Sir Patrick Stewart released his memoir this month, opening up about the abuse he suffered as a child from his father and regrets over his personal relationships.
Sir Patrick Stewart is best known and beloved for playing a kind leader in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' or the 'X-Men' films, but growing up, he didn’t have that kind of positive male role model. In his new memoir, 'Making It So,' Stewart opens up about living in poverty with his abusive father, something with which he’s spent a lifetime struggling. 'It’s been a very therapeutic experience,' Stewart told the Associated Press of writing the memoir.
When I was growing up, I never talked about my background because I was so embarrassed,' Stewart told the New Yorker. 'Our neighbors knew what my father could do and would do, and they were well aware of the shouting and yelling that he produced.' Stewart’s father had served in the British army for years, including in World War II, and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder , which was commonly referred to as 'shell shock' in those days.
In understanding his parents, Stewart told Wired, 'My only regret is that I can’t tell him that’s what I’m doing, and thank my mother for her care and love and cherishment of me.' The 'X-Men' star also opens up in the memoir about his past marriages and his relationships with his children, another area of his life that he looks back on with some remorse.
He later married Wendy Neuss, a producer on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' in 2000, but they divorced three years later. Stewart told The Guardian that after his first divorce, he began self-medicating with alcohol and pills. 'I felt my life had lost its way,' he told the outlet. 'Sleeping pills, yes; alcohol, yes – they became a part of my life.' He continued, 'But eventually I became able to deal with that.
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