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Charlize Theron Recalls Night Her Mother Killed Her Dad
Jan 03, 202001:30 P.M.
Charlize Theron had her fair share of ups and downs, including a traumatizing childhood where her mother was left with no choice but to attack her father.
Although it may have been painful and traumatizing for Charlize Theron, she is not embarrassed to recount the night her mother took on her alcoholic father for self-defense.
The Oscar-winning actress described her father as “a very sick man” from his alcohol addiction, which no one could get him out from.
Charlize Theron and Director Jay Roach participate in a panel during the "Bombshell" Special Screening. | Source: Getty Images
RECALLING THE HORRENDOUS NIGHT
Theron described her family as unstable for most parts, which was mostly rooted in her father’s being an alcoholic. She recalled:
“My father was so drunk that he shouldn’t have been able to walk when he came into the house with a gun. My mom and I were in my bedroom leaning against the door because he was trying to push through.”
Mindy Kaling and Charlize Theron embrace onstage during The Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 Women in Entertainment. | Source: Getty Images
While trying to get inside and shouting that he was going to shoot them both, her father fired at the door three times.
Luckily, none of the bullets hurt them. Because of their situation, Theron’s mother shot back at her father in self-defense.
Charlize Theron attends Caruso's Palisades Village opening gala. | Source: Getty Images
The actress understood the entire situation and believes that she would have done the same as her mother, had she been in the same situation.
THE AFTERMATH
Charles Jacobus Theron was the head of the family who would often abuse his family verbally. His moods would switch from serious to funny from time to time, but his alcoholism remained constant.
The actress' adopted son, Jackson, also recently came out as transgender who chose to be identified as a girl.
Charlize Theron poses during the double feature of "Tully" and "Monster." | Source: Getty Images
Theron’s mother soon had to be put under questioning from the murder, and while she went through the process, she advised her daughter to leave the country and chase after her dreams.
The young performer did as she was told and went to America and became a model, despite her dream of becoming a dancer.
Charlize Theron speaks onstage at CinemaCon 2019. | Source: Getty Images
RAISING HER OWN CHILDREN
Theron now takes care of her own two children and is raising them as proud Black African girls whose cultural heritage she wants to be instilled.
The actress' adopted son, Jackson, also recently came out as transgender who chose to be identified as a girl.
Charlize Theron attends the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones. | Source: Getty Images
In an interview, she said:
“I thought she was a boy too until she looked at me when she was three years old and said ‘I am not a boy!’”
