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Mommie Dearest? Charlize Theron Tries To Brush Off Parenting Controversy At Oscars
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Feb. 29 2016, Updated 11:45 a.m. ET
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Charlize Theron’s movie Mad Max: Fury Road may be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, but fans are saying she should be nominated for worst parenting.
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The actress, 40, wore a deep plunging red gown and looked like a vision at the Academy Awards red carpet.
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However, days prior to the ceremony, Charlize’s image was not so squeaky clean after a parenting controversy brought her under fire.
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Theron was seen dragging her 4-year-old son, Jackson, in a parking lot on Feb. 18.
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After wrestling down the tot mid-tantrum, she appeared to be pulling him by his wrists and legs to dance class in Hollywood.
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