UPDATE 2/18/2026 at 10:28 a.m. — Jason Bateman is addressing the backlash surrounding a “Smartless” podcast interview where he asked Charli XCX about having children someday. “We were having a great conversation about her life growing up as an only child. It seemed like a very natural follow-up to that,” Bateman, 57, said of the podcast episode during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Wednesday, February 18. “That’s all it was. I don’t really have much [else] to say about it, except that it is always interesting and valuable and educational to hear people’s thoughts, reacti...

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