Zoë Kravitz Reacts to Dad Lenny Kravitz Working Out in Leather Pants: 'He Does His Thing, Man'

Lenny Kravitz told 'Variety' in April that he does strength workouts while wearing leather pants or jeans when he is "walking in off the street" to the gym

Zoë Kravitz's dad works out in leather pants. Is that weird?

During Kravitz's appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, Aug. 22 to promote her new movie Blink Twice, host Jimmy Fallon asked the actor-turned-filmmaker for her take on an April 9 video her father Lenny Kravitz shared on TikTok showing him wearing leather pants and a mesh shirt during a heavy workout at the gym.

"This is — is this not — this isn't how everyone's dad works out?" Zoë, 35, responded. "I was today years old when I learned that wasn't how everyone's dad works out. You know, he just — he does his thing man, he's pulling it off, I don't know."

Lenny's TikTok video went so viral after he published it in April — the app indicates it has received 45.5 million views since then — that his daughter explained she actually decided to put it in Blink Twice during one of the movie's early scenes.

US musician Lenny Kravitz poses with his daughter actress Zoe Kravitz on his newly unveiled star during his Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles, California, on March 12, 2024.
Zoë Kravitz on March 12, 2024.

VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty

"There's a part at the beginning of the movie where the lead character is looking through social media and we were looking for videos and me and my editor, we put it in as a joke and then we were just like, 'Let's leave it in, that's pretty funny,' " she told Fallon, 49.

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. 

Lenny, who shares Zoë with his ex-wife Lisa Bonet, explained why he was working out in leather pants during an interview with Variety published on April 30. “I’m always working out in leather pants or jeans and boots and whatever — if I’m not doing cardio,” he told the outlet. “If I’m doing cardio, obviously I’m going to wear sweats because I’m going to be sweating all over the place. But if I’m lifting weights, I don’t sweat so much.”

Zoe Kravitz and Lenny Kravitz attend the Lenny Kravitz Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on March 12, 2024.
Zoe Kravitz and Lenny Kravitz attend the Lenny Kravitz Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on March 12, 2024.

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

“So, a lot of times I’m coming from somewhere or I’m going somewhere. And I just don’t care,” he added. “I’m gonna pop in, I’ve got 45 minutes, we’re gonna hit it and I’m gonna go run to where I’m going. So I don’t do it for effect. I didn’t do that to be like, ‘Oh, let me be just so different and wear leather pants and glasses.’ No, it’s just me walking in off the street.” 

Blink Twice is in theaters now.

Related Articles