Joaquin Phoenix has just given a rare comment on his son with Rooney Mara

The actor revealed the personal belief that he will not "force" on his child.


There are someCelebrity couples you probably feel like if you know everything about - and that chances are thatRooney Mara andJoaquin Phoenix are not one of them. The pair of actors was together for five years after the first meeting on the whole ofHer In 2012, and they are very privatetheir relationship. Who understands their baby son,River, who is named after the end of Phoenix's brother. But in a new interview, Phoenix talked about his son and how he would not force one of his own decisions of life to him. Read on to see what theWalk on the lineStar had to say and hear what we know else on the intensely private family.

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Phoenix has been vegan all his life.

Joaquin Phoenix at the 2020 BAFTAs
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In an interview with 2019 withVanity fair, Phoenix explained thathe became vegan When he was three years after him and his brothers and sisters realized that the fish they ate had been alive. Shortly after, the whole family became vegan and Phoenix has been passionate about it since. InHis acceptance speech when he won the Oscar for the best actor forJoker In 2020, he talked about the rights of animals specifically while mentioning various injustices in the world.

He will not "force" his son of being vegan, though.

Joaquin Phoenix at the Venice Film Festival in 2019
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InA new interview with theSunday period (Via buzzfeed), Phoenix explained that while he hopes the river will want to be vegan, he will "force him" to go from this road. "I certainly hope that [is vegan], but I will not impose my belief on my child. I do not think it's true, "said the actor.

Phoenix explained that he will tell the truth about the truth about animals and where meat and other animal derived products come. "I will not indoctrinate it with the idea that McDonald has a good meal because there is nothing happy ****** of this meal, "he said."I will not tell him that it is correct to read books on all the wonderful small animals on the farm, and they say "Oink Oink Oink" and "Moo Moo Moooo" and do not tell him that's what 'A hamburger is.So I will not perpetuate the lie, but I will not force it either to be vegan. I will stand it. This is my plan. "

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Phoenix and Mara previously mentioned their son in an OP-ED on the separation of borders.

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Mara and Phoenix welcomed the river in September 2020. Two months later, they used their celebrity platform to talk about an important issue while making titles to talk about their baby for the first time.

TheCouple wrote an OP-ED forPeople About migrant children being separated from their families on the border, including 545 children whose parents were still not localized. "As new parents, he is unbearable to imagine what he wants to have our child kidnapped from us for a day, not to mention years," he wrote. "But it's the very situation of these 545 children and their living parents. As amenders, it's our responsibility to continue to pay attention to the fate of these families and to get answers for why they have Still not been localized. "

Mara spoke of another cause in honor of Mother's Day.

Rooney Mara at the 2020 BAFTAs
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Maratalked about his son in an open letter In connection with the agricultural sanctuary of Organization for Mother's Day. "As a new mother, the Mother's Day has taken a special meaning this year",Carol Star wrote, according toPeople. "Raising our baby, river, has opened my heart to a whole new life filled with hope and determination more than ever to create a more kind and more sustainable world. I feel so lucky to be able to feed my son in all ways Who planned, and I hope that all mothers of the kingdom of animals can discover this sacred maternal link with their young, devoid of human exploitation. "

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