Lilly Luhrmann; Baz Luhrmann.Photo: Richard Milnes/Shutterstock; Monica Schipper/WireImage
Baz Luhrmann’s daughter is recalling the first time she felt “something was a bit amiss” in terms of how her famous dad’s career became involved in her everyday life.
“I specifically remember there was a time where I was driving in the car and on the radio, this guy was like, ‘Today we’re gonnabe discussing, is Baz Luhrmann gay? Breaking news: [He and Martin, 58] sleep in two different bedrooms,’ " she went on.
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“I was like, ‘Um,’ " she said. “And that was the first time I felt … not embarrassed, but more just like, ‘Why are people talking about my dad? Why are they making fun?’ "
“And the kids at school were like, ‘Well, your parents sleep in two different bedrooms; your dad’s gay.’ I’m like, ‘Theyjust have different sleeping schedules!’ " Lilly said.
She made sure to note that she is “not traumatized for life” and has “gotten over” the incident, as there are “worse things to go through.”
“But I think was the first time I was ever aware something was a bit amiss,” Lilly added.
Baz Luhrmann.Mike Coppola/FilmMagic
Luhrmann, who married Martin in 1997, previously opened up to the Daily Mail Australia in 2014 about why he and his wife sleep separately.
“I was finding I was saying things in passing that weren’t properly thought through, things would become fraught,” Luhrmann added. “We both needed time to ourselves.”
That being said, the Australian filmmaker — who also shares son William, 17, with Martin — noted with a laugh that he and his wife “always do our Saturday night date.”
He alsotoldThe New York Timesin 2014 that he is an “insomniac” and “I do not sleep, no matter how many barbiturates are involved, so I work at night.” Martin then added, “I don’t lead a 9-to-5 existence, but those of us who make things or expect deliveries or work with people who put nails into pieces of wood, we tend to work from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Without my own bedroom, I’d have to kill him.”
TheElvisdirector shared a clip of Lilly’s podcast appearance on his Instagram Story on Thursday, writing, “Youthful, Helpful, Truthful, Love you.”
source: people.com
