Keira Knightley admits she’s backtracked on controversial choice to ban her daughters from watching Disney films

Keira Knightley has admitted she has backtracked on her controversial choice to ban her daughters from watching Disney films because she found them too patriarchal.

The actress, 39, is married to musician James Righton, 41, and the couple share children Edie, nine, and Delilah, four.

In 2018, she made headlines for her shocking decision to ban her from the films and there was a huge backlash over her revelation

At the time, she said it didn’t sit well with her because the female characters are always “rescued by men.”

But in a candid new interview with Vanity fair where she discussed her parenting style, she said her old-time rule has now gone out the window.

She said: ‘Yes, Covid has ruined all my ideas. Edie, the eldest, watched everything.’

Keira added that her eldest is already aware of calling out outdated gender stereotypes in some Disney films.

She said, ‘Oh yeah, she’s big on that. She has the feminist point. She was all like, ‘Why is it always the princess who gets saved by someone?’.

“And I replied, ‘Because it was written at the time, and it’s completely ridiculous because you’re going to save yourself.’

She also spoke to the publication about what kind of mother she was. She said she is “very loving,” but sometimes she likes the call from all the parents.

Keira explained, “I can get angry. It’s a shame, isn’t it?, but you know, I’m human, and sometimes I scream. But when I do, I always try to apologize so they learn that it’s okay to say sorry and that we still love each other.”

For the magazine shoot, she looked stunning in a series of chic ensembles as she posed up a storm.

In 2018, Keira revealed that she banned her daughter Edie from watching Disney classics Cinderella and Little Mermaid because the characters were “saved by men.”

During an appearance on Ellen, the movie star proved to be a doting mother through everything, as she insisted she would support her daughter in “anything she wants to do” with her future career.

She also said: ‘She is forbidden to watch Cinderella because the film is about waiting for a rich man to save her – no, save yourself!

‘She shouldn’t watch Little Mermaid either – don’t give up your voice for a man! But I do like the songs,” she added.

Earlier this summer, Keira, who has struggled with dyslexia since the age of six, revealed that her daughter has also been diagnosed with dyslexia.

Speaking about the way she memorizes her lines, the actress said, “I still find reading very difficult.

‘It really bounces [the text] but basically I record it and listen to it, and listen to it, and that’s how I learn it.

“But now we have a dyslexic child and she does the same thing, and her memory is absolutely amazing.”

Keira has two daughters and shares insight into the condition, which causes problems with reading, writing and spelling.

Speaking Ruthie’s table 4 podcast on iHeart Radio, the couple did not specify which child was diagnosed with the condition, but did say of their daughter, “She will be looking at books and have memorized the book and it’s amazing.”

Keira was recently filming the new Netflix thriller Black Doves alongside Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire.

Set against the backdrop of London, the upcoming Netflix thriller Black Doves introduces Keira Knightley’s character, Helen Webb, a smart, level-headed and devoted wife and mother – who also happens to be a professional spy.

For ten years, Helen has been secretly leaking her politician husband’s secrets to the clandestine organization she serves, the Black Doves, a revelation that paves the way for a thrilling story.

When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is murdered, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Sarah), enlists Helen’s old friend to protect her.

Sam Young (Ben) is a friendly, champagne-drinking hitman. But after being out of the game since a failed job with disastrous consequences, he has come home to a London that has moved on without him.

As his past threatens to catch up with him, it is his job to protect Helen as she investigates who killed Jason and why.

Together they embark on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy.

One that connects London’s dark underworld to a looming geopolitical crisis – and leads them to question the costs of the moral choices they’ve made.

The Netflix series is written by Joe Barton and Keira is listed as an executive producer.

Amid the January strikes by writers and actors in America, sparked by the studio’s use of AI to replace human actors, Keira revealed she plans to copyright her face.

She said, “Right now, for actresses, it’s all about the voice, and they’re trying to protect the voiceover industry.

‘I don’t know why that is, but I know this is the negotiation. But I imagine the next step will be copyrighting my face.

“AI has the potential to be catastrophic and I hope governments step in and regulate it,” she added.

Studios like Amazon, Netflix and Apple propose using AI to replace humans with digital scans where an actor’s likeness can be superimposed on a stunt double.

Hollywood actors and writers united in their first ‘double strike’ in more than 60 years, vowing to protect every worker in the industry from being replaced by AI.