Clara McGregor Had to Watch Dad Ewan’s Nude Scenes in High School: ‘It Was Uncomfortable’
Clara McGregor has recalled an “uncomfortable” moment when she had to watch her father Ewan McGregor’s n**e scenes in her high school cla*s.
“When I was in high school, I took a gender studies cla*s,” she began during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” with her father, who covered his face with his hand, Wednesday.
“My professor came to me towards the end of the semester and said, ‘Listen, there’s a film that I usually teach, it’s part of the curriculum, your dad is in it. There’s some nudity, so I wanted to introduce it to you before watching it in cla*s.’
The “Birthday Cake” star, 28, said she told the teacher everything was “fine” and didn’t think much further about the subject.
“So we watched the movie called ‘The Pillow Book,’ which is a brilliant movie,” she added.
“But watching this movie at 17 with your whole high school cla*s, it was more like they were watching me watch this movie, which was really interesting.”
After host Jimmy Kimmel asked the “Doctor Sleep” actor if he appeared naked in the film, he replied, “A lot.”
“Naked from the front, all the time,” Clara added.
Ewan, 52, said the teacher also contacted him by email before showing the film to the cla*s.
“I said to myself, ‘Look, I wouldn’t want to be the reason why you don’t show this movie to your kids because it’s a beautiful movie,'” he recalls.
“But I said, ‘You have to make sure the kids are mature enough not to make fun of Clara or make her feel bad about it.'”
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Although no one teased her, Clara said the whole thing “was uncomfortable.”
“I think they probably felt a little uncomfortable too,” she admitted.
In addition to Clara, Ewan is also father to Esther, 22, Jamyan, 22, and Anouk, 12, with his ex-wife Eve Mavrakis, to whom he was married from 1995 to 2020.
In 2016, the “Moulin Rouge” star met his current wife, Mary Elizabeth Winstead — four years before her divorce from Mavrakis — on Season 3 of “Fargo.”
Winstead, 39, and Ewan played love interests on the hit FX series.
The couple married in April 2022 after welcoming son Laurie in June 2021.
Clara previously called Winstead “trash” amid rumors that her father cheated on her mother.
She later told The Times in August 2018 that her comments were not “the most mature way to go,” but that she was “angry and upset.”
“There was a lot to prepare for and a lot to deal with – without making excuses or anything – but, yeah, it wasn’t my best moment,” the actress confessed.