LONDON: Sir Anthony Hopkins has suggested that his estranged daughter, Abigail, needs to ‘get over’ her problems with him.
News.com.au of Australia reported yesterday that Hopkins has not spoken to his daughter in more than 24 years because she does not wish to see him.
When asked his thoughts on reconciliation between estranged parents and children in an interview with The Interview, Hopkins said he has moved on from reconnecting with Abigail after she denied a request to meet 20 years ago.
“My wife, Stella, sent an invitation to come and see us,” Hopkins said.
“Not a word of response, so I think, ‘OK, fine. I wish her well,’ but I’m not going to waste time over that.”
“I could carry resentment over the past but that’s death. You’re not living. You have to acknowledge one thing, that we are imperfect. We’re not saints.”
He went on to insist that his daughter needs to “get over it,” adding that if she doesn’t, then he has “no judgement.”
“We do the best we can. Life is painful.”
After being diagnosed with cancer in 2020, Abigail earned a master’s degree in film studies from the University of East London.
In 2024, she wrote and directed a documentary short, ‘Under This Sky’, about her journey.
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