It’s hard to think that, being in the spotlight all the time, celebrities still have responsibilities,
right?
It just seems like their lives are perfectly handled or that they have someone to take
care of every little thing for them.
But a child is not something that can be “handled” or disregarded.
Which of your favorite actors lost his daughter to the adult film industry?
Which famous star was accused of burning a house down with his son inside?
Stick around as we take a look at the celebrities who abandoned their children and never looked
back.
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Tom Cruise
Yes, he might be everyone’s favourite action hero, but the one person who has barely experienced
the majesty of the Mission Impossible actor is his daughter Suri.
Cruise has not been in contact with his baby girl for over six years, and although he and
his ex-wife Katie Holmes had a divorce, this wasn’t even the cause of the disconnection
between the father and daughter.
The real reason is much more devastating.
It is the same factor that allegedly destroyed the couple’s marriage.
Cruise was not denied any custody by state law.
He, in fact, denied himself custody when he chose Scientology over his flesh and blood.
Their divorce settlement allowed Tom to see his daughter ten days a month, a privilege
he didn’t bother to take advantage of.
The actor is reportedly “not allowed” to have a relationship with his 13-year-old
daughter because she is not a Scientologist.
Since she is not being raised as a Scientologist, he cannot have any form of contact with her.
As the face of the belief system, Tom does not break the rules.
But why does it seem to not take a toll on him that he has no relationship with his baby
girl?
The church of Scientology believes in reincarnation and strongly feels that Suri is not actually
his daughter.
She is just a “spiritual being” in his daughter’s body.
Perhaps this makes it easier for the estranged dad not to seek communication with his daughter
because, in his mind, it is not his child.
The years of no connection seem to be getting longer, and soon, Suri will be old enough
to understand why her father stopped seeing her.
But currently, this little girl is just THIRTEEN YEARS OLD.
She probably has no idea what Scientology is.
What she will grow to know is that her dad was not there for her.
Laurence Fishbourne (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v19anNGF_U 0:00)
You may know him from the iconic 90’s film, The Matrix, where he plays wise Morpheus,
who teaches the lead character what he needs to know to guide him down the right path.
If that doesn’t jog your memory, perhaps you will recall his character in the much
loved inspirational movie Akeelah and The Bee, where he plays the guardian of a young
girl.
Fishbourne is no stranger to playing the father figure role, but it seems like a skill he
could only handle on-screen.
It turns out the actor could not take the ups and downs that come with being a parent.
When his daughter, Montana, made headlines for starring in an adult film, Fishbourne
was embarrassed, to say the least.
According to Montana, she just wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps in the entertainment
industry.
But when breaking into the industry proved itself to be tough, the star’s daughter
opted for a quicker solution to reaching her dreams.
It just happened to be the one industry her dad could’ve never imagined his baby girl
in.
The young aspiring actress was unbothered by her decision to star in a sexual film.
Her goal was to inspire people not to be defined by the type of work they do but by who they
are.
“That is what I want to emulate: having a tape come out and still being seen as a
positive person.
Not just, ‘She’s a porn star.”
But life didn’t entirely turn out the way she had planned.
Before the debut of her adult film, Montana was arrested for prostitution at just 19-years
old.
Needless to say, her choices began to taint the “Fishbourne” name, and the actor did
not take it lightly.
He disowned Montana as his daughter to avoid any further humiliation, but not before sharing
his disappointment in what seemed like a blatant attempt to discredit her father’s image.
“You used your last name,” he said to her “no one uses their real name in porn.”
He went on to end their communication by telling her, “I’m not going to speak with you
till you turn your life around.
You embarrassed me.”
From the looks of it, it seems that there won’t be any reconciliation any time soon.
Although Montana did make a career change, we doubt “Stripping” will be any less
of an embarrassment to the well-respected movie icon.
Did Montana sacrifice a relationship with her father for a cheap shot at quick fame?
Or Did the Oscar award-winning legend choose to protect his reputation over being a parent?
Courtney Love In the lifestyle of music - drug and alcohol
abuse amongst artists does not usually come as a surprise.
It almost seems as though it is an additional package that comes attached to the limelight.
And for the famed singer and wife of the late Curt Cobain, Courtney Love, this couldn’t
be more true.
After the passing of the love of her life, Courtney turned to substance abuse to numb
her pain, but her feelings were not the only ones in danger of being affected by the drug
abuse.
Love was pregnant with her daughter, Frances Bean.
She put her unborn child’s life at risk by using an illegal substance that directly
passes to the fetus.
But the 56-year-old mother says she wasn’t concerned about the bun in her oven.
“I used it once, then stopped,” Love claimed “I knew she would be fine.”
This incident would be baby Bean’s first experience with her negligent mother, although
she would have no memory of it after being brought into the world.
However, after just a few years of being raised by a guardian who cared more about her “next
high” than she did about her daughter, 19-year-old Frances decided she had had enough and took
out a restraining order against Love.
The rockstar left her daughter feeling so abandoned and unsafe that the only person
she needed protection from was the woman who raised her.
Curtis Jackson Imagine getting this abrupt text from your
dad, asking, “If I died today would it matter to you?
I’m changing my will.
It’s a simple question” Or him publicly claiming
“I don’t have a son anymore”.
This type of interaction is only a small idea of what Marquis Jackson, the son of rapper
Curtis Jackson, famously known as “50 cent”, goes through on an ordinary day.
The infamous Candy Shop rapper has been known to be crudely harsh with his words on social
media platforms.
Whether addressing fellow artists or friends, his words are nothing short of nasty.
But who would’ve thought he would go as far as verbally abusing his own son?
“I don’t have a son,” one text read.
“Tell your mother she won.
She has you, and I’ll make another.
I will have nothing to do with you.
Don’t text me ever again,” 50 texted.
What happened that caused Jackson to use such ear-piercing language towards his first-born
child?
After the American music artist and now ex-wife got a divorce, the connection between him
and his son began to spiral.
The pair fought over a 1.2million dollar house that 50 owned but had promised to his ex-spouse
ten years prior.
Sadly she lost the battle and was ordered by law to move out of the long-island home.
But after a few days of not moving out, something else forced her to.
The house suspiciously caught on fire and was completely destroyed.
Jackson claims his wife fed his son lies to make it seem as though he was the person behind
the mysterious arson act.
Feeling betrayed by his son for taking his mother’s word over his is what started the
rift between the two.
There seems to be no sign of them rekindling their father-son relationship.
Jackie Chan
Etta is the estranged daughter of the legendary kung-fu movie star Jackie Chan.
She was born out of an affair Chan had while still married to his wife.
Word of the matter impacted his career negatively, which is perhaps why he decided to keep his
distance from both his mistress and child.
Nine days before the baby girl’s birth, the acclaimed actor called a press meeting
and famously addressed his affair, saying.
“I have made a mistake that many men in the world make.”
The martial artist never made an effort to connect to his daughter after that.
And she sees him as nothing more than a stranger.
“Biologically, he is my father, but he wasn’t my father when I was growing up.
I don’t know him, and I won’t make any comment.
If I see him on TV, he’s just a stranger and an actor,”
Etta quickly shut down rumors of her receiving financial help from Chan.
After sharing her sexual identity as a transgender, lesbian woman, she took to Youtube to report
the homophobia she allegedly received from her family.
In the video, Etta states that she and her girlfriend are homeless due to, quote, “homophobic
parents”.
Etta’s mother chimed in on the matter, saying,
“I feel that if they have no money, they should go find work.
They shouldn’t film a clip telling others they are broke and who Etta’s father is.
People all over the world work hard and don’t rely on someone else’s fame to get money,”
But there was no word from the Rush Hour actor.
Imagine your father being one of the richest men in his country and not lifting a finger
to help you in your time of need.
The lack of help hurt Etta to the point of her attempting to take her own life, trying
to escape her real-life pressures.
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