Adele opened up on tragic reunion with 'alcoholic' father after illness: 'Amazing but sad'

express.co.uk:

Adele soared to fame thanks to the success of her first album, 19, and the second, 21, which went on to become the best-selling album of the 21st century.

In her soulful songs, Adele’s lyrics convey her deeply emotional experiences, particularly heartbreak. But the spiritual upheaval began in her childhood long before.

When Adele was just three years old, her parents, Penny Adkins and Mark Evans, split up and a difficult relationship with her “alcoholic” absent father ensued, she said.As she grew up, the 34-year-old claimed she was constantly disappointed by her father who failed to meet her needs as he gave her little of his time, often not showing up for her at all.Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs last month, Adele said: “I definitely had a yearning for him because he didn’t really deliver for me.“I didn't really have his attention, you know.

He'd say he would come and then he didn't.“And then if he did come, we'd only go out for like half-an-hour and then he’d drop me back home.”Adele’s father, Mr Evans, was grappling with alcoholism and other “demons” which the Chasing Pavements singer said she just did not understand when she was younger.