Kate Beckinsale says seeing stepfather die ‘will forever haunt’ her
Kate Beckinsale.
(Photo by Taylor Hill/WireImage)Kate Beckinsale To mark the one-year anniversary of her stepfather’s death, she penned a candid and touching post detailing what it was like to watch him and her father pass away.
The actress shared a photo of her late stepfather, Roy BatterseaFriday, January 10, via her Instagram account. I mean dad,” holding a bouquet of flowers and smiling.
“When I was five years old, I discovered my father’s body alone in the middle of the night. This incident changed my life. One year ago today, I will never forget seeing my beloved stepfather pass away. “My second time Having tried everything and being present for both deaths and not being able to prevent it does seem very careless.
this canary black The actress reflected on her feelings of sadness and loss over the death of Battersea, who died in Los Angeles in January 2024 after a “brief illness.”
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Max Mara Kate Beckinsale is mourning the death of her stepfather, British director Roy Battersby. “I have nothing to say yet. Thank you @katebeckinsale_slovakia2 for creating this beautiful thing,” Beckinsale, 50, captioned an Instagram video of Battersby’s made by a fan account on Monday, January 15. “I fight with all my strength for you. […]
“In losing my beloved Roy, I lost family, friendships, and at some point I lost my health, and even all my money because the U.S. health care system is so poor for those who are uninsured. How disgusting. I would do it again without a doubt.
Beckinsale went on to explain that she was trying to “comfort” herself by telling herself that Battersea was ready for the end of her life and “feel at peace with it”.
“However, telling myself to work on myself to feel better does feel like a lie. Maybe I’m just unfortunately not open-minded enough to sell this to myself because of my feelings of loss, guilt and failure,” she admit.
Beckinsale said the first anniversary of Battersea’s death was a tough pill to swallow.
MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images Updated: 12:45pm ET 24/19 A day after Beckinsale expressed her frustration to the BAFTA about honoring her late stepfather, the awards ceremony has been decided to be held at a later date. He was honored at the ceremony. “We are very sorry to hear of the recent passing of Roy Battersby – a well-known […]
“It’s a hard day to talk about the tragedy of our precious beginning, but considering I couldn’t save him, I’d be damned if I didn’t honor him in some small way,” she continued. “He taught me how to be brave. He taught me that as long as you do the right thing, it doesn’t matter if people don’t like you. He lost everything, fighting for the union, for the Palestinians in the 70s, for justice to live with them .years before the 1977 documentary “The Palestinians” was filmed, fighting for the miners who lost everything in the strike.
She concluded: “I am lucky that I was raised by someone who uncompromisingly knew what was right and lived it. And loved me. I miss you so much.
