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anthony hopkins Addresses his relationship with his estranged daughter his upcoming memoir, We did it right, kid.
87 year old actor He has one child, 57-year-old Abigail, whom he shares with his first wife, Petronella Barker. The two have been estranged for more than 20 years, with Hopkins previously admitting that he “hasn’t been a good father.”
In a new interview with the new York TimesHopkins claimed that Abigail ignored his wife Stella’s attempts to reconnect.
He said, “My wife, Stella, sent us an invitation to come and meet. Not a word of response. So I think, OK, OK. I wish her well, but I won’t waste blood on her.”
“If you want to waste your life in resentment, fine, go ahead. It’s not for me. I can hold grudges over the past, but that’s death. You are not alive. You have to accept one thing: that we are imperfect. We are not saints. We are all sinners and saints or whatever we are.
“We try our best. Life is painful. Sometimes people get hurt. Sometimes.” We Getting hurt. But you can’t live like that. You have to say, get rid of it. And if you can’t get over it, well, good luck to you. I have no decision. But I did what I could. So this is it. That’s all I want to say.”
Asked if she hoped her daughter would read her new memoir, Hopkins replied candidly: “I wouldn’t answer that. No. I don’t care.”
Independent Abigail Hopkins has been contacted for comment.
Hopkins separated from Barker in 1972 when Abigail was a young child. He was married to film production assistant Jennifer Linton for nearly 30 years, from 1973 to 2002, before marrying his third and current wife, Colombian-born actress Stella Arroyave.
In 2018, the silence of the Lambs star admitted Radio Times That he didn’t even know whether he was a grandfather or not.
“I have no idea. People break up. Families break up and, you know, ‘Move on with your life.’ People choose. I don’t care either way,” he said. “You don’t have to like your family. Children don’t like their father. You don’t have to love each other.”
When told that his comments might seem quite cold, he replied: “Well, it is cold. Because life is cold.”
In an interview in 2006 WireAbigail talked about her childhood. “I’ll see him, but maybe once a year. There’s a little sadness but I have to move on with my life. It’s always been that way. See him, and then not. Then, when I was 16, there was some controversy.”
Abigail – now a singer-songwriter, actor and acting coach, according to her website – told Wire That she would be ready for reconciliation, but only if the feelings are mutual.
In May this year, he revealed that he was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer in December 2020. She has now recovered and was able to complete an MA in Film Production and a Documentary Title. under the sky About her journey with cancer.
We did it right, baby Is out on 4th November.