Alicia Keys is “really grateful” for her friendship with her once-estranged father after finally letting go of the rage she previously felt about his absence from her early childhood.
The Girl on Fire hitmaker was raised by her mother, Teresa Augello, and for years, the singer resented her dad, flight attendant Craig Cook, for abandoning her family.
Keys has since rekindled her relationship with her father, but admits it only began to blossom once she recognised his limitations as a parent and stopped trying to force that connection, instead choosing to build a bond as friends. “My relationship with my father has evolved and I’m really grateful for it and I’m glad we’ve been able to find a way to really be friends,” she explains in a new
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