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Abigail Hopkins’ mom, Petronella Barker (pictured right,) and Anthony Hopkins split up when she was just a toddler in 1972. Anthony went on to marry Jennifer Lynton (pictured left.) Abigail didn’t see much of her dad growing up, telling 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. It has always been like that. See him, and then not. Then, when I was 16, there was some row.”
Abigail admitted that the estrangement led her to dark places. “It was the worst time I can remember,” she said (via People.) “I totally abused my mind and body. The root cause was the fact that my father and I had an intermittent relationship when I was young. I was angry and there was a lot of grieving…”
Dad and daughter reconnected in the ’90s, during which Abigail had two cameos in Anthony’s movies. It’s not clear why they don’t speak today, although she seems open to reconciling under the right circumstances. “It would have to be a two-way thing, though,” she told The Telegraph. “I don’t know how I would feel about it.”
Written by: Nicki
