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“Having children makes your life better, plain and simple.” Brendan Fraser He said Red book In 2008. Although Brendan faced many successes and failures, he always had three people by his side: his sons, Griffin Fraser, Holden Fraser, and Leland Fraser. With Brendan receiving an Oscar nomination for his comeback film in 2022, Piscesdirected by darren aronofsky, The world has reacquainted itself with the ’90s heartthrob and the children he helped raise.
Holden and Leland were in attendance at one of their father’s biggest accomplishments at the 95th Academy Awards. Brendan’s two sons and his girlfriend joined him, Jane Mooreon the red carpet before the March 2023 event in Los Angeles. Considering how they supported Brendan at other shows and award shows, they wouldn’t have missed his big night for anything in the world.
Brendan’s three sons congratulated him on his Oscar nomination with an unexpected bonus! “My kids surprised me with cake and balloons. They snuck into the house, and they had a plan,” Brendan said. additional. “That and the feeling of sharing that moment with my loved ones is now one of my core memories.”
Brendan shares his children with his ex-wife, Afton Smith. Brendan and Afton (a former actress turned writer) were married from 1998 to 2008. In 2018, Brendan said GQ His children live with their mother in Greenwich, Connecticut, a short distance from his home in Bedford, New York. “They’re here all the time,” he said.
Here’s what you need to know about Brendan Fraser’s children!
Griffin Fraser
Griffin was born Arthur Fraser in 2002. “Griffin is classified on the autism spectrum,” Brendan said in a 2018 interview. GQ. “Well, he needs more love in the world, and he gets it. And his brothers, ever since they were little, one of them has always been the spokesman, and the other has been the enforcer.”
Griffin, according to his father, “is a cure for everyone he meets, I’ve noticed. People have some rough edges to them. Or he just makes them, I don’t know… put things into sharper relief and maybe find a way to get more sympathy. They don’t put themselves first so much around him.”
Brendan spoke more about his eldest son V interview Chat magazine with Freddie Prinze Jr “I have three kids. My oldest son, Griffin, has special needs. He’s autistic. He just turned 20. He’s a big kid. He’s six-foot-five. He’s got big hands and feet, and a big body. I completely understand what it’s like to be close to someone who’s obese. And because of the beauty of his spectrum — call it a disorder if you will, I beg to differ — he knows nothing about sarcasm.”
“He doesn’t know what sarcasm is,” Fraser continued. “You can’t insult him. He can’t insult you. He’s the happiest person, and he’s also a manifestation of the love in my life and the lives of so many others. Being with my kids and their mother and our family has given me such love that if I need to hold onto something of value to try to translate that into what’s important to[Brendan’scharacterin[Brendan’scharacterinPisces] Charlie, I didn’t have to look far.
Holden Fraser
Holden Fletcher Fraser was born in 2004. He accompanied Brendan to a movie screening in New York City. Pisces In November 2022 and he was already taller than his famous father.
In 2008, Brendan said Red book About something Holden said. “One day, when my 4-year-old saw a flowering tree and said, ‘Daddy, it’s raining petals,’” Fraser said, “it was this poetry that melted my heart into a soft, delicious piece of candy.”
At the time, the Fraser children knew nothing about Brendan’s career. “They don’t know,” he said. Red book. “They’re 5, 4 and 2, so they love SpongeBob SquarePants even more. When I say I’m going to work and they ask what it means, I’ll show them a picture of me flying through the air with a monster. They’ll say, ‘Cool,’ and that’s it. To them, I’m just the guy who brings them pirate swag when they’re hungry.”
Leland Fraser
Leland Francis Fraser was born in 2006, making him the youngest. Like his brothers, Leland grew up out of the public eye.
Brendan described Leyland as a “professional fire stopper” during a 2010 appearance The Rachael Ray Showper the people. “It goes through brushes and thorns and comes out on the other side scratched and smiling. It’s all good!”
Fraser also talked about how devoted he is to his children in a 2010 interview with Parade magazine. “I always hug them and kiss them whether they like it or not. I tell them, ‘Come here, and you blow raspberries on them.’ That’s what I do.”
He added: “It makes my heart stop beating for a moment when I think that my children might be exposed to any kind of danger.” “I mean, it really scares me. Of course, I would do everything I could to save them. What parent wouldn’t do that? I would throw myself in front of a train if I had to for their well-being. That doesn’t mean you can protect them from everything, but you have to try.”
