Jim Carrey loves being a grandpa

Jim Carrey loves being “granddaddy Jim”. The 48-year-old actor — whose daughter Jane gave birth to son Jackson Riley in February this year — can’t imagine life without the youngster and admits he has given him a fresh outlook on life.

“I love being granddaddy, granddaddy Jim. It’s very odd, it’s not something I expected at this age to be,” Jim told Access Hollywood.

“I just get a lot of joy, a lot of joy from that little boy … he’s just magical. It’s the greatest feeling in the world and as you get older … your connection to these things gets so intense … you just go, ‘Without this, I die.’ ”

The I Love You, Philip Morris actor — who split from Jenny McCarthy after five years of dating earlier this year — recently confessed he finds relationships “tough” and thinks he needs to have more respect for himself more in order to make his unions successful.

“I’ve been obsessed and craved love, but always it comes down to the same thing,” he said. “They are there to help you love yourself. When they go missing you go, ‘Oh, I see. I’m not done here. I still got a lot of work to do.’

“Relationships are tough. People are focused on saving themselves. Everybody is real motivated. Everybody is trying to realize a dream and I think everybody that comes into your life teaches you something and that’s it. Forever is an interesting concept. I don’t know what that means.”