Dakota Johnson faced a tough decision when her family cut her off financially for choosing an acting career over college. The 34-year-old star, daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, defied her family's wishes to carve her own path in Hollywood.
Speaking about her dad on the 'Today' show, Dakota shared:
"He cut me off. He said if you go to college, you still get an allowance. And I was like, 'Well, I'm going to be an actress.' So he was like, 'Alright, well you're on your own.' I was cut off."
The brunette beauty ultimately turned to modelling in order to pay her rent while she pursued her acting ambitions.
Dakota said: "I definitely like had moments where I couldn't afford groceries and things like that and needed to ask my mom to help me. She was the nice one."
In 2021, Don Johnson appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers and explained why he stopped giving his daughter money.
“We have a rule in the family that if you stay in school, you get to stay on the payroll. And towards the end of high school, I went to her and I said, ‘Um, so, do you want to go visit some colleges or something like that?’ and she went, ‘Oh, no, I’m not going to college.’ And I went, ‘OK. Well, you know what that means. I mean, you won’t be on the payroll anymore, and how are you gonna manage?’ And she says, ‘Don’t you worry about it.'”