Amanda Kloots, Jeff Goldblum
Victoria Sirakova;Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images(2)Amanda Kloots will not hesitate to give her son Elvis an inheritance when the time comes.
“My child gets everything I have,” Kloots, 42, explained on the Thursday, May 2, episode The conversation. “I have a child. He is my legacy. Every last dime, every penny, every penny will go to this boy so he can have everything he can have in his life.”
The host of the daytime talk show is currently raising 4-year-old Elvis as a single parent. Kloots’ late husband, Nick CorderoHe died in July 2022 from complications of COVID-19. He was 41.
While Kloots is willing to offer financial support to her only child, she also hopes to raise Elvis with a strong work ethic.
Perfect trio! Nick Cordero and his wife Amanda Kloots have been the cutest family of three since the birth of son Elvis. The couple met in 2014 while starring in Bullets Over Broadway. The Broadway stars got engaged in March 2017 and tied the knot the following September. Kloots gave birth to their first child together in June 2019. […]
“This doesn’t mean that I’m going to raise him to be lazy, but rather that I’m going to raise him not to learn, to pursue his dreams and to be a hustler,” she explained. “But he gets everything I worked for. I don’t want anyone else to have something like that.”
The conversation sparked after that Jeff Goldblum appeared on the April 30 episode of the “Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi” podcast. While discussing parenthood, the actor, who shares Charlie, 8, and River, 6, with his wife, speaks out Emilie Livingston – said he has no plans to financially support his children as they grow older.
“You have to row your own boat,” explained Goldblum, 71. “It’s important to teach kids. I won’t do it for you and you won’t want me to do it for you. You have to figure out what is wanted and needed and where that intersects with your love and passion and what you can do. And even if that’s not the case, you may still need to do that.”
When discussing Goldblum’s comments on The conversationCo-host Akbar Gbajabiamila believed that the actor and Kloots both had good arguments.
“I think everyone can be right in this situation because I like what Jeff says,” explained Gbajabiamila, 44. “I think the mentality is that you don’t want your child to think, ‘Oh, I have one safety net’ because that definitely breeds complacency. If they know, ‘Yo, I’m about to inherit all the money, I don’t have to do anything.’ But I think if you educate your children, nurture them and give them incentives, that’s a deadly combination for a successful person.”
Gbajabiamila remembers growing up with a father who told him when he was 18 that he was alone. Now he realizes: “My father would never have done that.”
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Cohost Sheryl Underwood ended the conversation by making it clear that she would accept any financial support from any relatives.
“I don’t have any children, but I will speak on behalf of everyone with the last name Underwood,” she joked. “You better leave me something.”
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