Rosario Dawson plans to lick her children as punishment.
Rosario Dawson intends to be a mom one day, but when her little ones do naughty things, the actress says she doesn’t believe in yelling — just torturing with her tongue.
“I think licking is a really great way of disciplining your child. It’s definitely a lot better than screaming at them,” Dawson told Tarts while promoting her new indie flick Explicit Ills which explores the somber state of the American health care system. “My mom did it to me for punishment, she loves to say that I came [from her] so she can do anything that she wants to me in public. If I was acting out or talking up or just being a precocious child as I was she would lick me and my face in front of all her friends.”
Speaking of her mom, Dawson is experiencing the ills of the hospital system away from the lights and cameras as well.
“My mom got struck by a car several years ago and is still sustaining the injuries,” she said. “She is diabetic and asthmatic which came a lot from being in New York City during 9/11 and going and volunteering and helping out and just seeing the catastrophe of so many people who got sick then who are still not being helped in the proper ways.”
The 29-year-old is so passionate about pushing for improvements that she and her fellow cast and crew ran the risk of being put in the pokey. Literally.
“The amazing thing is that we actually did the March at the end of the film for real — it was the only thing that we didn’t have permits for,” Dawson added. “So we just went out and hoped we wouldn’t get arrested.”
