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Stella Arroyave, wife of Anthony Hopkins She believes the Oscar winner, 87 – her husband of 22 years – may have autism.
promotion in a new interview his memoir, We did it right, babyThe Hannibal The star admitted that his 69-year-old wife once told him that some of his habits fit the criteria of an “Asenberger.”
“I’m obsessed with numbers. I’m obsessed with detail. I like everything to be in order and to remember,” Hopkins explained. The Sunday Times, “Stella looked at it and she said, ‘You must have Asperger’s.'”
Addressing his wife’s comment, he added, “I had no idea what she was talking about.” “I just don’t believe it.”
Asperger syndrome is a diagnosis previously given to some autistic people. The term has since been merged into autism spectrum disorder (ASD), along with other conditions. People with ASD may experience social and communication difficulties, obsessive interests, and repetitive behaviors.
despite what the interviewer says the silence of the Lambs While believing that receiving a diagnosis later might be beneficial, Hopkins was still not convinced.
“Well, I guess I’m being cynical because it’s all bullshit,” he said. “It’s all bullshit. ADHD, OCD, Asperger’s, blah, blah, blah. Oh my god, it’s called living.”
“It’s just being a human being, full of tangles and secrets and things that are inside of us. Full of warts and dirt and madness, it’s the human condition. All these labels. I mean, who cares? But now it’s fashion.”
In We did it right, babyHopkins touches on his separation from his 57-year-old daughter, Abigail, whom he shares with his first wife, Petronella Barker. The two have been estranged for more than 20 years, with the actor previously admitting that he “hasn’t been a good father.”
Hopkins Abandoned his family one night under the influence of alcoholAt that time Abigail was only one. She and Barker divorced shortly thereafter in 1972.
He wrote that “After realizing that I was unfit as a father to Abigail, I vowed not to have any more children… I could never do to another child what I had done to her.”
Once he got sober, Hopkins tried to reconnect with Abigail and his mother in 1977. However, their meeting was “awkward”.
“They didn’t want to be there,” his memoir reads. “The entire meal, they kept looking into each other’s eyes and making faces. Abigail would never have been able to forgive me because she left the family when she was a child.”
He wrote that his separation from Abigail was “the saddest fact of my life and my greatest regret… That harshness is my default… I hope my daughter knows that my door is always open to her… I want her to be well and happy.”