Jerry O'Connell faces backlash over remarks on daughters' vaping and family altercations
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Updated · Fox News · May 1
Jerry O'Connell faces backlash over remarks on daughters' vaping and family altercations
11 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 1
On Jamie Kennedy's podcast, the 52-year-old actor said his high school-aged twin daughters in Los Angeles party and vape, while stressing he and wife Rebecca Romijn do not allow vaping.
He also walked back an earlier claim on Bill Maher's podcast that his wife and daughters "became physical" after the 2024 election, saying he had been joking and they did not beat him up.
Online critics called his parenting too passive and mocked him as conflict-averse, though some fans praised his humour and openness about addiction concerns and family communication.
Could Jerry O'Connell's permissive parenting style actually help his daughters make safer choices about vaping, or does it risk enabling harmful behavior?
How do celebrity confessions about family struggles shape public attitudes toward parenting and youth health issues in today's social media-driven outrage cycle?