Zoë Kravitz had a lot of nice things to say about her rock star dad Lenny Kravitz at his Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling on Tuesday (March 12). According CNNThe Batman The actress opened up by sweetly saying that “being your daughter has been one of the great adventures of my life.”
Noting that her dad was just 24 when he and ex Lisa Bonet welcomed her into the world, Zoë, 35, joked that “in a lot of ways, we've grown up together… We've been through a lot. We've seen a lot. I've seen a lot. I've seen you change in the most beautiful ways, I've seen the way you've stayed the same in the most important ways.”
And then, the “Are You Gonna Go My Way” rocker's only child cracked the jokes, so many jokes, many of them about Lenny's characteristic prickly sensibility. “I've seen the way you show up, you look after the people you love – I've seen your incredible dedication to your art, but most of all, I've seen it through your shirts,” he said. “According to my dad, if it doesn't expose your nipples, it's not a shirt.”
That's fine for concerts and awards, but Zoë said it was a little embarrassing when her dad wore those shiny t-shirts to school pick-up. “But I have to say, at this point, I respect it,” he said. “You really make it. Your relationship with the knit shirt is probably your longest and it works.”
The Big Little Lies The star also agreed that it is indeed “great” to have “such a cool dad”, though not for the reasons you might think. “What's cool about you isn't what people think is cool about you. Your cuteness doesn't come from your shades or leather pants or knit shirts. It comes from your true love of life,” she said, also praising her dad's music, lyrics, live performances, homes, love of food, family, good conversation, silly jokes, dancing parties and late night conversations in the kitchen.
“You devour life. You eat every crumb and lick the plate,” he said. “Life is your art and that's why your music is so inspiring and important.”
Lenny's daughter wasn't the only one to take a gentle rib on the 59-year-old ab-tastic rock icon. His longtime friend actor Denzel Washington read a definition of “friendship” during the ceremony, telling the crowd: “I looked it up, Webster's, A person one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive sexual relations,” Washington said, according to EW.
The Equalizer 3 The star glanced at his friend and added, “Well…,” with the audience and Kravitz reportedly taking issue with the implication of a closer relationship. Washington also got serious, saying, “He's more than a friend, more than a brother. We're twins, we just don't look alike. We have a close brotherly friendship for… 30 years… We have been tied together for a long time, close friends, we are brothers. I love Lenny Kravitz like I've never loved any other brother in my life. Less is more, Leonard Albert Kravitz”.
Watch the ceremony below — Zoë starts at 8:25, Washington at 1:25.
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