Oscar De La Hoya Explains How Deep Insecurities Pushed Him Away From Daughter Atiana: ‘You Try To Convince Yourself You’re Not Worthy’

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Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya dives deep into how insecurities prevented him from being a present father to his daughter Atiana when she was young. “I basically ran away.

I was scared. I was fearful,” he admitted on the “Allison Interviews” podcast. Ultimately, his absence left Atiana to be raised by her mother, Shanna Moakler and stepfather, Travis Barker, whom Moakler was married to from 2004 to 2008. “I did try to be a father full-time for a few years, and it was beautiful,” he clarified before explaining how deep feelings of unworthiness led to distancing himself from Atiana. “It was amazing to raise a little girl, but there came a point where it’s like, you ask yourself, ‘Wait a minute, you’re not worthy of this.'” De La Hoya, 50, believes that the lack of love he received from his parents as a child impacted his decision to remove himself from Atiana’s life. “You try to convince yourself that you’re not worthy of this, that love is not possible in your life because of what I lived — of not receiving that love when I was a kid. READ MORE: Oscar De La Hoya Responds To Claims That Travis Barker Raised His Daughter “Like my father never told me he loved me.

My mother never told me she loved me, she never really gave me a hug,” he elaborated. “When I would cry, she would start hitting me.

That’s how bad it was. “I know I am this nice guy and I know I can be a father but then there comes a point where it’s like then you try to convince yourself, ‘Wait a minute, no.