Hollywood icon Kurt Russell refuses to apologize for his great passion of hunting and the outdoors. Appearing on the "Table Manners" podcast, Russell opened up about hunting elk.
He hilariously said, "Well, I thank them for their service."
The Hollywood icon says he doesn't enjoy killing animals. But he does like eating them.
"By the way, there's no pleasure in the taking of life," he said. "There's great pleasure and honor in taking an animal that feeds you. And I respect that and honor that. It means a big deal to me. And you know, I make no apologies."
Hollywood Icon Talks Hunting
Hunting is something he's passed down to his son, Wyatt.
"One of the things that we've really forgot, especially my children growing up - you see those things run through your backyard, and you see all kinds of animals, and they're majestic," Wyatt said.
"But then you go to the grocery store, and it's like 90% of the people are just in a pack," Wyatt also added. "They don't know. They have no connection to food at all. And so it's very nice. You know, we were raised with it to know that thing that you took is gonna be your dinner meal."
Despite his love for hunting, the Hollywood icon said he would never push it on someone else.
"It's not something I push on anybody," Russell explained. "I mean, it's not for everybody, but I like bringing down my own meat. I grew up in that family."
Russell says he doesn't try to pass down much wisdom to his children.
"God, no. I don't intentionally, and whatever I impart, I don't know if it's wisdom oriented," Russell told the outlet. "I do know that after having done this for so long, you keep your mouth shut and your ears open, and you're going to have learned some things. I can help us get to where we're supposed to be going because of a lot of the experience that I've had. So I do lean on that."
