Clint Eastwood’s daughter, Alison, is “very thankful” her famous father decided to raise her away from Los Angeles.
During an interview with Fox News Digital, the Eastwood Ranch Foundation Animal Welfare and Rescue facility founder explained that her father “saved” her from the hardships that she would have faced being raised in Hollywood with a famous parent.
“Growing up in the industry was very interesting,” Alison began. “Although I didn’t really grow up in L.A., which I am very thankful for, I grew up in the Carmel, Pebble Beach, Monterey area, and I feel like maybe that kind of saved me from some of the pitfalls that might have happened when a child grows up with a celebrity parent in Los Angeles.”
She continued, “I have been living in Los Angeles since 2000, so I’m a longtime Angeleno. I’m a huge advocate for Southern California, whatever I can do to help the community and be part of it. I was born in Santa Monica, even though I wasn’t raised here, and I think for me, it’s just about helping the community and being part of a solution and really just being a great resource for people.”
Alison founded the Eastwood Ranch Foundation Animal Welfare and Rescue nonprofit organization in Agoura Hills, California, in 2012. The facilities’ goal is to “not only rescue animals from high-kill shelters but to help reduce pet overpopulation and increase pet adoptions through campaigns, events, education, spay/neuter programs and rescue partnerships,” per the website.
“Although I didn’t really grow up in L.A., which I am very thankful for, I grew up in the Carmel, Pebble Beach, Monterey area, and I feel like maybe that kind of saved me from some of the pitfalls that might have happened when a child grows up with a celebrity parent in Los Angeles.”
— Alison Eastwood
“I love people, I love animals, and I want them to come together,” Alison told Fox News Digital. “And I thought this was the best way to make that happen.”
Alison explained that she was prompted to start her organization “when I became painfully aware of the overpopulation problem we had in our Southern California shelters and then everywhere in the country.”