“Always Have to Censor Myself”: Wayne Gretzky’s Daughter Had to Face Reservations on Being the Star Kid of the NHL Legend, Revealed in 2021

Published 12/07/2022, 12:13 PM EST

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Paulina Gretzky, who is an actress, once shared her opinion on being a star kid and how that affected her childhood! As many of you might already know, Paulina is the daughter of the ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. She shared how being a legend’s daughter made her childhood a bit different and it is really interesting.

Paulina Gretzky is an actor and has done many films over the years. Some of them are Grown Ups 2, Fame, In God We Trust, etc. She has established herself pretty well as an actor by doing many successful movies over the years.

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Paulina Gretzky about being a celebrity kid

Paulina once shared in an interview how being the daughter of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky affected her childhood. She said, “I never got to be a kid.” She said that wherever she went as a kid and whatever she did was always under the scanner. There was always this fear that any of her actions might be linked to her superstar father.

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Moving forward, she explained her experiences and thoughts in detail. Paulina said, “Not to say I am missing out on things — I had the best life ever — but it’s hard to always have to censor myself when I just wanted to be like everybody else.”

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Not Even Wayne Gretzky Can Get by Fans Booing Without Being Shaken

She made it clear that she did not miss out on anything, but it’s just that she always had to keep a check on what she talked about and what she did. Considering her father’s legendary stature, the limelight was always on him and hence on his family. Being the eldest of Gretzky’s kids, Paulina’s actions and words were always given a lot of attention by the media.

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Paulina is very close to his father Wayne Gretzky

Paulina has always shared, in numerous interviews over the years, that since childhood, she has been very close to her father. As a child. she always used to accompany her mom on many of her dad’s games. Even now, after becoming a mother herself, she is still very close to her family, especially her father. She still visits them frequently and they have meals together as a family.

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It was really interesting to get insights into how Paulina Gretzky felt as a child since she is a celebrity child. She shared a lot of her thoughts about the differences that she experienced being a celebrity daughter. It would be great to hear more about her experiences from her!

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Yash Joglekar

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Yash Joglekar is a US Sports writer at Essentially Sports. He has a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Pune. Being an avid reader, he has expertise in American English and has been helping US university students with their academic essays for close to 4 years now.
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Hitesh Nigam