Inside Anthony Hopkins' estrangement from only daughter after walking out when she was 14 months old
ok.co.ukAnthony Hopkins candidly opened up about his 'regrets', touching on his history with heavy drinking and self-doubt. But the esteemed Silence Of The Lambs actor, who's now starring in Those About To Die – a Prime Video extravaganza showing ancient Rome as it's never been seen before – was rattled when questioned about his estranged daughter, jazz singer Abigail Hopkins, promptly declaring the topic as "taboo".
With firmness, he stated to The Sunday Times Magazine, "I want no word on that" Later on, reflecting on his past, the 86 year old thespian admitted, "The past is sealed.
I have regrets." He then offered a slice of life advice: "You can't undo things. You have to get on with life – live it and don't look back." Abigail, 55, whose early life was marked by the breakdown of his parents' marraige as Anthony left when she was a toddler and subsequently divorced her mother Petronella Barker, has lived significantly apart from the Hollywood limelight.
The estrangement between father and daughter has been long-standing, and she's previously expressed how their sporadic contact affected her, as she told the Telegraph in 2006: "I would see him, but maybe once a year.There is a little bit of sadness but I have to get on with my life." She revealed that throughout her life, the pattern persisted: "It has always been like that.
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