The one thing Jamie Oliver lets his kids do on Christmas
Like many parents and grandparents, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver tries to shield his little ones from bad language as much as he can, but in this modern world of ours, that’s become increasingly difficult.
So, he and Jools have come up with a rather unorthodox way of managing swearing in their household. On Christmas Day each year for just one minute, the parents-of-five give their kids (ranging from 16 months to 15 years old) free rein to dish out expletives as much as they want.
“I love [swearing] but as a dad, I don’t like it,” he revealed in an interview on The Russell Howard Hour. “I say, ‘How do you know that?’ My boy makes them rhyme as well.”
But as it turns out, that’s not the only thing banned in the Oliver household. Speaking on the Lifestyle News Hound podcast, Jamie said he’s banned his 14-year-old daughter Daisy from taking selfies.
“I’m going to generalise massively here, but from my observation so far, at 13 to 14, the kind of pictures that girls are putting up, just from what I’ve seen, split off 50:50,” he explained. “[There’s] normal young girls, and then this weird hybrid of – dare I say it – quite porno sort of luscious kind of pouty lips, sort of pushing boobs out.”
The Naked Chef also confessed that he doesn’t think he’s a great dad to his teen daughters, giving himself a “six out of 10”.
“I don’t think I’m very good to be honest. And they’re girls, which is really hard and they’re not interested in much I’ve got to offer.”
Tell us in the comments below, what do you think of Jamie and Jools’ family rules?