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Jason Bateman Shares Awkward ‘Birds-and-Bees’ Talk With 14-Year-Old Daughter on Kimmel

He said Maple “baited” him into explaining details using euphemisms.

Overview

  • Bateman described the conversation during a Feb. 26 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, calling the exchange “uncomfortable.”
  • He said he checked in after her school sex-education class, asking if she had questions because he did not want to offer more than necessary.
  • Bateman recalled that Maple “played dumb,” which he felt drew him into spelling out embarrassing specifics.
  • He avoided clinical terms such as “ejaculate,” instead using awkward metaphors including, “The penis just screams” and “yells the love.”
  • Coverage also notes his long marriage to Amanda Anka, their daughters Maple, 14, and Francesca, 19, and his earlier reflections on choosing sobriety around the time of their wedding.