Keira Knightley admits she's backtracked on controversial choice to ban her daughters from watching Disney films

Keira Knightley has admitted that she's backtracked on her controversial choice to ban her daughters from watching Disney films because she considered them to be too patriarchal. Keira Knightley has admitted that she's backtracked on her controversial choice to ban her daughters from watching Disney films because she considered them too patriarchal The actress, 39, is married to musician James Righton and the couple share children Edie, nine, and Delilah, four In 2018 she made headlines over her shock decision to ban them from the movies and there was huge backlash to her revelation Keira added that her eldest is already aware of calling out the old fashioned gender stereotypes in some of the Disney films She said: 'Yeah, Covid ruined all my ideas. At the time she said it didn't sit well with her that because the female characters are always 'rescued by men' But in a candid new interview with Vanity Fair where she discussed her parenting style she said her firm former rule has now gone out the window In 2018 Keira revealed she banned her daughter Edie from watching Disney classics Cinderella and Little Mermaid because the characters are 'rescued by men She also said: 'She's banned from watching Cinderella, as the film is about waiting around for a rich guy rescue her – no, rescue yourself! Edie, the older one, has watched everything' Keira added that her eldest is already aware of calling out the old fashioned gender stereotypes in some of the Disney films She said: 'Oh yeah, she's big on that.