Bush star Gavin Rossdale has opened up about his approach to parenting.
Gavin Rossdale is “careful not to push” music on his children.
The 59-year-old star – who has Kingston, 19, Zuma, 16, and Apollo, 11, with his ex-wife Gwen Stefani – has revealed that he wants his kids to find their own path in life.
Gavin – who also has Daisy, 36, with Pearl Lowe – told Us Weekly: “I’m really careful not to push. I’m their dad — father, not friend.
“Now, if they discover it independently, that’s when it’s, like, I don’t want it to suck.”
Gavin actually joked that he’s no longer the best singer in his own house.
He said: “What happens with me now in my house [is] they’ll play their songs — what they’re doing.
“Kingston will do that — play an amazing song. Zuma has begun recording — he’s out of control. I’m not even the best singer in my house anymore. It’s super annoying.
“So, I take pride in listening to everything they’re doing and not sharing anything that I’m doing with them.”
Despite this, Gavin’s kids are already fans of his music.
Gavin – who is best known as the lead singer of the band Bush – shared: “So I put it together and my son Zuma came in. He goes, ‘What you working on?’ I was like, ‘Check it out.’ And I did think he’d be impressed.
“This is why I don’t do this stuff normally. So I played it. I said, ‘Yeah, just put this together, no big.’ He goes — and he’s [giving] me the poo face — he goes, ‘You’re not putting that out, are you?’ I said, ‘Well, I was thinking of it. Why, is there something particularly wrong with it?’ He goes, Machinehead is legendary. I dunno about that.’ And then left the room. Destroyed me. Killed me.”
Meanwhile, Gavin previously admitted that he tries to cherish the time he spends with his kids.
He told E News! in 2022: “I think it’s all about just the time you spend with them. It’s just unfortunate sometimes they have school and they have to be elsewhere. Everything is better when they’re there.”
Gavin Rossdale ‘won’t push music on his kids’
