Thank you! I havenât watched the documentary or read the book yet, but I have watched clips of the former and listened to the abridged version of the latter. I want to check both out in full in the future â but I find what Iâve come across so far interesting.
I have always liked his candor and his ability to express that quality without being cruel â especially when you consider how many people love to use the whole Iâm - just - being - honest when really itâs just a cop out to be a jerk. As far as the public facing appearances, their interviews, event summaries, etc, that Iâve come across, I havenât seen such a thing like you, I like to investigate and really get a sense of what a public figure is like before I decide to check out their work.
Speaking of the son/father patterns that ran in his family: I feel bad for Matthew, his oldest child. I remember reading in his play girl interview that during the first few years of Matthewâs life, Christopher said he wasnât terribly interested in him, didnât really know what others were talking about whenever they would describe him (as a baby) as cute because he felt he looked like a reason, and wasnât really interested in being present for his birth.
In both the interview and a clip, I caught where his ex talked a little about that that period of time, both revealed that Christopher had to be convinced to show up for the birth of his first child and after that was done, he immediately left to go skiing with his friends the next day. The mention that most of Matthewâs childhood really consisted of his mother and later on, his sister because his dad just wasnât that present = sad to hear. Matthew sharing later on that he wasnât able to get to the hospital in time in order to say goodbye to his father before he passed away? Especially after how tough aspects of his early years were with him? Devastating.
I wonder if his second child, Alexandra, had a bit of a better experience, but it sounds like it was kind of similar to Matthewâs. I think will got to have a different experience with Chris even before the accident. I find it even sadder that- based on the clips, I watched from the documentary and from the interviews his kids took apart to promote the documentary - It seemed as though the aforementioned didnât really change until post accident. They shared that by then, they felt that he was taking the time to really get to know them/be emotionally present for/listen to them as people.
I appreciated the honesty of all those involved, especially Chrisâs willingness to even go there and admit to having shortcomings since that is incredibly difficult for most people.
Anyway, thatâs what I found captured my attention the most but again, I still need to read and watch.
**Please excuse any typos â I am using voice to text
I am going to get back to you because I have so many thoughts about this. Especially about the Matthew part and that Playgirl interview (in which he seems like a completely different person).
It's all really messy and not a good look.
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