Jamie Lee Curtis has been an open book about how she and her parents, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, didn’t always get along. The “Halloween” star and her people had a somewhat complicated relationship, and she has on a few occasions given audiences little insight as to why.
After Tony’s death, Jamie Lee sat down with the ladies of “The Talk” (via the Daily Mail), discussing how “the invention of Tony Curtis was his life.” The actor explained that when his father served in the Navy, he became a different person. “Children, as we all know, are complicated and messy. He was not a father and he was not interested in being a father, ”he confessed. “He did what he was supposed to do from a financial standpoint, which was honorable of him, but he wasn’t an involved parent.” However, Jamie Lee reiterated that he wasn’t overly emotional or upset about not having a close relationship with his father.
Jamie Lee has also referred to her relationship with her mother on occasion, which has a similar theme. “She showed up to do things and seemed to be paying attention,” she told Good Housekeeping in 2012. “I think I fell prey to that in my early days as a parent. It looked like he was a father, but he didn’t have the follow-up.” -through what a father needs to have». Sigh.
