14 DAY TRIAL // Vin Diesel’s oldest daughter with longtime girlfriend Paloma Jimenez is only 7 years old but he’s already planning for the day when she starts going out on dates. And he’s working on empowering her, with some help from none other than the strongest woman in the world, UFC champ Ronda Rousey.
The two worked together on “Furious 7,” from which the still attached to this article was taken. Vin says they’re still very tight and that he’s even asked her to train his daughter so she can stand up for herself, should the occasion ever arise.
Auntie Ronda is on the job
Vin is now promoting “The Last Witch Hunter” (which is getting very bad reviews, by the way), and speaking to Wenn (via StarPulse), he boasts about how much of a badass his 7-year-old Hania already is. Like, she could probably defend herself already in a dangerous situation.
That’s because she’s been learning Judo with Ronda, the actor says.
“I've been thinking about this since the day I cut the umbilical cord and because of that I made a decision early on that I was going to do everything in my power to empower her to handle it herself,” he explains. “Because of her ‘auntie’ Ronda Rousey she is now an orange belt with stripes in Judo. I'm dealing with it early. I'm creating a beast and I want her to be able to say no means no.”
Even if it weren’t for this, Vin would still not want to be in the shoes of the guy who will want to take her out on a date, because, he says, he is “that kind of a dad.” You know what that means.
Vin, the family guy
Vin and Paloma have 3 children together, the youngest being born shortly after the death of his “Fast & Furious” co-star and good friend Paul Walker.
There is Vincent, who is 5 years old, and there’s Pauline, who was named after Walker. Whenever he talks about his and Paloma’s choice for the name, Vin gets emotional: this was the only way they could think of to make sure that something of Paul lived on with them, aside from the sweet memories.
Paul Walker was killed in November 2013, during the Thanksgiving break from shooting “Furious 7,” in a one-car crash that also claimed the life of his good friend, who was behind the wheel.
Walker’s family is now suing Porsche for the crash, saying both victims would have survived if the car hadn’t been built like a death trap on wheels.