![]() ![]() I would say, though, that being Bruce Lee’s daughter and having people react to that piece of information in such overwhelming ways has made it a challenge to my own identity at times. ![]() ![]() ![]() After all, I’m not ashamed to be Bruce Lee’s daughter-I’m honored. If I skirted all the typical icebreaker questions such as “So what do you do?” and “And how did you get into that?” I started to feel not only like I was hiding, but actually lying through misdirection, and it didn’t feel good. But as I became an adult, I began to feel like I had a secret I was guarding, and the conversations became more difficult to avoid, especially after I started looking after my father’s legacy full-time. However, with most elementary school–age girls, that just meant a curious shrug of the shoulders before we put on our roller skates or rode our bikes. Of course, my friends would always find out eventually when they’d come over and see our family pictures on the walls. She said, “Let people get to know you for who you are without that information.” It was great advice, and for many years I skirted the issue in every conversation I could. When I was growing up, my mom used to tell my brother and me not to tell people that Bruce Lee was our dad. ![]()
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