Naomi Watts was on Jimmy Kimmel last night and she told a cute story about how when she was flying first class on a 14 hour flight her seven month-old son, Alexander, was screaming for a full 40 minutes. She said people were standing up glaring at her, and that they were probably pissed because they spent 30-40 grand on a flight and had to listen to her baby crying. Watts she solved it by putting him “on the boob,” and Kimmel quipped that the boob would calm any guy down.
Kimmel asked Watts to name all the places that little Alexander has been so far and she listed off the countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, Lithuania, Germany and Italy, but said she wasn’t proud that she had to travel so much. Watts then said that she has a great nanny, Carmen, and wanted to say hi to her on the air. I thought that was really nice of her to acknowledge that she has help. Then she joked that Carmen told her she has a big ass:
She’s very helpful and she’s very good, but she calls it like it is and today she told me I had a big ass…
Do you think that’s too much, do you think I should fire her?
She just said you had a big ass? She said it in English or maybe there was a translation thing? Why would she say that to you?
Because I do have a big ass. She’s got no ass. So she always just says things like that.
You know what I’d do? Just cut a dollar per hour off her pay. It’s not drastic, but you let her know that’s not acceptable.
Do you think I’ve got a big ass? [Gets up and shows Kimmel her ass, shakes it]
No I don’t think you’ve got a big ass… you’ve got almost no ass. Is your nanny anorexic by any chance?
No, she’s got a big gut.
She’s not at home with the baby right now? [Naomi laughs]
[Transcribed from video of Naomi Watts’ appearance on Jimmy Kimmel, 3/11/08]
Watts was on to promote her new film, Funny Games, which is an English-language remake of a German film about a family on vacation who get taken hostage and tortured by two sadistic sociopaths. She told Kimmel that the film was a commentary on violence on screen, which the director strives to make the audience conscious of. It been called “an intellectual study of the horror genre,” and “forceful, unforgettable, and thought-provoking.” Critic Eric Snider says that “The purpose of Funny Games is to provoke and disturb the audience. It does this so well that you may not be able to watch it.” The film is out in limited released in the US on March 14.
Naomi Watts is shown on Bondi Beach on February 18th, and I would bet that’s her nanny Carmen with her. It sounds like she was joking with the big ass comment. Thanks to Splash News for these pictures.
Here are the videos of Watts on Jimmy Kimmel
Naomi Watts on Jimmy Kimmel Part 1
Naomi Watts on Jimmy Kimmel Part 2
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