Christian Slater’s family showed their full support at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, adorably posing for photos during the rare appearance with his two daughters as he earned the momentous honor.
On Monday, June 9, Slater, 55, was joined by his wife, Brittany Lopez, and his two daughters. He shares Eliana, 23, with ex-wife Ryan Haddon and Lena, 5, with Lopez. Photos from the ceremony showed the actor kneeling down in front of his star with Lena in his arms, smiling at the camera as Eliana stood behind him with his wife, looking like one big happy family.
In his speech, Slater sweetly gave a shout-out to his kids, saying, “I have amazing and wonderful children [and] I can’t imagine my life without them. They are the greatest.”
Slater’s two sons — Jaden, 25, whom he shares with Haddon and a baby boy born in 2024 with Lopez — were not in attendance.
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In addition to gushing over his kids in his speech, Slater also made a touching comment about his marriage, calling his wife his “best friend.”
“Having a star on Hollywood Boulevard is great, but none of this would have been possible without my family and the love I have today,” he said about his spouse, whom he wed in December 2013 at a Miami courthouse.
“I feel very blessed and very grateful and very lucky,” Slater added of the honor.
Those in attendance at the ceremony included Sarah Michelle Gellar, who gave a heartwarming speech about her Dexter: Original Sin costar.
“Most actors can only dream of having a career as long as yours, Christian, and the most amazing part of it is that you continue to redefine how we see you,” Michelle Gellar, 48, said while standing at the podium. “You are an actor with multiple legacies who will feel like just as fresh of a discovery to teenagers watching you for the first time 20 years from now as you did when I first saw you.”
Nearly a year before earning his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Slater opened up about parenting in his 50s with his younger children vs. when he became a parent the first time around with his older children.
“Wow. I mean, it’s just different,” he told People in August 2024. “The whole thing is different. I’m certainly a lot more present and I just love it.”
“I think I was more scared of it the first go around and a little bit more confused, and I was very distracted,” Slater added. “And now, it’s all I really think about, and all I really care about, and all I want to be around. I’m happy to be in that situation.”
Slater also opened up about Lena’s energetic personality and some of her hobbies.
“She’s just cute. My daughter’s 5 and she’s a real passionate, excited person,” he said. “I mean, she skateboards, she ice skates, she climbs rock walls, she does aerobics, she plays tennis and she’s 5. We can’t stop her.”
Slater added, “She just has a real zest and passion for life that’s very infectious and makes me very excited.”
