Overview
- In a Nov. 6 episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, Johnson said the end of his 16-year marriage to Dany Garcia left him “really going through it.”
- He explained that he steered away from darker material and chose family-oriented movies such as The Game Plan and Tooth Fairy.
- Johnson said he genuinely enjoyed making those films because they offered comfort and made him feel good during a difficult period.
- Despite the breakup, he and Garcia built a stable co-parenting relationship and a lasting business partnership through Seven Bucks Productions, with Garcia continuing to manage him.
- He framed the time as pivotal for his role as a father to Simone, now 24, and noted his current family with wife Lauren Hashian and daughters Jasmine, 9, and Tiana, 6.