Varun Dhawan Says Wife Natasha 'Does Everything' For Baby Lara: 'I'm Just Enjoying Playing With Her'
Varun Dhawan has opened up about his fatherhood journey. In a recent chat with ETimes, Varun Dhawan said that after a child is born, mothers initially do everything and fathers step in later and become useful. Varun Dhawan said that he is still learning how to be a good father to his daughter, Lara Dhawan.
Varun said, 'I'm still figuring it out. Like how responsible I have to be, or how much of a kid I can still be or can be… I think men tend to go through this. Right now, Natasha is doing everything, and I have to give her credit. The woman does practically everything initially, and the man then comes in and becomes useful."
'I'm just enjoying playing with her. Being a dad is a lot of fun right now, and every day I'm trying to be a better dad… I don't think I'm there yet. I do watch TV at a really low volume now, else my wife will throw me out of the house," he added.
Varun and Natasha welcomed their first child together, baby girl Lara, in June 2024. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor spoke about embracing parenthood. He said, 'I think when any individual, any man, becomes a parent, for the mother it is a different experience; I feel she becomes a tigress; that moment only something happens."
He added, 'But, as a man, I'd say that when we become parents, for some reason, you feel protection towards your daughter. I am sure you feel for sons also but towards the daughter… If anyone causes even so much (little) harm to her, I'd kill them. I am dead serious when I say that. Literally, I'd kill them."
On the work front, Varun Dhawan was last seen in Baby John. He will be next seen in Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, Bhediya 2, and Border 2.
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