Natalie Portman's rarely seen son, 13, calls in mom to impress YouTube star
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Natalie Portman left a YouTube star speechless thanks to her 13-year-old son.
The Oscar winner, 44, who recently stunned at the Dior show in Rome, lives in Paris with her two children, Aleph, 13, and Amalia, eight, whom she shares with ex-husband Benjamin Millepied, 48.
Her oldest was having a fanboy moment with the YouTuber Marlon LuGu, when he name dropped his mom.
'You know Star Wars? Padme Amidala?' the teen asked the 23-year-old Swedish social media star, whose full name is Marlon Lundgren Garcia.
'Well, that's my mom.' he revealed, asking: 'Can you give a shoutout to my mom?'
The verify his claim, Aleph shared some family photos from his phone.
'That's your mom?!' Marlon asked in disbelief to which the middle schooler replied, 'Yeah, that's my mom.'
The streamer quickly took the opportunity to say 'hi' to the Black Swan star.
After Aleph called his mother, the actress' face popped up on the screen and he said, 'Mom, do you want to say hi to Marlon?'
He then handed to the phone to the social media star, who said: 'Hi, I'm sorry for disturbing you, I just want to say hi real quick.'
'Nice to meet you,' she said.
'Nice to meet you,' Marlon replied. 'I'm here with your son real quick, we're about to play a little football.'
'I'm sorry I can't hear anything,' said the star who was having her hair done. 'But I hope you're having a great day.'
'Appreciate you,' Marlon replied and then after a little more small talk Portman bid him adieu by saying, 'have a good one.'
Portman has kept her children largely out of the spotlight since moving to France in 2014.
After the brief exchange, the YouTuber turned to his 395,000 subscribers and admitted he was floored.
'When I was growing up and watched Star Wars really heavily, she was my biggest crush,' he said. 'Very beautiful woman. Very good son. I just want to respectfully say that. That's insane.'
In past interviews, she's credited the country's culture with giving her family more privacy.
'They're very good at privacy here,' she told Net-a-Porter.
'I feel like the biggest compliment is 'elle est très discrète' ['she is very discreet'],'
She also praised the way French children are raised. 'All the kids that come to my house are like, 'Bonjour Madame,' and give me the [cheek-to-cheek kiss],' she said. 'And before they leave, they say, 'Thank you for having me.' If I'm not nearby, they'll come find me to say it.'
