Robert Downey Jr., Just Another Schmuck in a Minivan

Even an art-house-loving, blockbuster-carrying individual such as Robert Downey, Jr. is plagued by the poxiness of being the father of a teenage boy who's just about old enough to realize that his dad is SO EMBARRASSING.

The Scottish Daily Mail has a chatty interview with the Iron Man/Hulk/Tropic Thunder star and it seems pretty clear that his son, Indio, from his first marriage, to Deborah Falconer, reeeeally doesn't want to hear about who slept with who on the Soapdish set. Of course, Downey's not sure he can even remember that far back.

Yes, RDJ admits that he's not quite sure who he slept with back in the bad old days. Sometimes he tries to piece it all together, but in vain: "I think stuff like 'That was a fun day but, God, I ate way too much rice before lunch'. Or 'Did I bang her?'. That type of stuff. I know exactly what movies I was almost continuously drunk on when we filmed. . . . Every second star goes to bed with his co-star because they spend so much time together. But I'm not going to start reeling off the names."

Oh, too bad. But he has some cute stuff to say about parenthood:

"Half the time when I'm with my kid, I just feel like I'm the schmuck who drives the mini-van.

"I think, like any parent of a teenager, I'm struggling to stay current, see if anything is changing with him, see if he feels emotionally healthy, see if he looks like there's anything that needs to be addressed.

"And I manage the fact he needs to have a fire lit under his ass to meet the status-quo scholastically.

"We horseplay or take a walk and I'm sure he'd rather be with his friends half the time.

"But there's that little gap where his social life hasn't come together so he might as well hang out with me.

"There's those moments where I have my little Saturday nights with him. And because things are so busy and life is not easy, it's less exhausting when it's going pretty well.

"You see those little windows of enjoyment and you really look forward to them. It's revitalising."

Parenting, sober, yes, go on -- I was just, uh, noticing how your eyes are so . . . I'm sorry, Robert, did you say something about the Big Bang?

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[tvaddict]

Wow! He looks better than he has in a long time....yummy!

[Suzy Q]

I can SO relate to not remembering stuff from the '80s, such as all the people I fucked. I was not a major slut for the time period, but still. And ALL of us were drunk and/or on drugs. And having a great time!