Posted on 01/26/2005 10:45:20 AM PST by flitton
Woody Allen's son has slammed his father - saying he can never forgive him for marrying his own adopted daughter.
Seamus Farrow has branded the film director "immoral" after he married Soon-Yi Previn, who Allen's ex-lover, Mia Farrow, adopted when she was seven years old.
Seamus, Allen's only biological son with Mia, said: "He's my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression. I cannot see him. I cannot have a relationship with my father and be morally consistent." Allen, who is 35 years older than Soon-Yi, justifies his relationship with his young wife on the grounds that she is not his real daughter. But Seamus, 18, has blasted that justification, saying that it is an "insult" to other children who have been adopted.
He said: "I lived with all these adopted children, so they are my family. To say Soon-Yi was not my sister is an insult to all adopted children."
Mia adopted Soon-Yi with ex-husband Andre Previn in 1980 but they split soon after and Mia began her relationship with Allen.
However, they broke-up in 1992 when she found nude photographs of Soon-Yi, then 19, on the mantelpiece of Allen's Manhattan apartment.
Mia has never forgiven Allen for the affair, once saying: "It was such a sense of betrayal. Soon-Yi was a kid on the streets of Korea. She was seven when Woody met her."
Being named Seamus would be enough for me.
Good for him. Its stand he's estranged from him father, but I respect his ability to identify and name wrong when he sees it - even in his father.
Yeah, but boy does he make good movies.
Hollyweird elite spawn with morals and mores, at least on this one issue. Hmmmmmmmmm...
What a class act Allen is. Maybe another 40 years of therapy will help.
I can't blame the son one bit.
Define.....GOOD......
' She was seven when Woody met her'
Freudian?
Woody Allen is a wierd, ugly sicko...and I think his movies are BORING.
>Being named Seamus would be enough for me.
It is a very popular Irish name pronounced Shame-us and spelled in the Celtic spelling.
I feel bad for the kid, because his dad is really, really, screwed up.
Me too....especially in a world that often can't discern between right and wrong.
Hilarious. While some of his more recent ones (Small Time Crooks) have been duds, I admit, so many of his movies are just hilarious. "Manhattan" might be my favorite, I think. Too funny.
Give it a chance to work, psychoanalysis doesn't work overnight you know :-)
Woody's son? Shouldn't that be "brother-in-law"?
Finally a son with enough courage, integrity, and honor to condemn his father's sins !
The comedian Woody Allen
Once sat moody and sad in his harem
Contemplating a woody
The commitment renewed he
As most laughable husband and parent.
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