Some of us at Mamarazzi are really good at keeping up with the times. Others of us are really only fully aware of a celebrity's existence when he or she has been around long enough to be designated an "icon," a "legend of the silver screen," or a "dinosaur."
This is because some of us are ... well, not to put too fine a point on it ... young. While others of us are not.
But there's one thing that unites the Mamarazzi mothers. We are all keenly aware of the many, many occasions when we have embarrassed our children to death. (The kids don't even have to be in their sullen, teen-aged years. They can still be little kids--just little kids who want to look cool.)
When you're iconic screen dinosaur Jodie Foster's son, life is undoubtedly a little ... weird. What with his rumored lesbian grandmother, his mother's long-term companion, and the utter lack of a daddy, normalcy must at times seem an impossible dream.
Therefore, I rejoiced when two-time Academy Award nominee and Yale graduate Jodie Foster demonstrated that she too, is a Dorky Mom.
Recently, at the The University of Pennsylvania's 250th commencement, Foster had the bad judgement to channel Eminem.
Now, somewhere out there, little eight-year-old Charlie "One Shot" Foster is probably shuddering.
But here at Mamarazzi, we would like to assure him that it's not so bad. Sure, your middle-aged white mother is singing hip hop. In public. But guess what? That makes you normal. You're not a normal American child until you're writhing in agony over some dumb thing your mother does.
So embrace the humiliation. Get to know it. Because in a perfect world, children would get to know the Silence of the Mom(s). But this isn't a perfect world.
Welcome to the real world, Charlie.
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