The haunting childhood of beauty Charlize Theron

In a recent interview, famous actress Charlize Theron confided for the first time about her haunting childhood with an alcoholic father.

Charlize is now one of the A-list stars in Hollywood.

Charlize has South African blood but came to work and become famous in the US. Currently, the blonde actress is living a peaceful life with her two adopted children in Los Angeles and has a brilliant career.

However, in a recent interview on “The Howard Stern Show”, the beautiful actress revealed for the first time about her haunting childhood.

Charlize Theron revealed for the first time that her mother was forced to shoot her father to death in self-defense to protect her daughter.

She was born and raised in Benoni, South Africa. Charlize recounted that her childhood was a nightmare with a father who was a heavy drinker.

As a little girl, Charlize lived a sad and hopeless life, and she had no dreams when she was with a violent and heavily addicted father.

The 41-year-old actress remembers that not only herself but all members of her family lived in hell when her father was alive.

And the hellish days with Charlize’s father only really ended when her mother was forced to shoot him dead during an argument. At that time, Charlize was only 15 years old and that still follows her to this day.

“I pretended like nothing happened. I didn’t tell anyone, I didn’t want to tell anyone. Every time someone asked me, I said, ‘My dad died in a car accident.’ Who wants to tell such a tragic story?” Charlize explained.

The famous actress always worried that when she revealed her family’s tragic story, people would pity her. She lived with the feeling of being a victim for many years, but finally, she found balance.

Although her biological mother was the one who shot Charlize’s biological father, in the eyes of the blonde actress, Gerda Aletta is still a wonderful woman, and she really admires her decision and courage.

“My mother’s philosophy was always, ‘Life is terrible. You have to choose. You either drown or you survive. That’s it.’ I think we both got through that night bravely and okay. We both lived very well after that night and no one ever knew,” Charlize said.

During her Hollywood career, Charlize Theron never mentioned her biological father. He was a heavy drinker and had passed away.

She once talked about her parents’ troubled marriage and tragedy in an interview with ABC in 2004. Her mother shot her father when she came home from school.

At that time, Charlize understood that something terrible had happened.

That night, her father and uncle came home drunk. He started banging on the door loudly and angrily.

He even fired a gun, which was quite common in South Africa at the time.

He banged on Charlize’s bedroom door and shouted, “I’m going to kill you all tonight.” Charlize’s mother acted to protect her daughter and to defend herself from her violent and drunken husband.

These things have become a sad memory for Charlize Theron and motivated her to live well and find a job to change her life.

Charlize, now 41 years old, is living very well in the US. At this time, she is busy promoting her new movie “Atomic Blonde”.