"I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child"
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The subtext is less about family than about identity maintenance. Ward, forever culturally tethered to a youthful Robin image, is playing with time: 25-year increments become a way to stay contemporaneous, to keep one foot in the present even as the past calcifies around a celebrity persona. There’s also a quiet, telling gendered slip: “I have two children” becomes “I have a daughter... and a daughter,” then “I’m going to sire another child.” The language shifts from intimate relationship (daughter) to lineage and virility (sire), hinting at an old-school script where fatherhood doubles as proof of ongoing relevance.
Context matters: pop-culture actors often survive by converting their personal lives into anecdotes that read well in interviews. This isn’t policy, it’s performance - a way to turn the mundane math of age gaps into a memorable soundbite. It lands because it’s slightly absurd, slightly vain, and oddly sincere in its desire to outrun the clock.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Ward, Burt. (2026, January 16). I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-two-children-i-have-a-daughter-29-and-a-139056/
Chicago Style
Ward, Burt. "I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-two-children-i-have-a-daughter-29-and-a-139056/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-two-children-i-have-a-daughter-29-and-a-139056/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.



