Hugh Grant Gets Emotional as He Shares His 'Love' of Being a Dad — Even If He Does a 'Bit of Hiding in the Lou'

The actor is a dad to daughters Blue, 6, Lulu, 8, and Tabitha Xiao Xi, 13, and sons Felix Chang Hong, 11, and John Mungo, 12

Hugh Grant is getting emotional as he opens up about his role as a father.

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the actor, 64, joined The Kelly Clarkson Show, where he opened up about raising his five kids: daughters Lulu, 8 and Blue, 6, and son John Mungo, 12, who he shares with wife Anna Eberstein, plus daughter Tabitha Xiao Xi, 13, and son Felix Chang Hong, 11, who he shares with Tinglan Hong.

"Are you like a jungle gym dad?" host Clarkson asks, explaining the term as when your kids "crawl all over you."

Grant smiles before sharing, "Oh I love a bit of that."

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"I mean there's a lot to dread because I'm old and it's noisy and it's unbearable and I do a bit of hiding in the lou," he jokes.

The proud dad then tears up as he shares, "I mean, I'm going home tonight and, let's face it, the bit where they jump in your arms — my 6-year-old calls it her 'chimpanzee hug.' I quite like that."

"I've made myself cry," he adds.

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The Heretic star appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show in October and discussed how he named his younger two daughters. Grant, who had previously not shared their names, explained that he was in a bit of a "panic" when trying to name his kids.

“I have a daughter who I named… I was in a bit of a panic with my wife on the day we named her and we thought it might be nice for her when she was older if she could say in bars that her middle name was Danger," Grant said. "So her name is Lulu Danger Grant."

As for his 8-year-old, Grant explained that she's "named Blue because again I panicked about names with my wife so we asked [Lulu's] elder brother when she was on the way."

"We said, 'There's a new baby coming along, what should we call her?' And he said, 'Kevin,' because that was his favorite Minion," the dad of five said, referencing the movie Despicable Me. "And we did think about calling her Kevin but then we said, 'You better think of something else.' So he said Blue, because it was his favorite color."