LONDON:

Denzel Washington bullies his daughters’ boyfriends. The Training Day actor is so protective of Katia, 20, and Olivia, 16, he does anything he can to deter prospective suitors.

He said, “My oldest girl has got a boyfriend. He is obviously very bright, but has too many earrings for my liking. I told him, ‘I’m not going be that friendly with you.’ I put my oldest boy on him — to put the fear of God into him. I said, ‘Kick him around a bit. I’ll finish him off.’”

Denzel also admits he struggles to be as strict with his sons, John, 24, and Malcolm, 16, as he is with is daughters. He added to US TV chat show host David Letterman, “It

is difficult, and it is a double standard, because with my sons, I’m like, ‘That’s my boy!’” — Agencies