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Perth Now
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Frankie Muniz wanted his son to see him 'working really hard' in life
Frankie Muniz wanted his son to see him "working really hard" in life. The 39-year-old actor - who shot to fame in the early 2000s when he played the title role on 'Malcolm in the Middle' - welcomed Mauz, four, in 2021 with his wife Paige Price and admitted that was when he decided to focus on his secondary career as a NASCAR race driver. Speaking on the 'Drive' podcast, he explained: "I literally was holding him, my son, in the hospital bed, and I remember thinking, 'Who is he going to grow up thinking that I am? "Sure, I could say, 'Here's what Daddy used to do, Daddy used to be an actor, Daddy used to do that.' But I wanted him to see me working really hard for something, striving for something, and all the ups and downs that come with it. And I really felt like I had unfinished business in the racing world." Frankie noted that when his son arrived, that was when he wasn't doing much professionally, and that as the moment he decided that the sport was something he could inject his own "effort and passion" into whilst acting took a backseat. He added: "When my son was born in 2021, it was the first time in my life that I wasn't really doing anything. I was always doing something that I could put effort into and passion into, and in 2021 I was kind of in this in-between state." Frankie continues to act in projects such as 'Renner' and is currently filming a revival of the series that made him famous, but has been candid about his struggles with child stardom. Speaking on the 'Inside You' podcast earlier this year, he explained: "I went with my mom up to New York and we were going on like six auditions a day and kind of doing the whole grind. 'And I started booking things and never went back to North Carolina… it was kind of this really weird dynamic to look at now." 'It actually makes me a little bit sad to realise that me following my dream and the things that I got to do affected every single member of my family. 'When it's happening you don't realize the sacrifice that every single person is making for you.'
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Frankie Muniz is at 'a new low' with his mental health
Frankie Muniz is at "a new low" with his mental health. The 39-year-old actor - who has carved out a second career as a NASCAR racing driver in recent years after initially finding fame as a child star - took to social media on Sunday (21.05.25) evening to open up about his struggles. He wrote on X: "If I'm being 100% honest... Mentally/emotionally I may be at a new low. Just wanted to say it out loud." His comments come just weeks after he was competing in a race and eventually finished in 23rd place after being forced to make a pit stop when he struggled to control his vehicle. He later said that that the whole thing was the "hardest thing [he] has ever done and cost him "17 or 18 laps" in total. The former 'Malcolm in the Middle' stat did not elaborate on anything with his new post but has preivously been candid about his struggles with early fame. Speaking on the 'Inside You' podcast earlier this year, he explained: "'I went with my mom up to New York and we were going on like six auditions a day and kind of doing the whole grind. 'And I started booking things and never went back to North Carolina… it was kind of this really weird dynamic to look at now." 'It actually makes me a little bit sad to realise that me following my dream and the things that I got to do affected every single member of my family. 'When it's happening you don't realize the sacrifice that every single person is making for you.' Frankie also told how he was moved by his elderly grandparents being 'willing to help out and do whatever they could do' to help him reach his showbiz dreams. He added: 'This year, it was the first time I thought about the past enough to think about the sacrifice that people made. 'And it made me really sad. Like it made happy that I had people in my life like that. But it's just a crazy thought that without that support, probably none of that happens.'
