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Inside Anthony Hopkins' estrangement from only daughter after walking out when she was 14 months old
Sir Anthony Hopkins has opened up about his 'regrets' in life, but when asked about his estrangement from his only child, jazz singer Abigail Hopkins, he said the subject was 'taboo'
But the esteemed Silence Of The Lambs actor, who's now starring in Those About To Die – a Prime Video extravaganza showing ancient Rome as it's never been seen before – was rattled when questioned about his estranged daughter, jazz singer Abigail Hopkins, promptly declaring the topic as "taboo". Abigail, 55, whose early life was marked by the breakdown of his parents' marraige as Anthony left when she was a toddler and subsequently divorced her mother Petronella Barker, has lived significantly apart from the Hollywood limelight. The estrangement between father and daughter has been long-standing, and she's previously expressed how their sporadic contact affected her, as she told the Telegraph in 2006: "I would see him, but maybe once a year.
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