Aled Jones has said that his BAFTA-nominated daughter Emilia Jones is “too busy” for him after her role in the critically acclaimed film Coda.
The Welshman under the Masked Singer’s Traffic Cone appeared on ITV ’s Good Morning Britain on Friday ahead of his new tour and the conversation turned to his 19-year-old daughter.
The actress plays Ruby Rossi in the film, the only hearing member of a deaf family in the US who discovers a passion for singing, and she is now up for a leading actress BAFTA alongside Lady Gaga, Joanna Scanlan and Tessa Thompson.
Aled told presenters Kate Garraway and Ben Shepherd on Friday’s show that he’s loved watching her career progression “from the background”.
He said: “The fact that she loves what she’s doing and she’s great at it, so long may it last.”
ITV host Kate asked if he’s offered her any words of wisdom on dealing with fame and he replied: “When do daughters ever listen to their dads, come on! I don’t give her advice.”
He continued: “She’s so level-headed. She loves acting and being on set.”
Co-host Ben said: “It must be such immense pride as a father to be about to talk about her achievement. Have you got an eye on her wondering if we can do something together?”
The 51-year-old then quipped: “She’s too busy to work for me. She’s like no, forget it. She’s more into pop music than my scene. She’s in LA! I can’t afford her!”
Aled’s 19-year-old daughter told the PA news agency she was asleep during the live BAFTA announcement, adding: “I'm just so grateful that people loved Coda because I did work so hard. I was 17 when we shot so I had a big, big workload for 17, so it's nice people are being so lovely.
“I trained for nine months with American Sign Language and had singing lessons too because I loved singing, but I'd never had a singing lesson before, but I also had to learn how to fish, so I'd wake up at 3am every morning for two weeks and we'd go out three miles at sea and catch fish for hours and hours, and the Massachusetts accent, I had to learn that too.
“They're so supportive and they've sacrificed a lot for me to do this so I'm very grateful to have them.
“You always have to make sacrifices. There have been times for me where I have been invited to things with my friends and I haven't gone because I wanted to work and better myself as an actor and focus on my auditions. You say no more than you say yes but you shouldn't let it get you down.”
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.
