Giada De Laurentiis, star cook of the Food Network, gave an interview recently all about her daughter Jade, how she stays slim and what she’s like off camera.
So, what’s she like when there aren’t cameras around?
“I cuss a lot. People say to me, ├óΓé¼╦£A pretty girl like yourself and that mouth?!├óΓé¼Γäó I have a really bad potty mouth; there’s no question. I’ve had to try and scale it back because my daughter will copy everything.”
She has really beautiful skin. How does she do it?
“I keep my skin├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥especially on my face and neck├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥out of the sun. My brother died of melanoma eight years ago, and I’ve got SPF on all the time, 24-7. It makes you realize, the sun is a wonderful thing, but it can be a very devastating thing. So sunscreen is key, and a lot of laughter, too.”
Wonder how she feels in that skin?
“I├óΓé¼Γäóm comfortable in my own skin. I know I’m not going to ever be Cindy Crawford or Elle MacPherson. I want to tell Jade to enjoy every moment of life because it’s so fleeting and insecurity is such a waste of time.”
Another great way to be confident is to be in shape. What’s her secret for looking so good?
“I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything├óΓé¼┬ª Pasta doesn├óΓé¼Γäót make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.”
So who is her biggest influence? Her family!
“I├óΓé¼Γäóm a product of three people: my grandfather, who had the passion. His family owned a pasta factory in Naples before World War II, so he had a real passion for Italian food. My Aunt Raffy, who├óΓé¼Γäós on the show a lot, is the creative one. She brings me recipes from all over the world. And my mom. She had four children and had to get food on the table as quickly as possible. My mom [taught me] speed.”
Family, food and fitness.
Sounds like a good recipe for a great life!
[Image via Andres Otero/WENN.]
