Maya Hawke did not hold back during the visit The Tonight Show while discussing her family history with abortion in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to Roe v. Wade.
the strange things star, whose parents are Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, joined host Jimmy Fallon on the NBC late-night program on Tuesday and mentioned that she spoke to her mother in preparation for this tonight’s show look. Hawke explained that she and Thurman finally discussed the Washington Post opinion that Thurman wrote in September 2021 about an abortion the pulp fiction actress describes she had in her late teens.
“We just started talking about the Supreme Court ruling and this essay my mother wrote a few months ago when they placed these further restrictions on abortion access, and that preceded this whole thing,” Hawke, 23, recalled. “My mother wrote this very beautiful essay about her abortion that she did when she was very young, and about how if she did not have it, she would not have become the person she became, and I would not it does not exist, and how both my parents’ lives would have been totally derailed if she had not had access to safe and legal health care – fundamental health care. ”
Hawke continued, “Of course rich people will always be able to have abortions, but so many people, as a result of this ruling this week, will not only not be able to pursue their dreams, but will actually lose their lives and be unsafe. And I just wanted to say that, like, fuck the Supreme Court. ”
After the crowd applauded the message, which had an express whistle when it was broadcast on TV, Fallon repeatedly told her with a smile, “You can say it absolutely.”
Hawke replied: “Can I say fuck the Supreme Court? Oh fuck the Supreme Court. I rock on. ” While Fallon laughed, Hawke followed up with, “But we’re going to keep fighting, and we’re going to win, like our grandmothers did.”
This led to Fallon telling her, “I appreciate you saying that.” I added, “Thank you for saying that message.”
In her essay, Thurman shared for the first time in public that she had an abortion in her “late teens” in Germany after being fertilized by a significantly older man while living overseas for an acting job. “The abortion I had as a teenager was the hardest decision of my life, one that caused me anxiety at the time and that makes me sad even now, but it was the path to life full of joy and love that I experienced, said the Oscar. -nominated actress wrote at the time.
Hawke’s remarks follow Janelle Monáe who stops her middle finger and says: “Fuck you, Supreme Court,” during the BET awards that were broadcast live on Sunday.
Later in the interview with Fallon, Hawke spoke briefly about Netflix’s upcoming Strange Things 4 Vol 2, which appears Friday. The actress, who plays Robin in the popular series, said she has not seen the episodes yet and claims that she has difficulty remembering exactly what happened: “I am excited because I am so excited to see how it is. everything ends. ”