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Don Johnson cut his daughter Dakota Johnson when he was still a teenager.
THE Knives Out star, 71, who has five children – Dakota, 31, Jesse, 38, Grace, 21, Jasper, 18, and Deacon, 14 – from various relationships revealed that they all have the option of being helped financially on one condition.
“We have a rule in the family that, you know, if you stay in school, you stay on the payroll. So, you go to college, you manage to stay on the payroll,” explained Don in Dawn with Seth Meyers.
He continued: “Towards the end of high school, I went to [Dakota] and I said, ‘So, do you want to visit some colleges?’ Or something like this. And she said, ‘Oh, no. I am not going to college. ‘”
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“I said, ‘OK, do you know what that means? You won’t be on the payroll anymore,'” recalled the actor. He went on to ask Dakota how she was going to “get by.”
Dakota replied, “Don’t worry about it” and when Don asked for details, she offered none.
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The father of five, then, proudly shared that the actress had been cast for The social network three weeks after the conversation.
“And the rest is, say, cinema history,” said Don.
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“She doesn’t really call me for advice,” added Johnson. “She calls me to say, ‘Wow, I would like to see you, but I have three pictures that I am taking at the same time.’