Liev Schreiber has loads of pleasure for his daughter Kai, who he mentioned got here out as transgender with a easy request.
“The most profound moment was her asking us to change her pronouns,” the “Ray Donovan” star instructed Selection in an interview revealed Thursday.
The Emmy-nominated actor, 57, spoke about his help for his daughter forward of their joint attendance at Friday’s spring gala for the Ali Forney Heart, which works to help and supply shelter to homeless LGBTQ+ youth. He shares 16-year-old Kai and 17-year-old son Sasha with “Mulholland Drive” star Naomi Watts.
Schreiber, who mentioned “Kai was always who Kai is,” recalled that his daughter popping out as trans “didn’t feel like that big of a deal to me” as a result of she “had been so feminine for so long.” He praised her as “such a fighter” however didn’t specify when his daughter got here out.
Kai is a mannequin, who lately made her skilled debut in Valentino’s Fall Winter ’25 marketing campaign, based on her IMG Fashions profile. Although Schreiber mentioned Kai’s popping out was comparatively understated, he instructed the commerce outlet, “It’s important that she goes, ‘Hey, I am trans,’ and ‘Look at me.’”
Schreiber is the newest in a handful of celeb dads — together with former NBA star Dwyane Wade, and actors Marlon Wayans and Robert De Niro — who’ve publicly voiced help for his or her trans kids. Final week, “Raging Bull” star De Niro mentioned he “loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter,” after she went public together with her transition in an April interview with Them.
“I don’t know what the big deal is,” added De Niro, who shares Airyn with actor Toukie Smith. “I love all my children.”
Whereas some celebrities have detailed their experiences elevating trans children and supplied recommendation to different mother and father, Schreiber steered clear from doing the identical. “I don’t know the answer for your kid,” he instructed Selection, citing numerous elements together with a father or mother’s upbringing or a household’s spirituality or faith. He did provide a kernel of knowledge for folks to think about: “Teenagers are a headache. They’re hard.
Naomi Watts, right, with daughter Kai Schreiber at the March 2025 premiere of “The Friend” in New York.
(Evan Agostini / Invision / Related Press)
“It doesn’t matter whether they’re trans or not because you’ll come out of this,” he mentioned. “But a trans teen is going to be a teen. They’re such a pain so much of the time, and Kai is as feisty and outspoken as they come.”
Schreiber and Watts had been romantically linked from 2005 to 2016. Over time, the exes have individually introduced their kids to film premieres and hyped them up on social media.
