Josh Hartnett may be back in Hollywood, but he’s still hanging his hat in jolly old England. He and his wife, British actress Tamsin Egerton, live in the Hampshire countryside with their four children.
Speaking to the BBC this week, the Trap star explained how much he loves the pastoral setting:
“I would say that I’m quite assimilated at this point. It’s difficult to be fully assimilated as an American, because the cultures are so different, honestly… I love living in the countryside here, I’ve loved living in London before, and it’s an adventure. It’s fun to live life as an adventure… We have, I think, a really wonderful little community that we have at our school, and I don’t know what it would be like in the States … everything’s different. Not just because I’m in the UK but because I’m in the countryside and we have a tiny little small holding, like a farm.”
But when asked the thing he likes best about raising his kids — Olive, Poppy, Lavender, and Grape — in the UK, he had to admit it’s the safety.
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He explained:
“I guess what I appreciate now with my kids is… there are plenty of things. I don’t want to get political but it’s nice not having guns in school. That’s a very nice thing for the children.”
Oof. That shouldn’t even be considered a political statement. If all our politicians were human beings, and they were willing to both fight for and help spread the message of common sense gun safety reforms, just enough to keep our children safe from automatic weapons and the mentally unstable wielding them…
It’s crazy this is an issue parents have to decide on. “Will my kids grow up with an accent?” “Will the schools in this area give them the best chance for success?” “What are the odds the children will be shot in their classroom?” Heartbreaking.
You can listen to Josh’s full interview HERE.
[Image via Vanity Fair/YouTube.]
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