on her
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Scarlett Johansson is already talking to her daughter about the dos and donâts of dating.
âI just had this conversation with my 10-year-old daughter about ghosting âcause there was, like, a little boy that liked her, and then she wasnât feeling the same,â Johansson, 40, confessed on the Thursday, January 23, episode of Today With Jenna & Friends. (The actress shares her daughter, Rose, with her ex-husband Romain Dauriac, as well as 3-year-old son Cosmo with husband Colin Jost.)
According to Johansson, Rose made the young boy feel âterribleâ after she âjust stopped talkingâ to him. âI introduced the ghosting concept, but it really makes the other person feel terrible about themselves,â she said. âIt kind of sets them on this spiral.â
Despite empathizing with the boy, Johansson admitted that she has found herself in the same situation as her daughter. âIâm so that person thatâs the ghosting person. I hate confrontation,â she stated.
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At the same time, Johansson revealed that she has been ghosted by others in the past and would much prefer an in-person breakup. âAt least when youâre dumped, youâre like, âOK, itâs over,ââ she told Todayâs Jenna Bush Hager. âHonestly, being ghosted is awful because youâre just left with no answers at all, and youâre thinking, âOh, my God. Did I do something? Did I push this person away? Was I weird? Was I creepy? Like, what happened?â And it haunts you for years.â
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Bush Hager, 43, agreed, stating, âWe do need to teach our kids not to be scared of confrontation.â (The TV personality shares kids Mila, 11, Poppy, 9, and Hal, 5, with her husband, Henry Hager.)
Johansson went on to ask, âBut how do we do that when weâre scared of confrontation?â to which Bush Hager replied, âWe need to go to serious therapy.â She even joked that she and Johansson should go to âcouples therapyâ together.
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âI got a lot of comments. Well, my daughter watched the show. Sheâs 10 years old. She absolutely loved it,â she shared on Wednesday, January 22. âShe was saying that the Death Becomes Her performance was, like, amazing. [She was like], âThat woman [Jennifer Simard] was incredible.â I was like, âYes.â So much fun.â (Broadway stars Simard, 54, and Christopher Sieber performed the song âThat Was Then, This is Nowâ from the musical on Tuesday, January 21.)
Johansson joked that Rose only âcommented on the other peopleâ and had no comments about her role as guest host. âMy daughter, I have to say, is very complimentary, but she was blown away by the performances,â she added. âI was buzzing. I mean, it was just so fun, like, [an] absolute dream job.â
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