Eric Roberts is sharing more details about his relationship with daughter Emma Roberts.
The 68-year-old actor spoke to Michael Rosenbaum a new episode of “Inside of You” PodcastWhen Rosenbaum asked what the “toughest period” of her life has been, Roberts replied, “Probably the loss of my relationship with my daughter.”
“There’s not pain, there’s sadness because the most likely misunderstanding is the one I’ll always have, because we’re human,” he said.
Roberts, who recently Competed on “Dancing with the Stars” He further said that he realized the seriousness of that loss only recently.
“I started accepting this about myself as my grandchildren were born,” he said.
Roberts has three grandchildren Of the two stepchildren he has with his wife Eliza Roberts, and one grandson he has from his daughter Emma, one is 3-year-old son Rhodes Robert Hedlund, whom she shares with her ex Garrett Hedlund.
“The Pope of Greenwich Village” star said it was her eldest granddaughter, who especially brought the point home because she looks so much like Emma. “And so it reminds me of what I didn’t have,” he shared.
Roberts recently released a memoir, “Runaway Train: The Story of My Life So Far”, detailing his past drug use. damaged his relationship With Emma and her sister Julia Roberts.
“Of course, the biggest consequence of my drug use was losing Emma,” Roberts wrote. The actor handed custody of Emma over to his mother, Kelly Cunningham, when the future star was a baby. Julia supported Kelly in the custody dispute, a move that Roberts cited as the beginning of his strained relationship with Julia.
He said, “I think I’ll be Julia’s brother and Emma Roberts’ father for the rest of my life.” “I want to do a good job on that, step aside proudly and with grace. That’s part of the reason for writing the book.”
Roberts also used his book Provide Julia with a mea culpa For comments made in 2018 taking credit for his career.
“If it weren’t for me, there would be no Julia Roberts and no Emma Roberts as celebrities, as actresses,” she explained. Vanity Fair In those days. “And I’m very proud of it.”
“I hope Julia accepts this public apology,” he wrote in his comment. “That was a stupid thing to say.”
So far it seems like this Julia doesn’t mind What Roberts wrote about his family life in his memoir.
“If he did it, we’d definitely hear about it,” he said recently. “She’ll tell us she’s upset.”
