Harry Connick Jr’s Daughter in Lurve
February 3, 2009 by lkatulka
In his latest film New in Town, Harry Connick Jr. plays a father getting to grips with his daughter’s new interest in boys. It’s a case of life imitating art for Harry, whose 12-year-old daughter Georgia is in her own first relationship.
“I know he’s a good kid and I know that his family’s a good family, so that definitely helps,” Harry explains. “And he’s got manners. He’s very polite, very respectful.”
So unlike the character he plays, Harry has never felt the need to flex his dad muscles in front of Georgia’s beau!
“The last thing I want to do is embarrass my kid or embarrass the boy.”
What a great dad! If only we all could have been so lucky!
New in Town is in cinemas across the United States now.
Image source: Bauer-Griffin
Daughter is Brandy’s Best Friend
November 27, 2008 by lkatulka
Songstress Brandy says her relationship with six-year-old Sy’rai Iman Smith is more than mother and daughter; in a new interview with Vibe magazine she says they’re “like best friends.”
“I like her as a person. She makes me laugh. So much insight comes from her. She’s six going on 18. We sing together. We crack jokes … I’m just so glad that she’s mine.”
While her relationship with Sy’rai’s dad Robert Smith didn’t work out, neither one is bitter.
“You can’t be so mad at somebody who gave you that kind of a gift,” Robert explained. “At the end of the day, we have a beautiful child, and I’m the happiest man on Earth. That’s really the logistics of it. No drama.”
Robert has since remarried and become the father of three more daughters, while Brandy remains single. She admits she sometimes wonders “What’s going on?” but adds that for now she’s happy to focus on her little girl. Although that attention isn’t always welcome!
“I think that’s why I’m so close to my daughter - because I don’t have a relationship to balance it out,” she explained. “I’m so clingy with her, she’s like, ‘Mom, let me breathe.’”