Vin Diesel’s bond with his late friend andFast & FuriouscostarPaul Walker’s daughterMeadow Walkeris a deep and lifelong one.
In a recent interview withExtrasurrounding theupcoming release ofF9, the 53-year-old actor said his goddaughter Meadow, 22, “takes good care of me.”
“She’s the first person onFather’s Dayto wish me Happy Father’s Day,” Diesel said. “To see her with my children is one of the most beautiful things. There are moments when I see her playing with [his 6-year-old daughter]Paulineand it hits me so deep ‘cause I can only imagine what my brother sees when he sees that.”
“I feel very protective. It goes beyond the movie,” he added.
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Vin Diesel (L); Paul Walker and daughter Meadow.Jon Kopaloff/Getty; Paul Walker/Instagram
Vin Diesel with daughter Similce and Meadow Walker in December 2019.Michael Kovac/Getty
Meadow has remained close to Diesel and his family, since her fatherdied in a single-car crashin November 2013. He was 40 years old.
The model took to Instagram last month with ablack-and-white photoof herself snuggled up to her godfather and Diesel’s daughterSimilce, 13.
“Family <3,” Meadowcaptioned her post, on which Diesel commented, “All love. Always … "
Paul’s daughter previouslyshared a selfiewith Diesel’s three kids in June 2020, including Pauline, Similce and sonVincent, 11, the former of whom was named after the late actor.
“Family, forever,” Meadowwrote in the caption.
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Speaking withAccessearlier this week, Diesel opened up about Paul’s legacy and how he looked up to the late star when he became a parent in real life, even if their characters in theFast & Furiousfilms had a differing mentorship dynamic onscreen.
“I was always the big brother on set, would protect anybody and ride for anybody. They may have looked up to me on set from the very beginning, but I hadn’t been a father, and Pablo had,” Diesel said of Paul.
“SoI leaned on him when I transitioned [to fatherhood],” the actor continued. “He was my rock. He was the one that said — the irony is what the roles that we had and the scenes that we had that discussed fatherhood inFast Fiveand throughout the franchise in real life were reversed.”
“To the point where, as you know, my youngest child, when I was in the delivery room and writing down her name, even my mom to this day says, ‘Pablo was in the room with you.’ And that’s why I wrote Pauline,” Diesel added.
source: people.com
