“One Tree Hill” star Jana Kramer regularly recalls embarrassing moments from her single dating days on her iHeartRadio podcast. But in a recent interview with Insider promoting new items in her LuluSimonStudio athleisure line, Kramer confessed that she shared one of the most awkward moments in her life with an ex’s dad — who just so happened to be Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood.
Kramer, who briefly dated the Oscar-winning director’s son Scott Eastwood in 2013, said that she found herself unable to “shut up” when she started talking about his 2004 movie “Million Dollar Baby” and even criticized the ending.
“I decided to tell him how I thought ‘Million Dollar Baby’ should have ended,” she said of her years-ago conversation with Eastwood, who directed the film and also starred in it as boxing manager Frankie Dunn.
Opposite Eastwood, “Million Dollar Baby” stars Hilary Swank as Maggie Fitzgerald, a female fighter on a quest to become a professional boxer who enlists Frankie’s help. In her final fight against a known “dirty fighter,” Maggie is taken down by her opponent’s illegal punch, which causes her to hit her neck on a wooden stool in the ring and become paralyzed.
Kramer said that in her opinion, Maggie’s opponent should have been disqualified for throwing other illegal punches long before she struck the fateful blow and that Maggie should’ve won the match. And she told Eastwood as much.
“He just looked at me and was like, ‘Hmm, didn’t think about that,'” the “Beautiful Lies” singer told Insider of Eastwood’s reaction.
Though she regularly makes headlines for sharing less-than-flattering moments from her personal life, Kramer, who shares two kids with ex Mike Caussin, is too busy being a singer, actor, podcaster, and single parent to let her awkward encounter with Eastwood keep her up at night.
Kramer recently added three new designs to her ongoing collaboration with athleisure brand LuluSimon Studio, inspired by moms like her. One of Kramer’s favorites from her collection is a sweatshirt that says “Mom of the Year.”
“Sometimes I’m like, ‘Ah, well, I’m mom of the year. I’m giving them cereal for dinner, but I’m doing the best I can tonight,'” she said, adding that though the phrase is meant in fun, most mothers should consider themselves mom of the year just for putting the effort in.
Kramer is also busy maintaining her long-distance relationship with former soccer player Allan Russell, who lives in England and now coaches Norwich City FC.
“I think it’s just one of those things where, if you really want something, you put in the work,” she said of maintaining her romance with Russell.
Kramer’s full line of clothing for LuluSimonStudio is available online.
