Hugh Jackman's Child Goes Airborne

46. This guy is the biggest publicity whore I've ever seen...we watch him day after day ride his bike...walk & play with his daughter...it's like he knows what street the paps are on and makes sure he travels it daily. Give us a break!!

You are right! What a terrible father to make his poor child go outside to play EVERY DAY. And to actually go outside to play with her!! I sure am glad that all fathers don't do that!! If he loved her at all he would leave her inside with her video games and a nanny.

Posted at 12:13PM on May 24th 2009 by tmzrocks

47. CPS = Criminals of the State

Yeah, the photo looks bad but coulda woulda shoulda blah blah blah.

Stop prosecuting people for thought crimes you UNAMERICAN collectivists!

THINK, you ain't that smart so perhaps you should READ a book first

so so sad

Posted at 12:36PM on May 24th 2009 by Joan Joan

48. Perverts trolling the internet will take an innocent pic and use it for their own twisted purposes, no need whatsoever for the closeup. And you know it.

Posted at 12:36PM on May 24th 2009 by lori

49. The armchair activists who criticize Hugh obviously sound fat and jealous!...

Posted at 12:41PM on May 24th 2009 by alan brickman

50. Geez, guys, first - a publicity whore? Yeah, he is going out just because he wants to be photographed. The damn paps are following him everywhere so what should he do? Lock himself and his family inside? To wait for those nice paparazzi to go away? He probably even doesn´t know they are taking his pictures here.
For those freaks who are crazy about Ava and how he throws her up - EVERY parent is doing it and there is nothing wrong with that. You probably don´t have your own kid or you had a really sad childhood. When you look at his legs, you can see that he is damn steady and ready to catch her. Get your own lives and stop whinning about people who you even don´t know and judge from ONE picture.
Hugh is a great dad, everybody knows that.

Posted at 1:31PM on May 24th 2009 by Terry

51. Three words--Traumatic Brain Injury. That's what happens when a "caught" child's brain hits the side of their skull after their fall suddenly stops. I'm sure Hugh Jackman is not thinking about that at all, but pediatrician's have been trying to get the word out about how dangerous this activity is for years and it would be be best if TMZ took this photo down. Even though the intent is different, the outcome of an injury from this sort of play can be identical to shaken baby syndrome. Just not worth the risk.

Posted at 1:44PM on May 24th 2009 by Mickey

52. He's Wolverine, he can do whatever he wants!

Posted at 2:25PM on May 24th 2009 by Tali

53. great shot!

Posted at 2:25PM on May 24th 2009 by Florencia

54. People get a grip and stop your whining. TMZ put this picture up because they KNEW it would cause controversy. It's what their photographers are paid to do. Anyone who doesn't realize this shouldn't be on this site in the first place.
As for Jackman, sure maybe concrete isn't the smartest place to be throwing your kid up in the air (especially if you know you are going to be photographed and critiqued), but parents do this sort of thing all the time. There are more important things in the world to be worried about than "what ifs". Obviously she was fine, he knew what he was doing and there was no harm done, so get over it.

Posted at 2:43PM on May 24th 2009 by Amy

55. The picture is not appropriate. The pap is a pervert.

Posted at 4:27PM on May 24th 2009 by INOITALL

56. What is wrong with the world today? Everything that is good is twisted to be bad and what is bad is considered okay and "mainstream." There is nothing wrong with this picture- just a loving Daddy having fun with his daughter. This is an example of good being twisted to be something its not. And to you who want to call CPS get a life you losers! And to those who think the picture is inappropriate because "its of her crotch" I seriously question why your mind is in the gutter to begin with....go get some counseling you have your own issues!

Posted at 5:52PM on May 24th 2009 by misscommonsense

57. What is the problem? He's just a father playing with his daughter, the girl is not so high, and it's obvious that he's going to catch her. I think that people who think that it's an abuse is mad, you can't be serious when you say that it must be denounced to Child Protection Services. Have you never seen a parent doing this with the kids? I can't belive the nonsense I've read here. Sorry for may bad English, I'm spanish. And here I have seen very times fathers that do the same with their kids, it's normal.

Posted at 4:38PM on May 24th 2009 by Teresa

58. omg wow i read some of your comments and some of you really need to grow up! i'm sure some of your parents did that to you as a child! get a life and lay off hugh! who ever took this picture i'm not mad at you..just at the stupid people who posted comments about reporting him to the CPS! i work for cps and if you were to call we would just laugh at you...

Posted at 6:06PM on May 24th 2009 by jamie frontino

59. Wow. Are you guys serious? Do you really think Hugh Jackman would do anything he knew was unsafe for his daughter? He loves his daughter more then anyone in the world and you guys bitching about this must not have kids. SEVERAL parents toss there kids up in the air like this and as you can see they LOVE it. People who are okay with this picture are not people who were okay with Steve Irwin and MJ doing stupid stunts with their kids. That was actually stupid. But you know what? GET over it. It's their kids. Also, Steve dying did NOT save Bindi from death. He was a great father and loved her more then anything as well and knew what he was doing. You should be ashamed of saying anything against him. Lol, and go ahead and call the child services, they will laugh in your face about your claim. Go grow up.

Posted at 7:28PM on May 24th 2009 by Aine

60. To all of the people claiming to be reporting Hugh Jackman to the authorities...shut the hell up. Seriously. I have tossed my children into the air to catch them. They love it. See how his arms are still up in the air? He is preparing to catch her. The moment the child leaves your hands you instinctively calculate the amount of hang time in relation to the pressure you must apply to safely slow their descent so they do not hit the ground. Even if, for some unknown reason a man in such prime physical condition could, Jackman did not make a perfect catch of his daughter he would grab hold and never let anything happen to her. You're a bunch of idiots.

Posted at 10:17PM on May 24th 2009 by Matt