Eddie Vedder wants daughter Olivia to be an activist
Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder, 42, stepped away from the group and recorded songs for two upcoming movies including Into the Wild, about a child turning away from his family. When asked if Eddie found it hard to watch seeing that he has a daughter, Olivia, 3, he replied,
I think parents will learn a lot from this. I think even if theyhaven’t done anything wrong…yet…it’s gonna have a profound effect.It’s hard to get through a kid’s life without f–king them up. And nomatter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have tocreate their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren’t cool,just to establish themselves. That’s what adolescence is about. They’regonna go through that no matter what. And I think that’ll be aninteresting time. I’m thinking about it myself. [Chuckles]
Theseare troubled times, too. Do you force your kids to pay attention towhat’s going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? Myhope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me mostproud.
Eddie, who is known for his liberal views, doesn’t think that Olivia will rebel. He said,
Aaaah… I don’t think so. I really don’t. Just knowingher now? It would be shocking. It’s certainly not in her nature now.She’s 3 years old — that’s like the height of liberalism. Liberalismcomes naturally.
Olivia’s mom is model Jill McCormick, 30.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Tags: Eddie Vedder, Jill McCormick
- Posted on Sep 14, 07 at 3:05PM
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September 14th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
How cute is she? I love her Heidi hairdo!
September 14th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Olivia is very cute! I’m more interested in the movie though, I love that book and didn’t now a movie was in the works, thanks!
September 24th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
I am the one who had to be his daughter:P (Though I love and respect my real father really much:D:D:D) But if I could choose a second father, that would be Mr. Vedder:)(Hungarian girl, 18)
October 11th, 2007 at 12:17 am
She’s getting a little big now.Awww,She looks
like a Little Ed with that olive green jacket.
July 16th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Olivia is four now and looks all grown up already. There are photos on her on the Wire Image site at the VH1 Rock Honors The Who show. Apparently the mother Jill is pregnant with their second.
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 pm
If little Olivia looks like her dad, she’ll probably be very very very pretty ^^.