Highlights

• Maya Hawke opened up about how Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke's divorce affected her childhood and teenage years.
• Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman's divorce was scandalous, but they have remained civil and supportive co-parents.
• Despite the separation, both actors have been honest about their feelings and refrained from badmouthing each other.

Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman's divorce was quite scandalous at the time, with cheating rumors surrounding the Dead Poets Society star, which only increased when she started a relationship with his children's former nanny. Even so, the actors have remained civil and supportive of each other after separating.

Their daughter, Maya Hawke, is now a movie star in her own right, and she recently spoke about their divorce and how it affected her. She didn't say what people were expecting her to say, though. She didn't even mention the scandal surrounding her parents, and instead, the conversation took a much more personal turn.

Maya Hawke On How She Suffered Her Parents' Divorce

Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke's divorce will be remembered as the separation of one of the most iconic power couples in the entertainment industry, but it's easy to forget there were real people involved in the situation. Maya Hawke spoke on The New York Times' Modern Love podcast about what she remembers of her parents' divorce and how much it affected her.

"I remember so many hard days and fights about packing your bag... you forgot this medicine, and you have to go back and get it... and Sunday goodbyes. And then the whole day is gone because it’s all a transition day, where everyone is in strife," the actress shared.

Maya also recalled a conversation with Ethan Hawke, who wanted to treasure his time with her because he didn't get to see her every day, but since she was a teenager, she felt he was stifling her.

"'This is our special time. This is our one weekend,'" Maya Hawke recounted. "And I was like, every weekend can’t be special. They’re all my weekends. And you get every other one, and my mom gets every other one," she continued, and she had a point. "I know that that’s hard. But that makes it so that every one of my weekends is special family time. I need to build my friendships."

The Stranger Things star referenced The Parent Trap to talk about how she would have preferred her parents had kept one home, even if they didn't want to continue their relationship.

"I think the dream situation is captured by the film Parent Trap," she said. "Yeah, secret twin, get your parents back together. But I think this would have been a pretty good secondary dream," she added, referring to how she wanted her parents to continue living together.

Ethan Hawke And Uma Thurman About Their Divorce

Even though their marriage didn't work out, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman have been exceptionally civil with one another after their divorce, being honest about their feelings but never badmouthing one another and keeping a cordial co-parenting relationship. In fact, from what Maya Hawke shared, what affected her was their intense love and commitment to their children, which ended up being stifling.

Shortly after the divorce, Uma Thurman clearly stated that she would never publicly attack Ethan Hawke.

"I cannot participate in anything critical about my children’s father," she said. "I just need to keep peace. I think it’s fair to say that I haven’t said one mean thing, and I’m not going to start now. It’s terrible for my family."

Ethan Hawke, for his part, never put any blame on Uma Thurman for their relationship failing, stating that he was the one who was not mature enough to be married.

"I definitely think my frontal lobe was not finished. I had no business taking vows that would last more than two weeks," he said about it.