James Van Der Beek, the actor who played Dawson Leery in Dawson’s Creek, surprised fans by revealing that he forbids his children from watching the hit series.
The 47-year-old actor appeared on The View last Wednesday and revealed that he refuses to let his six children – Olivia (14 years old), Joshua (12 years old), Annabel (10 years old), Emilia (8 years old), Gwen (6 years old), and Jeremiah (3 years old) – watch Dawson’s Creek.
“I don’t [let them]. It’s a great show, I love the show, and I think other kids can watch it. I just don’t think my kids need to watch their dad pretend to go through puberty. That’s my take on it,” he said during the program.
“It was a very well-intentioned show, with people really trying to do the right thing and speaking incredibly eloquently about how they were trying to do the right thing. I think that seed of good intentions comes through.”
Dawson’s Creek aired from 1998 to 2003 and launched the careers of Van Der Beek and his co-stars: Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, and Michelle Williams.
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