Last week, we had Brad coming clean about force feeding his kiddies coke, and now George is spilling his beans about verbally abusing children. Lord, campaigning for Oscars is rough.
At least George can see that his dubious parenting skills wouldn't be appreciated by any prospective offspring: "I love the 1962 drama To Kill A Mockingbird and I put it on in my screening room for them (some kids he just happened to have in his house) but all the children began complaining it was in black and white and would be boring. So I said to them: 'Shut the f**k up!' That's why I shouldn't be a parent."
The Oscar-nominated Descendants star admits that his lack of paternal ways even extends to his movies. Speaking at yesterday's pre-Oscars lunch, the Daily Star reports him as saying: "I've played a parent quite a few times and I worked with a lot of kids on ER. A lot of the child actors had over-moussed hair and one little s**t wouldn't even rehearse with me."
He would, however, be willing to adopt: "I want to adopt Shailene (Woodley), his Descendants co-star) because she's 20 and smart, and I figure she has a big career ahead and can sup-port me. So, I'm looking to adopt very successful people."