Eddie Vedder’s anger fueled by fatherhood
Eddie Vedder, frontman for Pearl Jam, was told that when he became a father to daughter Olivia, 3, that his whole aspect on life would change and that he would see the world as his daughter sees it. However, that isn’t what happened and Eddie became a little angry at that outcome. He said,
When I had a child, everyone was telling me that I was going to seethe world through her eyes, and everything was going to get this nicegloss to it. I kept waiting for that to happen,and thought there was a real problem with me that it wasn’t.It was a different reaction. It wasn’t the glowy lovey-dovey. It fueled my anger.
The more time went by and his daughter became older, Eddie came to a different conclusion.
I realized that I was getting more angry – the exact opposite – andmaybe it was because of the times, three years ago and what’s stillhappening. … All of a sudden, I saw the world as her world that theywere [messing] with. That really pissed me off.
It is reported that Eddie did not have a great upbringing and that he is going to do everything in his power to make sure that he does not let the same thing happen to his daughter.
I’m trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I mighthave survived. I know that she’s going to go through a timewhere she has to assert her independence. I’m going to have to justencourage that.
Eddie fully believes that he and his girlfriend, model Jill McCormick, 30, will be great parents to Olivia and that she will have a good life.
I think she’s going to have a great upbringing. … Already, she’s[been] provided a life of travel. I didn’t get to New York until 25 orEurope until I was 26. She’s been to all these places six or seventimes. She’s beyond me in terms of her comfortability around otherpeople, to this day.
Source: People Magazine
Thanks to CBB reader Mary Beth.
Tags: Eddie Vedder, Jill McCormick
- Posted on Sep 20, 07 at 8:25AM
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September 22nd, 2007 at 3:44 am
eddie is so brave to say all those things- i think a lot of parents feel them but don’t feel like they can say them.
i really admire him for recognizing the problems in his upbringing and trying to change things for his daughter. i wish everyone would choose to stop a bad cycle like he has.
btw, is jill mccormick the mother of his daughter? or is his first wife? i actually never knew he divorced his wife. anybody know when? why?
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:37 am
His little girl is so adorable.It’s awesome that’s she is visiting all
these different places around the globe at her age.She looks very
sweet in her wraparound braid.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:40 am
OMG! olivia really looks like her mother (Jill)…
April 12th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Olivia is so cute. I heard they have a 2nd child on the way…not sure if it’s been posted here yet?