'Outer Range' Star Josh Brolin Shares Emotional Post about His Daughter's Wedding
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Weddings bring out the emotions in all of us, but perhaps none moreso than the father of the bride. That's certainly the case with Josh Brolin.
Josh, who is currently starring in the mind-bending sci-fi western Outer Range on Prime Video, shared his experience with his daughter, Eden, getting married to Cameron Crosby last weekend. Yellowstone fans recognize Eden Brolin as Mia, the barrel racer who has a relationship with Jimmy Hurdstrom (Jefferson White).
Josh shared a proud dad selfie driving a wedding dress-clad Eden on her special day. He wears a gray suit, black button-down shirt, and cowboy hat, while Eden beams in the backseat in her wedding dress and veil. He poured out his feelings an a lengthy caption.
Sitting on the deck looking out at the countryside, the pond, and listening to the sounds of the wildlife. Coffee in hand. My daughter having just gotten married and all of us having been inside the greatest, most intimate wedding ceremony I’ve ever seen. Everything was real and as diverse as the personalities involved were, everything was selfless, connected, and directed towards the wedding couple. Turkeys gobbling somewhere off to the south. The sun just hitting me. Frogs braying. My family asleep. Ground squirrels scurrying around. The hidden sounds of a truck sneaking across a dirt road. How strange I feel this morning. Here, this morning, alone on this ranch, among all this wildlife. I feel what a waste of life certain behaviors are, reactions. My daughter last night, my God, and her groom: awe. We will leave here today or tomorrow and keep going, kids still in our bed all night. We will travel, and I will compile there. I know what to put together. A book from ‘87 until now: journals, prose, poems: a gasoline bubble bath.
“Only the weak are cruel”. I read this morning.
When your daughter gets married it all shows up: the memories, a life lived (or not), and how certain relationships resonate. I am so grateful for this time and this place to be able to have this time on. There are the kindest people out there. I have little kids to raise again, entire lives to monitor and be sensitive to. I didn’t grow old and go off to Italy. I stayed and walked my daughter over a grassy countryside to a commitment — a groom with tears falling down his cheeks — and I melted with it, into it. Everything is thriving right now: the plants and these sounds of birds and small animals I’m listening to right now. It’s all blossoming, only to wilt again, then later again open its petals to the sun. We fluctuate in a life. We die and are born again and again and again into a mystery that never gets solved. I am ripped open this morning. My son and my daughters are happy, contented. All the greatest gifts have no form, and sit there waiting to be acknowledged.
@edenbrolin @cameroncrosby9
Josh's powerful post was flooded with support from his friends and fans. Actor Skeet Ulrich wrote, "Congrats my man!! I was going to say that I can’t imagine how that must feel…but you described it so eloquently that now I can ??" and Jeremy Renner commented, "What a wonderful shared experience Congrats papa ??." Singer-songwriter Morgane Stapleton added, "Beautiful! Congratulations!!!!"
Josh was married to Alice Adair from 1988 to 1994, and the two have two children, Eden and Trevor. He was then married to Diane Lane from 2004 to 2014. He and his current wife, Kathryn Boyd Brolin, have two young children, Westlyn Rain, 3, and Chapel Grace, 16 months.
Josh first celebrated Eden and Cameron's engagement in August 2018. According to People.com, he said, "My little girl’s getting married, asked by a guy whom I adore. Imagine that? A guy who I have a strong feeling will look after her best interests, keep her heart safe. Congratulations, you two. I couldn’t be more proud, more moved, or more relieved. Congratulations!!!!"
Sending along our congratulations to Josh, Eden, and Cameron!
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