Scarlett Johansson: ‘being Ghosted Haunts You For Years’

Raising children is no easy-feat. As a parent, all you hope is that they're happy and go on to be good people. On that note, Scarlett Johansson has given her daughter some sage dating advice, and it's not what you'd expect. The actor taught her 10-year-old about ghosting, but rather than sharing how to manage the pain of being ignored by someone you like, she imparted a lesson on why she should never ghost anyone.

Scarlett shared the story on an episode of Today with Jenna and Friends, saying she introduced her 10-year-old daughter to 'ghosting', after she heard that she had stopped talking to a boy who liked her.

'She wasn't feeling the same. And then she just stopped talking to him, straight up, and he felt terrible,' she said. 'Honestly being ghosted is awful because you're just left with no answers at all and you're thinking, "Oh my god, did I do something?"', adding, 'It haunts you for years'.

Johansson is married to Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost and has two children – Rose, 10, and Cosmo, 3.

Ghosting makes the other person feel terrible about themselves.

The Black Widow and Lost in Translation star admitted that despite teaching her daughter to never make anyone feel this way, she had ghosted people back when she was dating, explaining, 'I hate confrontation.' Still, the experience has clearly weighed on her as she said, 'It really makes the other person feel terrible about themselves. It kind of sets them on this spiral.'

Scarlett guest co-hosted Today this month and confirmed that she will be returning in March. The actor rarely opens up about motherhood, but shared several stories of her experience postpartum and as a mother, including, 'Six days after I had a baby, somebody told me that beer would help bring in your milk or whatever it is. So I think I had a giant Guinness and a huge bowl of puffed Cheetos, and I was staring into the abyss, like, "What have I done?"'

She also joked about new mothers' common response once they leave the hospital after giving birth, saying 'You go, "OK, yeah. I’m fine. I’m fine. I’m fine." And then you get home and it’s like, 'I’m not fine"'.