Robert Downey Jr. at 'Sr.' screening,AFI Fest, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA - 04 Nov 2022

robertdowneyjr: A magical person. A legend to his siblings, and a miracle of faith to his mother, Deb Falconer. The doctors said he’d never come to term healthy, as her diabetes would prohibit it. Incorrect. From day one, a joy, a deep thinker, an empath and an artist. To see his father’s addiction almost destroy everything in the 90s, and to then persevere and overcome his own. Absolutely the least materialistic human I know, and positively one of the most dedicated singer/ songwriter / musicians in LA!!!! Indio Falconer Downey, I salute your soul, spirit and wisdom. Welcome to 30, now rock the F out!!!!

robertdowneyjr: Every 1M spent on bike lanes creates 18 more jobs than the same amount for regular auto centric roads…lets “self-propel” our planet’s future….#bikelanesrock

Number one fan approves

Robert Downey Jr IG Stories

Random but what do you think of rdj and indio’s relationship? Ive noticed he doesnt speak about indio at all, pretty much ever since he started having kids w his wife or his only posts used to be business related. They’ve literally forgotten about him on camera and had to backtrack, not to mention his award speech for dolittle. I get he has young kids etc but its confusing because so many of his hollywood friends have the same family structure as him and yet they always make sure to include their older kids from prev marriage. And its the fact this started happening before the whole arrest ordeal. Like idk i just get the vibe they never try to include him in their little family ever and its sad because i love the way rdj used to speak about indio in his old old interviews etc. Anyway, what do you think? Indio seems quite open on his FB so i dont think its privacy related, besides that shouldnt stop rdj from saying he has 3 kids 💀 ok this is a long message, sorry but i was looking through rdj’s fb and noticed in 2014, he posted a birthday post for exton and on indio’s birthday he posted that pic of him susan and exton w the caption ‘one big happy family’ and..........idk indio deserves better after everything he went through w rdj when he was younger and it clearly had lasting impact —sorry for the super long message, would love to hear your opinion!

hi! interesting question and i'll try and answer but i will begin by saying that i've never kept up with indio's personal or professional life, i don't follow his facebook or instagram or whatever else he's on, so this isn't something i've ever really given thought to at all. in any case, i've thought this particular ask over and this will probably be pretty long of an answer too.

but kids' relationships with their parents are complex. it's hard to compare his relationship with robert to exton and avri's relationship with robert simply because it's a completely different dynamic. like you said, he went through a completely different experience when he was younger because robert was also in a more difficult place in his life and wasn't able to be present the way he is now to his younger children, but i'd like to think things between them now are healthy and positive.

i honestly don't even remember rdj winning an award for dolittle (KCA i'm assuming?? i was very removed from fandom at the time) so i have no idea what he said in his speech. i'm assuming he probably said something about creating a movie that his kids can watch since that was his narrative throughout the press tour, so the key thing i think we need to remember here is that exton and avri are 10 and under, while indio is a full grown adult, almost 30. their needs from their dad are different. rdj's goal was to create a film that young kids could enjoy because exton and avri were too young to watch the movies from the marvel universe, hence the wacky talking animals film. meanwhile, indio has been old enough to watch pg-13 and above rated films for over a decade, all throughout rdj's career with marvel. so it's understandable that indio wouldn't be at the forefront of robert's mind when he's talking about dolittle.

regarding including indio on camera and social posts and whatnot, i don't think we can analyze their relationship just from what rdj and indio make available to the public. exton and avri are more visible in rdj's posts because they're young children who are still living with their parents. they go wherever robert and susan go, so naturally they would be more involved in the day-to-day of rdj's work when he's promoting things. indio's an adult who, i'm pretty sure, lives on his own. he's not going to be around every time rdj's posting something. we also really can't assume that indio is open about things and unconcerned about privacy just because he posts here and there on facebook. now, i'm not actually on facebook and i have no idea what his account is, but unless it's a fan page you're talking about i'm assuming this is his own account? if that's the case we need to remember that facebook profiles are generally private, for them to share whatever they feel comfortable with among a small community (regardless of their actual privacy settings; sometimes they just don't know how to change those because fb itself changes policies all the damn time).

the dose's instagram page doesn't update all that often either, so i personally believe that indio himself just isn't interested in that kind of visibility unless it's to promote his music. it's understandable that rdj wouldn't post much about indio either, if he'd rather just keep a low profile. honestly i think it's respectable that he seems to want to let his music speak for itself rather than just completely rely on his father's position in hollywood to be successful.

just because indio isn't featured as heavily on rdj's social pages it doesn't mean his dad loves him any less than his other children. indio has his own life and is working independently to do what he loves. it's clear that robert supports indio fully. he promotes and goes to indio's shows whenever he can. he's involved with the record label that the dose is signed with. he shows up on set when indio films his music videos. he was just pictured with indio a couple months ago (posted on someone else's ig account). so evidently they do have a good relationship.

we have to remember that robert himself is actually also a very private person. they let us see what they feel comfortable with sharing with the masses. so we can't use social media and a few interviews and speeches as the only basis to evaluate their relationship, nor do i think we have any right to judge when we have only a mere fraction of the full picture.

The sweetest family in the world!

robertdowneyjr: Happiest of 29th bdays to Indio Falconer Downey. His growth as an artist and man have been astonishing. Over the last several years, many storms have been weathered, and he’s emerged as one of my favorite recording artists, no joke. Anyone who knows him will tell you he’s one of the kindest, strongest, most talented, and least materialistic humans they know. I dropped by a recording session a few weeks back and witnessed his musicianship up close and was literally gob smacked. Keep an eye out for his band, @indioinkband.

Paraísos, infiernos de otros.

indiodowney: My new single, Plastic Rainbow, is out this Wednesday. Pre-save it now at http://onerpm.link/plasticrainbow.

Thank you for your answer to the qu about indio/rdj! It was really nice reading a more positive explanation, honestly. I think the reason it stands out is because its not an isolated incident, like if you read interviews from 2012 onwards, you’ll notice he starts using the singular term ‘kid’ eventho he has 2 and indio was only 18 so its very confusing and thats the case in majority of articles. Also like I said those freudian slips infront of the camera where he’s literally forgotten about his existance and realised and then had to backtrack and correct himself? Not a good look tbh. That being said I dont think he does it maliciously? He just needs to think more because he does it A LOT and i know other people have noticed and commented on it too. I mean the 2014 birthday post thing was just straight up not good and he’s a very emotionally intelligent man so that was definitely a choice. With the dolittle award speech, it was for kca, I would agree w you but the way he specifically said susans name and then exton and avri with little sentences for each is what made it odd. Not to mention he’s never mentioned indio in any of his award speeches and yeah he’s older now but rdj has won numerous awards since he was born but now he’s always mentioning his new kids? Like why such a drastic difference you know? There’s just too many instances so I dont think its the biggest reach but we dont know what their real life is like. It’s just sad to see because its quite obvious that indio has always gotten the shortest end of the stick :( and obv rdj is busy, he’s always away filming or going places and when he isnt, he spends most of the time in his hampton’s place so logistically I dont think they see eachother much — and i say this because i was just thinking about how he’s essentially an only child and his mother isnt doing very well health wise, so yk rdj is basc the only person he really has. I want to think that im exaggerating but honestly i could make a whole book out of the times rdj has acted/insinuated like he only has 2 kids, when age wasnt even relevant. Like even their christmas card from a few years ago, I dont really understand why he didnt include his own son? He wasnt even that old, he had just turned 21 and thats irrelevant anyway, just so odd.... Wow this wasnt meant to be this long, apologies for dragging on and going off on a tangent, i know you dont care too much about this stuff but i really did enjoy reading your opinion! Also idk if what im trying is clear so a small example that isnt very deep is him saying ‘I am married, I have a kid, I have a real life without cameras.’ - from his interview with Times Magazine, Indio was 19 and Exton 1 - ‘A kid’ ? 🥴 like I said not too deep but still weird? Age is not of relevance here, your kid is your kid esp when youre speaking about it the way he is and he basc does this 90% of the time which is why I question it - sorry if ive repeated things again, just wanted to explain my thinking better :)

hmm okay. honestly, i really won’t be giving this much more thought because at the end of the day, it’s really not our business and like i said before, we don’t know what their relationship is and we can’t judge it just from the few social posts and publicly accessible video clips that are available.

it wouldn’t do anyone any good to overanalyze this. i’m generally a glass half full kind of person and i don’t think indio is being overlooked by his parents. robert was extremely supportive of him throughout his trial. he supports his son’s music career which is obviously one of the most important things in indio’s life right now. jimmy (rip angel), who was robert’s right hand man and was basically with him almost every day, was extremely close to indio. davy and travis, who also work closely with robert, also know indio well and interact with him regularly on socials. i just don’t think, if robert and indio had a poor relationship, that his inner circle would be close to indio. but they are, and their obvious connection is robert. for me, by all accounts, i believe he’s being as good a father as he can be for indio.

again, there is a lot we don’t know and we can’t just assume one thing or another just because we get a glimpse into 2% of their lives. we don’t know them personally. we don’t know their family dynamics. we can’t just project and fill in the gaps (and there are a lot of gaps here) when we don’t have all the information, nor is it any of our business, to be honest.