Jason Schwartzman first became a dad back in 2010 when his longtime girlfriend, Brady Cunningham, gave birth to a baby girl. Four years later, they welcomed another daughter.
And then in 2017, they welcomed a son together, and he has an interesting relationship with Jason.
During an interview with Today with Jenna & Friends, Jason revealed that his 8-year-old son has never called him dad. He’s only ever referred to him as Jason.
He’s never called me dad. Once ironically. To kind of be like, ‘Can I have it, Dad?’ But he’s always called me Jason ever since he was little. I love it. Because it’s always been that way, it’s so uniquely fully formed. It’s like, ‘Who is this person that just calls me Jason all that time?’ I’m so used to it now, but people in a public bathroom here and there, it looks a little odd.
It sounds a little odd, but hey, if it works for them! We do wonder how that even started though. We’re assuming his older kids call him dad, so why didn’t his son pick up on that when he was younger? How strange.
In any event, Jason and his partner Brady live a very private life with their family. They haven’t even revealed the names of their children publicly.
We respect that… even though it makes it harder to do our job.
