James Van Der Beek Reveals The 1 Reason He Won't Let His Kids Watch 'Dawson's Creek'
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The actor got candid about his '90s teen drama while on "The View."
You don’t have to wait for your life to be over to hear how James Van Der Beek feels about his kids watching him in the 1998 teen drama “Dawson’s Creek.”
In a pretaped episode of “The View” that aired Dec. 4, the actor shared his thoughts on letting his children see his early acting work.
Guest host Abby Huntsman, a super fan of the show, couldn’t resist asking: “Do you let your kids watch the show?”
“I do not,” he stated. “It’s a great show, I love the show, I think other kids can watch it. I don’t think my kids need to watch their dad pretend to go through puberty. That’s my stance on it.”
Huntsman also referenced the infamous “crying Dawson meme,” a reaction shot from the show that became iconic online. In 2021, TV critic Sarah D. Bunting told Vox that the meme was on the “Mount Rushmore of GIFs.” The image was also previously associated with broken URLs on the Huffington Post (now HuffPost).