Jason Bateman has opened up about an uncomfortable chat he once had with his daughter about sex.
For many parents, there comes a point when they feel they need to sit down with their children and have *that* conversation.
Bateman has now shared that when the discussion came around, he leaned on an unusual comparison to help explain what happens.
The 58-year-old appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he looked back on the awkward exchange with his 14-year-old daughter, Maple.
“I did ask her how that’s going [and] does she have any questions or is she all up to date ’cause I didn’t want to tell her anything that I don’t need to, you know,” Jason began.
He suggested his daughter may have realised he was uneasy, and decided not to make it easy for him.
“Maybe she sensed that this was an uncomfortable area for me. So, I think she played dumb and she’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m not positive on a bunch of stuff.’”
Bateman said he expected Maple to stop him before he got too far into the details, but that never happened, leaving him to keep going through his explanation.
“I did find myself getting to the portion of, um, when the release happens, right? Which is a necessary component,” he continued.
He admitted there was one word in particular he was determined not to use while talking to his daughter.
“You don’t want to be saying the word ‘ejaculate’ to your daughter, right? That’s not a great term. There’s a lot of description with that that I didn’t want to get into.”
Instead, he opted for a strange metaphor — describing it as the moment the ‘penis screams’.
“I said, ‘When the male member is inside of the woman’s member, it’s so lovely, there is so much love,’” he said.
“To avoid that term, I said, ‘The penis just screams and it’s the equivalent of the penis just yelling, “I love you!” And it yells the love into the woman and then you get you, baby.’”
Bateman added that even thinking back on it was enough to make him feel uncomfortable all over again.
The actor shares Maple and their older daughter, Francesca, 19, with his wife, actor and producer Amanda Anka.
The couple have been married since 2001. They first met as teenagers, stayed friends for about a decade, and later began a relationship.
Bateman has previously spoken publicly about how much his family means to him. In 2019, while accepting a SAG Award for his work on Ozark, he thanked them for standing by him.
“Without you, none of it would be enjoyable and it probably wouldn’t be possible,” he said.
“I love you more than I even tell you I do.”