“It was so scary.” Jessica Alba says she cried the day she realized her daughter was taller than her

There are parents who cry the day their child takes their first steps, others the day they start school. For Jessica Alba, that was the day she realized her oldest daughter was taller than her. In the video published this Thursday, June 20, we see how the actress participates in the “My Life in Pictures” game for the magazine. People. Through his photos, the famous person reviews the important events of his life. One of the characters introduced to the actress, who is currently filming Hit replybroadcast on Netflix from June 21, specifically made him react. The photo is from 2020. It shows Jessica Alba and her daughter Honor, then 12, back to back. It is clear that despite her young age, the daughter surpasses her mother. And yet, this image shocked the main stakeholder. “It was during Covid, our friends were there, they were having a baby, and my friend said to me: “Honor is above you,” he recalled. Confident, the star Sin city says he answered. “No, he’s not taller than me.” He continues to say that his friend then insisted, asking them to stand back to back before taking a photo. “And I started to cry,” she admits. “I remember saying: “Oh my God, you’re bigger than me,” she says, miming herself crying. I’m crying just thinking about it.”

“It’s my birthday too.”

Why did this photo move Jessica Alba so much? “It was so scary because he’s my baby, how come he’s older than me? he explains. It was a tough pill to swallow.” Since then, the actress has gotten used to her daughter, who is now 1.80m tall, towering over her who is barely 1.70m tall. But this difference seems to amuse his offspring. “Now he puts his elbow on my shoulder and says, ‘Hey mom,'” says the 43-year-old actress. To which he answers in the form of authority. “Don’t do it. I’m still your boss, I’m responsible for you, baby.’ “It’s sad,” Jessica Alba says of her daughter growing up. It’s great, but it’s unpleasant.”

Seriously, the actress explains that watching your children grow up is a particularly effective way to understand the passage of time. “You don’t really understand what time is until you see a little being go from a simple ball that can’t talk or do anything but be cute to a person who has opinions,” he says. : She then says that Honor, who celebrated her 16th birthday on June 7, refused to let her host her birthday party. “What do you mean? I gave birth to you, it’s my birth too,” he jokes with wide eyes.

16-year-old Honor is the eldest daughter of Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren. Together since 2004, the couple married in 2008. The couple then welcomed a second baby girl, Heine, born on August 13, 2011, followed by a baby boy, Hayes, on December 31, 2017.