Editing Simon Rex (section)

== Early life ==
Rex was born in [[San Francisco]], California, and raised in [[Alameda, California|Alameda]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/27400337/production-notes-twcpublicitycom|title=Production Notes - Twcpublicity.com|website=yumpu.com}}</ref> the son of Zoe, an environmental consultant, and Paul, a relationship coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/simon-rex/6711/|title=Simon Rex biography and filmography &#124; Simon Rex movies|website=www.tribute.ca}}</ref> His mother is [[Jews|Jewish]] and he has identified as Jewish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/syizgreijx|work=[[Ynet]]|title='I was distracted by women and parties, It took me a long time to become a good Jewish man’|last=Kaminer|first=Amir|date=March 1, 2025|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302002130/https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/syizgreijx|archive-date=March 2, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2021 |title=From MTV VJ to Oscar Hopeful: Simon Rex's Long, Strange Journey Through Fame |url=https://www.gq.com/story/gq-hype-simon-rex |access-date=August 8, 2023 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref>

Rex was an only child who grew up in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-06|title=Simon Rex Is Winging It|url=https://hightimes.com/culture/people/simon-rex-winging-it/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=High Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Rex's father was a [[Breathwork (New Age)|breath-work]] coach (in the tradition of alternative psychologist [[Stanislav Grof]]) who left the family when Rex was little. At age 18, he was attending community college and working at a potato-sack factory when he began dating and living with a model in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Nate|date=2021-11-08|title=Simon Rex Doesn't Want to Be That Guy Anymore|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/simon-rex-profile.html|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref>