Steven Spielberg's daughter Mikaela says her parents 'expected' her porn career and are not embarrassed
Mikaela Speilberg, daughter of renowned Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg, has said her parents "expected" her to move into the porn industry someday and are "not sad" about her decision.
The 24-year-old announced her plans to enter the adult film industry last month, saying it is "my body, my life, my income, my choice."
Mikaela noted how people have been feeling sorry for her parents as a result of her decision, but insisted they are not victims in this story.
"My parents - despite what people have written - aren't embarrassed, they were actually kind of expecting it to be my career... some sort of outsider art... or taboo art, because they've always known that I was a little bit neurotic," she told The Sun. "That's not to say all performers are neurotic... just the kind of performer I am. They've always known that whatever I wanted to do in life, I probably was going to do it whether they liked it or not."
"So it kind of felt like a little bit of a relief. It was like they were preparing themselves to get the news for this and they're not sad for me and my choice of career," she continued. "I'm not sad for them. People shouldn't be sad for them. That's the one big thing - people are like, 'I feel sorry for your parents.' Nobody here is a victim."
Meanwhile, Chuch Pankow, 47, Mikaela's partner, is also supportive of her decision. "If she's happy and safe, I'm fine with it," he said. "It was a little weird at first when she was telling me what she wanted to do - I thought it was a little unusual."
"A conversation we had I asked her, 'But I feel you have so much more to offer the world than t**s and a**, and she looked at me and said, 'Well why not both?'" Pankow recalled. "So I couldn't really argue with that."
Mikaela said she's never felt so supported when it came to the response of the public. "It's like 10 percent of the messages are negative and the other 90 percent is this beautiful, supportive community of other women and men who are in the same industry that I'm in right now that are like, 'You can do this independently, you can work for a studio... as long as you're being a good human, the sky's the limit,'" she said, adding, "I have never felt this supported in my entire life."
Once she's got her license, Mikaela intends to upload solo videos to Pornhub as well as work as a stripper.
