Jason Bateman has shared the awkward but funny way he handled a sex-education chat with his 14-year-old daughter, including the unusual phrase he used to dodge one particular term.
For most families, sitting down for “the talk” is hardly anyone’s idea of an easy conversation. It can be uncomfortable for both the parent and the child, especially when both sides are trying to discuss sex openly without making the moment even more awkward than it already is.
That was exactly the situation Bateman found himself in when he decided to make sure his daughter understood the basics. The Ozark star said he wanted her to have the right information, but without volunteering more detail than necessary.
Speaking during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in February 2026, Bateman also touched on his work-related headlines, including his new HBO series DTF St. Louis and Netflix’s Black Rabbit, which drew major awards attention this season.
When the conversation turned to parenting, Bateman admitted he “didn’t want to tell her anything [he didn’t] need to,” while still hoping she was properly informed. He said he suspected his daughter realized the topic was a tough one for him and may even have leaned into that discomfort a bit by pretending not to know as much as she actually did.
Bateman continued: “I walked her through the steps you know, and kept waiting for her to cut me off like: “Hey, I got that part.” And she didn’t for the most part and I did find myself getting to the portion of um… I can tell you guys cos you’re not 13… But you know, when the release happens. Right? Which is a necessary component.”
Even though he knew that part of the explanation mattered, Bateman said there was one word he really did not want to say directly to his daughter.
However, despite how ‘necessary’ this part was to talk about, Bateman explains you just ‘don’t want to be saying the word ejaculate to your daughter’.
“There’s a lot of description that I don’t want to get into with that,” he added.
Instead, he came up with a far more theatrical way of describing what happens next.
“So what I did, I said, when the male member is inside of the woman’s member, I think… I said, it’s so lovely, there’s so much love […] I said to avoid that term, I said the penis just screams,” Bateman continues. “And it’s just the equivalent of the penis just yelling I love you. And then it yells the love into the woman and then you get you baby.”
The audience immediately burst into laughter, with Kimmel wrapping up the story by telling him: “You should write a children’s book.”