Jack Whitehall Jokes His Mother Is Banned From His Award Exhibits

Jack Whitehall says that his mom is now not welcome at award reveals he’s internet hosting after she pulled a red-carpet stunt that left him embarrassed in public.

Like her son, Hilary Whitehall is an actor in her personal proper. She is greatest recognized for her recurring position within the early ‘90s comedy-drama “The Good Guys.”

Hillary has additionally featured in her son’s BBC collection “Dangerous Schooling,” amongst different roles, which makes her no stranger to the limelight. Nonetheless, the youthful Whitehall says he’s not too eager to maintain sharing the pink carpet along with her.

Whitehall appeared on a current episode of “The Drew Barrymore Present,” the place he mentioned his relationship together with his mom.

In the course of the dialog, posted on the speak present’s official YouTube channel, he defined that he had determined to “ban” his mom from attending his awards reveals.

This adopted a pink carpet stunt she and his father pulled on the 2025 BRIT Awards, which he was internet hosting.

The pair famously confirmed as much as the pink carpet for the occasion dressed equally to Kanye West and his spouse, Bianca Censori, on the 2025 Grammy Awards.

“These pictures went viral,” Whitehall mentioned of his dad and mom’ red-carpet snapshots. “I mentioned, ‘You are banned from coming to the present once more if you are going to pull a stunt like that.’”

If his mother attending the Grammys dressed as Censori was not embarrassing sufficient for Whitehall, the British actor advised Barrymore that she was already planning to ramp it up this yr.

Based on him, Hilary is threatening to put on the eye-catching outfit worn by Chappell Roan to the 2026 Grammy Awards.

The Mugler robe initially appeared as a deep-red cape draped over her, however when eliminated revealed a design that gave the phantasm of very minimal overlaying.

“Yesterday, I woke as much as a textual content from my mom,” Whitehall mentioned. “It was an image of the Chapell Roan costume, saying, ‘What date are the awards this yr?’ I used to be like, ‘Completely not. Hilary, you might be banned from coming to the present!”

Regardless of making jokes about his mom being “too supportive,” Whitehall acknowledged the position she has performed in shaping his profession.

He now additionally has first-hand expertise of being a dad or mum himself, following the delivery of his daughter, Elsie, in September 2023.

In an October 2025 interview with The InstancesWhitehall joked that his dad had painted a considerably totally different image of what fatherhood entails.

“He very a lot led me to imagine that the place of father was a ceremonial position like a provincial city mayor who would flip up for the grand opening, shake some arms, minimize the twine, after which f-ck off till they want a automotive,” he mentioned.

One other space that Whitehall mentioned with Barrymore was his love of artwork, in addition to a deep appreciation for his “Jungle Cruise” co-star, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

The British TV host recalled on “Drew Barrymore” how he had drawn caricatures of The Rock as a toddler, just for them to later attain Johnson himself.

“I stupidly advised Emily Blunt that once I was a child, I used to be obsessive about The Rock and that I would discovered some outdated sketches that I would achieved of him, and he or she confirmed him,” Whitehall defined.

Sadly, he mentioned she omitted the truth that he had drawn them when he was youthful.