Rowan Atkinson’s daughter reveals ‘darkness’ of parents’ divorce after he moved on with actress
The Mr Bean star is now in a relationship with an actress three decades his junior
Rowan Atkinson’s daughter Lily Sastry has spoken for the first time about her parents’ divorce, recalling how the split plunged her into ‘darkness and chaos’.
The Mr Bean star, 70, split from wife Sunetra Sastry in 2014 after 24 years of marriage. The couple share daughter Lily, as well as son Ben Atkinson, 31.
Lily, 30, has now opened up on the end of the marriage, revealing the struggles of navigating a ‘broken family’.
In an online post, she shared: ‘I went through so much chaos and loneliness in my twenties. Now I am 30, I can see clearly where I was at and what was happening inside me during the darkest days.
‘I was so lost and only really started to feel vaguely normal in my late twenties. I have always been trapped between worlds; do not belong here, but also don’t belong there.’
Rowan and Sunetra had Lily, as well as son Ben during their marriage (Picture: WireImage)Lily is now a professional artist living in London (Picture: Instagram)
Lily changed her surname from Atkinson to her mother’s name, Sastry, in 2017 and is now a professional artist living in London.
She continued in her online post: ‘It’s hard to find out who you are in the midst of no friends, a broken family, and no idea how to navigate making music and trying to understand the world.
‘Art was my guiding light. The thing that made all the suffering worth it; as I was working towards a goal, a dream.’
Actor Rowan became a father for the third time at the age of 62 after he welcomed a child in 2017 with actress girlfriend Louise Ford, 44.
‘Rowan and Louise are over the moon and can’t wait for their new arrival. It’s a very happy time for them both,’ a source told Sunday People.
Rowan welcomed a child with partner Louise Ford in 2017 (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)Rowan and Louise, who is three decades his junior, have been dating since 2014 after meeting on West End production Quartermaine’s Terms in 2012.
Louise is best known for playing Kate Middleton in Channel 4 comedy The Windsors.
Rowan and Sunetra were granted a divorce in 2015, who cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ in the divorce papers the following year.
The former couple were planning to build an £11 million home in Oxfordshire when they split, and Sunetra has since moved to a London mansion while Rowan has his own base in the UK capital with Louise.
Metro has contacted representatives for Rowan Atkinson for comment.
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