Molly Ringwald hesitates to show her old films to her “awake” daughter

• Molly Ringwald has said she is hesitant to share her beloved ’80s films with her young children.
• The actress said her “awake” 12-year-old daughter could see them as “disturbing” or problematic.
• “I just don’t know how I’m going to get through this,” she told Andy Cohen on SiriusXM.

Molly Ringwald has starred in some of the most iconic teenage dramas of all time, but she worries her children will find them “unsettling.”

The actor is best known for a trio of films directed by John Hughes: “Sixteen Candles” in 1984, “The Breakfast Club” in 1985 and “Pretty in Pink” in 1986.

Now a mother of three, Ringwald told Andy Cohen on SiriusXM that she didn’t “find the strength” to share her famous roles with her two youngest children, twins Roman and Adele.

“My 12-year-old daughter Adele is the most alert person you’ve ever met,” Ringwald said. “I don’t know how I’m going to get through this, you know, looking at him with her and [her] saying, ‘How could you do that? How could you be a part of something that? ‘”

Ringwald said there were “elements” in these films that she now considered homophobic, but also described their moral value as “complicated.”

“On the other hand, these are also people who feel like strangers. So they talk to a lot of people,” she said. “I feel like that’s what makes movies so wonderful.”

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“This is also something I wanted to talk about officially – the elements that I find disturbing and that I want to change for the future – but that does not mean at all that I want them to be erased”, a she continued. “I am proud of these films and have great affection for them.”

Ringwald had previously watched “The Breakfast Club” with his eldest daughter, Mathilda, 17, who was 10 at the time. She wrote about the “surreal” experience in an essay for The New Yorker, who also acknowledged how sexist or problematic the film can be viewed amid the #MeToo movement.

“It was such a moving experience that I couldn’t find the strength to watch it with my two other children,” Ringwald told Cohen.

Last month, she described the experience with Mathilda as “exhausting” in an interview with Newsweek.

However, she also said Roman and Adele “keep asking” to watch the movies.

“I really think I have to do this or else I’m going to miss my window,” Ringwald said.

The next day, she posted a photo on Instagram of Adele watching “Pretty in Pink,” captioning “First time. She’s #teamduckie.”