Overview
- On a Nov. 6 episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast, Johnson detailed a depressive period after his 2007 split from Dany Garcia.
- He said fears about the kind of father he would be weighed on him as the couple navigated co-parenting their daughter Simone, now 24.
- Johnson explained that he sought lighter, family-oriented projects such as The Game Plan and Tooth Fairy to avoid heavier material during recovery.
- He emphasized that the choice was restorative for him and that he genuinely enjoyed making those movies.
- Despite the divorce, he and Garcia maintained a productive co-parenting and business relationship through Seven Bucks Productions, and he is now married to Lauren Hashian with daughters Jasmine, 9, and Tiana, 6.