Sterling K. Brown On Son Being Spat On, Called The N-Word At Game: ‘He’s A More Evovled Person Than Me’

Sterling K. Brown recently shared a scenario involving one of his sons, who elegantly handled a racist encounter. As People reported, the actor has two sons, Amaré (9) and Andrew (14), with his wife and fellow thespian Ryan Michelle Bathe.

During a roundtable discussion for one of Hulu’s Paradise, he revealed that his teenage son has a better grip on handling racism than he does.

Sterling K. Brown’s son was allegedly called the N-word, but handled it like a pro

Brown admitted that his boys haven’t seen the “intense” side of his personality, which takes no mess. Luckily for them, they haven’t had to go through situations that draw out the fighter within them.

“I look at my children now — my children have never been in a fight. The 14-year-old or the 9-year-old,” the St. Louis native shared, reported the publication.

He went on to describe what happened during a sporting event in which Andrew was playing.

“My 14-year-old was in a soccer game where a young boy spat on him, and he saw the spit and he walks up to the ref and he goes, ‘Ref, this dude just spat on me,’” he added. “And the ref was like, ‘I didn’t see it, so I can’t do anything about it.’”

Following the first incident on the field, the same teen who allegedly spit on him confronted him again when the game was over to call him a racial slur.

“Then, afterwards, the young man came up to him and called him the N-word and just kind of kept it going,” Brown explained. “And my son didn’t tell me until after the game, and I was like, ‘Yo, man, how come we didn’t beat his a**?’ And he was like, ‘Because that wouldn’t have solved anything. He already did what he was going to do. The ref didn’t respond to it or whatnot. So I didn’t want to make you any more upset, which is why I didn’t tell you until after the game.’”

Brown celebrated how he composed himself during the matter, saying, “So he’s a more evolved person than me. I would’ve beat his a**!”

Sterling K. Brown loves being a father before anything else

Taking pride in his family, the 49-year-old later expressed his affection for Amaré and Andrew, stating they motivate his art form and are “the most important people in my life.” 

“And to anybody who’s been a parent or […] has young children — to see how much they change, especially when they’re young, as they accrue new skills and learn new words and stuff; it is the most magical thing to be in the presence of,” Brown said.

He also clarified that despite loving his work, being a dad will always come first.

“And so I can tell you — truly, truly, between doing season one [of Paradise] and then the hiatus where I went, I did Voltron in Australia. I went and did a movie in France and I did a movie in Louisiana and they were all wonderful experiences, but I had to FaceTime [my kids], and I didn’t get a chance to tuck [them] in and finish reading book seven of Harry Potter to my youngest or whatever it was,” he said.

He continued, “Being a father is the most important job that I have in my life right now. And so for the next nine years, if I can keep working in L.A. and be like the one dude who figured it out, I would be very, very excited about that, [because] I don’t want to miss too much of their growing up.”