Celebrity mama's boys: These guys just really love their mums 💝
Tribute tattoos, public declarations of love, and even leaving the arm candy at home and hitting the red carpet with their mums. We take a look at these mother-loving celebrity dudes...
Getty ImagesBrooklyn Beckham
Brooklyn is certainly a mama's boy, and why wouldn't he be? He has super cool parents! We love how close the Beckham family are, and they're often in each other's Instagram snaps. Brooklyn even presented her with a GLAMOUR Award in the US, telling the crowd: "I'm so proud of you, and I'm so happy to be here tonight. I love you".
Getty ImagesDrake
"My mother is an incredible woman" - Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Graham, gushed once about his mum, Sandi. "I talk about her a lot on this album [Nothing Was The Same]. She's brought me to this point single-handedly…She's the most important person in my life". Bless.
REX FeaturesJared Leto
When Jared Leto won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Dallas Buyers Club, he made the audience swoon with his gorgeous speech in tribute to his mother: "She was a high school dropout and a single mom, but somehow she managed to make a better life for herself and her children. She encouraged her kids to be creative, to work hard and to do something special. That girl is my mother and she's here tonight".
Jared continued: "And I just want to say, I love you, Mom. Thank you for teaching me to dream."
Getty ImagesDev Patel
Dev Patel's date to the Oscars stole the show. Proud mumma Anita Patel, was all smiles throughout the entire ceremony, and the internet couldn't handle it. There was a Twitter-storm of comments about how adorable she looked. Patel was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in Lion.
Rex FeaturesGeorge Clooney
Before Amal came on the scene, George's proud mama Nina accompanied her son to many a’ red carpet events – including the Ocean’s Thirteen premiere. Nina, a former Kentucky state Beauty Queen, is every bit as poised and stylish as her famous son. Now we know where he gets it from!
PA PhotosMatt Damon
He may be an all-action, hard-hitting, big nuts movie star, but Matt still listens to his mama. When former Education Professor Nancy spoke out against the presence of violence in video games, Damon decided against voicing a Bourne Identity shoot-'em-up blood-fest. He also admitted, sheepishly, that his mother bailed him out in 2004 when his driving license was suspended for unpaid parking tickets: "She said, 'what do you mean you have unpaid parking tickets?' So she went down to pay them…it's kind of embarrassing."
Rex FeaturesLeonardo DiCaprio
Would lovely Leo have made it to superstardom had he have changed his name to Lenny Williams, like his first potential agent suggested? We doubt it! Luckily for Leo, he stuck to the moniker his mother, Irmelin, gave him after the unborn Leo kicked whilst she was admiring a Leonardo DaVinci painting. Today, Irmelin handles all of Leo’s finances and the devoted son even bought her a house with his Hollywood earnings. He also said in an interview after Blood Diamond that the only woman he would ever buy a diamond for was his mother. Aw.
Rex FeaturesJustin Timberlake
Whoever first passed on the wisdom that mama’s boys are a big no-no clearly didn’t have JT in mind! The gorgeous golden boy worships his mother, Lynn Harless, who was just 20 when she gave birth to the hottie and so cites that they “grew up together.” Justin counts his mother as the reason he’s where he is today, and showed his appreciation by making her his date for the world premiere of his acting debut flick, Alpha Dog. The devoted son even has her initials inked on his Sexy Back.
WennZac Efron
The High School Musical hottie has said that whenever he has a couple of days or more off from his busy schedule, he heads back to his hometown to see mum, Starla. “I have a boot full of laundry and I go and sleep in my old bunk bed…You just don’t realise how amazing it is to wake up to a hot breakfast made by your mum until it’s gone.” Bless. What’s more, the Baywatch star chose to take his mother along for the Berlin premiere of his hit flick, 17 Again, and has even revealed that she cringingly stuffed his Christmas stocking with condoms one year. There is such a thing as too close…
bigpicturesphoto.comShia LeBeouf
Transformers charmer Shia really digs his hippie, nudity-embracing mother. Not content with just giving the archetypal mother-son shout-out in interviews, LeBeouf went a little ga-ga on Mother’s Day once, saying; “Probably the sexiest woman I know is my mother. She’s an ethereal angel. Nobody looks like that woman. If I could meet my mother and marry her, I would. I would be with my mother now, if she weren’t my mother, as sick as that sounds.” Easy, Shia.
PA PhotosRafael Nadal
Rafael is so devoted to mama Nadal, that the tennis hottie takes her to every red carpet event he can, even though he must be fighting off attention from Señoritas left, right and centre court!
Rex FeaturesAdrian Grenier
Adrian always makes the time for his cutesy mama, Karesse. Here the two are sharing a touching moment whilst volunteering at a Brooklyn soup kitchen to feed the homeless. Karesse – we salute you, you’ve raised a good’un there.
WennColin Farrell
Hot mama! The glamorous Rita nearly upstaged gorgeous son Colin at the 2008 Academy Awards, when the notorious womaniser rather sweetly hit the red carpet with his mum on his arm, instead of his squeeze at the time. Colin has called his mum his “best friend”, and admitted she gave him a right ticking off after he boasted of his alcohol and drug intake when he first hit Hollywood. Is there anything sexier than a man who minds his mother?
PA PhotosP Diddy
Never one to leave mama Combs at home when there’s a red carpet involved, musician Diddy done good when he gave his mother, Janice, a smacker in front of the cameras and crowds at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As he collected his star, he thanked Janice and said, “I hope it makes you proud.” Bless his little diamond-encrusted socks!
WennRyan Seacrest
The state-side equivalent of Dermot O’Leary has a demonstrably honest and open relationship with mama Seacrest. He even produced a reality series for NBC called Momma's Boys and admitted that his closeness to his own mother, Connie, helped him come up with the concept for the show, in which mothers pick prospective wives for their sons. Connie has also said “every woman should know that if the guy treats his momma well, he’ll definitely take care of the girlfriend, and that describes Ryan perfectly.”
