Jessica Alba was seen posing with her chic daughters Honor, 16, and Haven, 12, this week. The family was at the screening of Netflix Film Trigger Warning at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
At the event, Jessica stood next to her little girls, and in doing so, Honor proved she is taller than mom.
Also at the event, Jessica said she wants her children to have ‘leadership’ roles in showbusiness.
The 43-year-old – who also has six-year-old Hayes with husband Cash Warren – has been active in Hollywood for over 20 years and when asked if she wants her kids to follow in her footsteps, admitted that she would rather they stepped behind the camera.
She told People: ‘The thing is, I think if you tell your kid anything, they’re going to do the opposite, right. If they do want to be a performer, then being able to be a producer and a writer, or a director.’
Jessica Alba was seen posing with her chic daughters Honor, 16, and Haven, 12, this week. The family was at the screening of Netflix Film Trigger Warning at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday. At the event, Jessica stood next to her little girls, and in doing so, Honor proved she is taller than mom.
The Into The Blue star added, ‘I think having that leadership role is really important to the art and be part of the art in a way where they feel like they can have more autonomy and there’s more dignity.’
The siren got her big break when she was cast in the leading role of Dark Angel in 2000 and felt a ‘desperation’ in taking the job at the time, but noted that feeling stood her in good stead for the rest of her career.
She said: ‘You’re just so happy to be there and it’s like, “Did the check clear?” And there’s a desperation like, “Please God, I need this job.” It just puts you on your back foot. You’re not always taking the roles that are the best.’
The Honey star has now served as an executive producer on a number of projects but wishes she had had that sort of skill set earlier on in her career.
She said: ‘You’re just taking roles to survive, which teaches grit and perseverance, but I do wish I would’ve had the skill set and the wherewithal to write and to know about writing and directing and producing earlier in my career.’
This comes after Alba’s daughter Honor rejected her mother’s offer to host her 16th birthday party.
On the left is Jessica’s daughter Haven who is 12
Alba’s husband Cash Warren was on the far left as the family looked happy
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The actress had proposed to host her daughter’s birthday celebrations, but the teenager dismissed the ‘Sin City’ star’s ’embarrassing’ offer.
During an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’, the ‘Fantastic Four’ star told the host: ‘I was like, ‘[It’s] your 16th birthday, this is my moment to really shine as a party-thrower.’
‘And she’s like, ‘No, mom, it’s so embarrassing.”
Jessica said Honor – who will be turning 16 later this week (07.06.24) – ”couldn’t think of anything worse” when she suggested the birthday party.
The actress told her daughter: ”I’m the best party-thrower in the world!”
However, Honor wasn’t keen on the idea, with Jessica recalling her daughter saying: ”I just wanna, like, have dinner with my friends — like maybe 22 of them or something — and we’re just gonna play games.”
Though Jessica was ready to enthusiastically embrace the teenager’s suggestions, she was still ordered to stay away from the planning.
Also at the event, Jessica said she wants her children to have ‘leadership’ roles in showbusiness. The 43-year-old – who also has six-year-old Hayes with husband Warren – has been active in Hollywood for over 20 years and when asked if she wants her kids to follow in her footsteps, admitted that she would rather they stepped behind the camera
She told People: ‘The thing is, I think if you tell your kid anything, they’re going to do the opposite, right. If they do want to be a performer, then being able to be a producer and a writer, or a director’
Jessica and Honor seem very close as they often pose together on Instagram
She recalled telling her: ”Oh my god, I have a game guy. And we can, like, do stations. … We can do cut-outs of you. And everyone can wear pyjamas!”
The ‘Dark Angel’ actress admitted Honor was even less impressed with that offer, and said to her: ”Are you kidding me? Do you want me to, like, ever see my friends ever again?”
As well as her daughter’s birthday, Jessica discussed her decision to step down as CCO of the eco-friendly beauty and baby business The Honest Company – which she co-founded in 2012 – and admitted leaving the corporation in the hands of its new CEO Carla Vernón felt like she had ‘sent [her] baby off to college’.
Here the family is seen with the youngest child, son Hayes, at Monster Jam
She said: ‘I have Carla Vernón, and she’s running the company, and it’s great. And there’s a whole senior leadership team that’s fantastic.
‘I feel like it’s my fourth baby and I like sent it … sent my baby off to college.’
The actress emphasized she was ‘ready for the next chapter’ of her life as she makes her acting return in Netflix’s upcoming flick ‘Trigger Warning’, which she also executive produced.
