If there’s one thing we love about Denzel Washington and his wife, Pauletta, is that they’ve managed to stay genuinely in love and keep their family in tact, in spite of the rapid Hollywood divorce rates that exist among their peers. After seeing what one of their 4 children, John David Washington, has just revealed about his moms, we love them even more now. Mrs. Washington apparently put actor, Donald Glover a.k.a. rapper Childish Gambino, in a headlock at a public event and it had us crackin’ up at the visual of it all.
(VIDEO) John David Washington Explains Why Mom Put Glover In Headlock
In case y’all haven’t heard by now, Denzel’s son can act. He’s best known for his current role on the popular HBO series, “Ballers,” starring alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. At the present moment, John David is promoting his new film, “BlacKkKlansman.” It was during a recent promo stop to the “James Corden on The Late Late Show,” that he revealed what his moms did Donald Glover (see below video).
According to John, Pauletta got a wee-bit overzealous when she saw one of her favorite rappers at the Cannes Film Festival after-party. Her son’s film had just won the ‘Grand Jury Prize’ after debuting at Cannes and therefore, Mrs. Denzel was apparently overjoyed and slightly full of some feel good juice at that moment, as she celebrated with her son. Here’s what John David said happened next though:
“We’re at the after party. We’re feeling good after a standing ovation and all that, everybody’s loving the film, so we’re dancing, we’re on tables, we’re drinking, cheers-ing. Donald Glover comes in. … So I’m like, ‘Mom look, there’s Donald Glover.’ He just came off that big song he had, ‘This Is America.’
So she goes over there and started, like, chokeholding him [and saying] in his ear, ‘You knocked it out, boy.’ Just started stroking his fro ever so lightly, like this. And I try to break them up, like ‘I’m sorry Donald.’… He was cool about it. But I like literally tried to break them [apart], like, ‘Ma, stop, please.’ So my brother ended up taking her home because she was partying like a rock star.”
See what else he said in the video below:
Well, you can’t knock Pauletta for being in fan-mode that evening, Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” has been like the hottest thing since sliced bread lately and understandably so. The brotha managed to create music with a purpose, in the midst of the unimpressive hot garbage that is largely classified as hip hop today.
So, like Pauletta Washington, we respect Donald Glover/Childish Gambino for staying in his lane and broadening the minds of the younger generation through his art. Although, I must admit that his name switch-a-roo can get a tad-bit confusing at times. Like…how do we know when to address him as Donald and when to be like, ‘Yo whadup Childish?’ Who knows? At any rate, it’s cool that Pauletta enjoys toastin’ it up with her son in celebration of his hard work. Speaking of John’s parents, it’s also pretty interesting to see his legendary pops, Denzel, rap the lyrics to a Cardi B. song.
I guess the Old School saying rings true, when it comes to Mr. and Mrs. Washington: “Age Ain’t Nuthin’ But A Number.” Well…not in the way Aaliyah and R. Kelly referred to in the 90’s…but in the hip-hop-meets-63-year-old-everlasting-love sorta way.
