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Tuesday 18 January 2011

'Skins' Stars' Parents Are 'Cool' With Show's Racy Material

'She understands the heart of the show,' Ron Mustafaa says of his mom's reaction to the show.
By Jocelyn Vena

Skins" cast member Camille Cresencia-Mills
Photo: MTV News

Given all the sex and drugs on "Skins," which premiered Monday night on MTV, one might think that its young stars would have a lot of explaining to do with their parents. While it all takes place in the fictional realm of the show, one of the show's actors admits that it has lead to some awkward talks with his mom.

"My mom is like really cool, but she's, like, really Indian," Ron Mustafaa, who plays Abbud, laughed to MTV News about the show's racy subject matter. "She's not really accustomed to a lot of the crazy stuff on American television. She's really cool with it because she understands the heart of the show ... growing up and finding out who you are, but at times I have some weird convos with my mom about filming certain sequences ... [but] it's all tastefully done."

Some "Skins" cast said they watched the U.K. version with their parents, so the show's themes were nothing new. "For the most part, our parents are really just proud of us," Sofia Black-D'Elia (Tea) said. "So, maybe we do some crazy things on the show, maybe they're going to watch us take lots of fake drugs, but at the end of the day, they're also seeing us work our butts off, and do everything that we really wanted to do with this career. So far, my parents are personally so proud of me."

After seeing British "Skins" stars like Dev Patel and Nicholas Hoult go on to bigger things after the show, is the new cast ready for fame and fortune?

"I think it's one of those things where they had success afterwards because of their talents and because of what they were able to do," James Newman (Tony) said of the U.K. version's stars. "I don't think it has that much to do with us in that we're trying to play our roles. Whatever happens after that has to do with us. We're all so excited about this show we're not really thinking about what's coming afterwards."

"I was just gonna say were trying to just concentrate on sleeping and getting some rest," D'Elia added. "I'm proud of all of us after everything we've accomplished, and I think the aftermath doesn't worry us right now. ... Right now, more than anything, we're excited to see the show."

Watch "Skins" on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

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