To Charlize Theron, the online dating scene is drearier than the Wasteland.
Indeed, the Mad Max: Fury Road actor shared insight into her love life, including how she didn’t have the best swiping experience on the popular celebrity dating app Raya.
“I am, [but] I don’t do anything with it,” Charlize told Andy Cohen in a June 26 episode of Watch What Happens Live. “A friend put me on it, I went on two dates and then I kind of…it’s like, every guy has a Burning Man picture, and they’re a CEO of like, nothing. Or like a fitness…”
Though those careers seem to be the norm on there, the 49-year-old noted it’s even more frustrating—furiosa, even—when a suitor blatantly lies about their interests.
“Then you meet with them and they’re not [a CEO],” the Atomic Blonde star continued. “They just say it up front. Well, why did you put that on your thing?! No, I don’t like it.”
This isn’t the first time Charlize—mom to daughters Jackson, 11, and August, 9—has candidly spoke about her dating life. In fact, the Oscar winner previously revealed that she’s sacrificed her feelings in order to make certain romances work in the past.
“I was very fortunate that I was raised by this very strong mom,” she explained on The Drew Barrymore Show in January 2021. “There’s this strength that always came with growing up around her. And yet, in my 20s and early 30s, I tried to make myself smaller in a relationship because you think that’s ultimately the problem.”
Now, Charlize defines those moments as “ridiculous,” as she’s learned to “live her full potential.” And with her embracing her voice, she’s no longer entertaining unhealthy relationships.
“You gotta come with a lot of game,” she continued. “The kind of game that’s like, ‘My life is really good, so you better be able to bring that and maybe better because I won’t accept anything less.’ My life with my children and my incredible adopted family that I have around me, I don’t long for that much.”
Keep reading to see Charlize’s sweetest family moments…
Dior Anyone?
Charlize enjoyed a mother-daughter outing with her youngest daughter August at a Dior fashion show at the Brooklyn Museum in April 2024.
The Happiest Place on Earth
The family of three celebrated spring break with a trip to Disney World.
A Fashionable Evening
Charlize and her elder daughter Jackson dressed to the nines for a Dior fashion show in Paris in September 2023.
International Women’s Day
The Monster actress shared a moving tribute to women around the world, complete with this sweet image of her two girls.
With Grandma
Charlize shared this sweet photo of her daughters hiking with their grandmother in honor of her mother’s birthday.
Happy New Year
The Academy Award winner rang in 2022 with one her daughter’s and dog by her side. She captioned her post, “New year, same energy.”
Hitting the Slopes
August, Jackson and Charlize celebrated Christmas with a snowy winter getaway in 2021.
National Daughters Day
On National Daughters Day in 2020, Charlize paid tribute to her two girls, writing, “My heart belongs to these two beautiful powerhouses. I will never be the same.”
The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
The Bombshell actress shared an adorable picture of one of her daughters apple picking in 2019.
Road to Motherhood
In 2020, Charlize reflected on the moment she adopted Jackson while filming for Mad Max: Fury Road.
“I became a mom right before we started shooting,” she explained in her May 14 post. “At least my child will forever have the fun fact of ‘I spent most of the first year of my life in a war rig.'”
