Rihanna, Markle, Aniston: the celebrities who had difficult relationships with their loved ones

It would seem that our closest relatives are the closest people to us. But sometimes relationships just don’t work out no matter how hard you try. And many stars also experience this situation. Someone found the strength to find a common language, while someone remained an enemy for life.

Leighton Meester’s relationship with his parents has always been rocky since he was born. The fact is that the mother and father of the future actress were criminals, and Layton was born in prison, while her mother, Constance, was serving time for drug trafficking. Her father, Doug, was also imprisoned for drug-related crimes. The girl was brought up by her grandparents.

Over the years, Layton and his mother have expressed their hostility both in the media and in court. For example, in 2010, Constance even sued Layton for assault, alleging the actress hit her with a bottle. True, a year later the mother withdrew her accusations.

The Friends star also had a rocky relationship with her own mother, Nancy Doe. Jennifer was only able to fix them shortly before her death in 2016.

“She was critical. She was very critical of me. Because she was a model, she was beautiful, incredible. And I’ve never been like that. To be honest, I still don’t see myself in that light, and that’s fine. She didn’t know how to forgive either. She resented something that felt like nothing to me,” Aniston told The Hollywood Reporter in 2015.

Matthew McConaughey’s relationship with his mother Mary soured when he began to find success as an actor, and his mother seemed to like him more than him.

“I tried to strike a balance between fame and family. And I shared something with her…some of those things that I shared might show up on the six o’clock news in three days,” admitted the ‘actor.

The final straw that caused Matthew to shut him out of his life for eight years was Mary letting reporters into the actor’s childhood home.

Perhaps the most famous public conflict between fathers and children in show business is Meghan Markle’s feud with her own father Thomas.

While Megan was a child, they were very close, although the future Duchess’ parents divorced when she was a few years old. But everything started to change when Megan was to marry Britain’s Prince Harry. Thomas Markle began communicating with the press, selling photos to tabloids and even published a handwritten letter from his daughter, in which she begged him to stop communicating with the paparazzi. He has since spoken bitterly of Meghan in the press, decrying her “brutal” choice to cut him out of her life and commenting on everything from “megzit” to the role Archie should play in the Royal Family.

The rapper grew up without a relationship with his father, Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr., a theme he addressed in several of his songs, including “Cleanin’ Out My Closet.” In the early 2000s, Marshall attempted to contact his son through an open letter published in The Daily Mirror. The man denied Eminem’s claims that he had abandoned him and his mother and claimed the rapper had been “fed up with lies” his entire life.

Eminem did not respond to this letter, and in 2010 on 60 Minutes he said he was not particularly impressed with his father’s statement that it was too difficult for him to find his son when his mother left him. took away “like a clap of thunder”. .”

“If my children moved to the end of the world, I would find them without a doubt”, launched the rapper.

Drew Barrymore started her acting career at 11 months old – or rather, her acting parents started her career for her. By the age of 7, Barrymore was already battling alcoholism and regularly went to parties with her mother. at the age of 10, she was coveted by drug addiction and depression. At the age of 14, Drew legally sued his own mother and deprived her of custody rights.

In 2014, the actress told Marie Claire that she “sympathizes” with her mother, but they don’t exist in each other’s lives.

“I was always empathetic towards my mum and I became even more empathetic when I had a baby and we had a really amazing conversation about it. However, that didn’t close the distance for me. It’s the hardest subject in my life. I’ve never gotten mad at her. I’ve always felt guilty, compassionate. But right now, we can’t participate in each other’s lives.” admitted Drew.

For many years, the singer’s relationship with her father Ronald Fenty was very strained. She once even sued him for registering a business using her last name Fenty in the name. Thus, according to Rihanna, the man was looking to take advantage of his notoriety, since the singer herself also owns the brands Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty.

Rihanna was also annoyed by her father’s habit of communicating with reporters and telling them fake stories. For example, when Rihanna’s ex-boyfriend Chris Brown beat her up, Ronald told everyone he spoke with his daughter, even though he didn’t.

“He never called to find out how I was doing, if I was alive. He never called. He went straight to the press and got a check. And now he’s doing it again,” he said. Rihanna is outraged.

Yet in 2020, the relationship between father and daughter seems to have heated up. Then Ronald fell ill with the coronavirus and Rihanna immediately provided him with all the necessary support and helped with the treatment.

Adele grew up mostly without her dad, Mark Evans, only visiting her occasionally and not feeling like she had a connection to him.

“I broke contact with him when I was 10 or 11. I’m sure I’ll see him again. I think we can be friends,” Adele admitted in an early interview.

But things turned out differently. In a subsequent interview with The Sun, Evans opened up about his years of alcoholism and shared never-before-seen photos of Adele as a child that didn’t sit well with the singer.

From then on, accepting the Grammys in 2017, she turned to her manager Jonathan Deakins with these words: “I owe you everything. We have been together for ten years and I love you like you are my father. I never don’t love my dad, that’s the problem, so it doesn’t mean much, but I love you like I love my dad!”

Christina Aguilera once opened up about being physically and emotionally abused by her father as a child. The star admitted she felt “helpless” growing up and turned to music as a way out. As an adult, she tried sparingly to reestablish contact, but with mixed success.

“I briefly allowed him back into my life, but soon realized I didn’t need him. I said how hard it was for me, and I’m sure he did. Heard. He can’t be happy about it. So maybe one day we can have lunch. Maybe it’s time,” Kristina thought in an interview.

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Source: The Voice Mag