Liv detailed how arduous it was for Todd Rundgren, who helped increase her, to study the information, and what it was like assembly her half-sister, mannequin Mia Tyler, for the primary time.
Discovering out your dad is a mega rockstar? Shocked is an understatement.
Liv Tyler was a visitor on Kate and Oliver Hudson‘s Sibling Revelry podcast along with her sister, Mia, the place she recalled studying for the primary time that Aerosmith entrance man, Steven Tyler, is her dad. “I used to be the bastard, we did not learn about me,” mentioned Liv on the episode, as her sister jokingly sang, “Love Little one.”
As for when she discovered the reality, Liv mentioned it went down when she was “eight or 9” after her mother, Bebe Buell, took her to the rocker’s live performance.
“We sat on a bench at this outside amphitheater and she or he instructed me the entire story in essentially the most honest, stunning manner,” Liv recalled on the April 13 episode. “I simply was there with it after which we went backstage after the present.”
The 47-year-old actress, who had believed till that second that her delivery father was musician Todd Lundgren, additionally defined how she felt after the present.
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“The primary wave was shock,” she continued. “After that live performance, we went dwelling and my mother had a chaise lounge in entrance of a window. I keep in mind sitting there for what felt like three days, however it was most likely three hours, and coming to this conclusion of ‘Whoa, I’ve two dads and all this love.'”
As for the way she believes Todd, who had dated Liv’s mother across the time of her delivery and signed Liv’s delivery certificates within the hospital, handled the expertise, she mentioned she believes he nonetheless struggles with the surprising revelation.
“It is most likely nonetheless very arduous and painful and I do not communicate to him sufficient,” Liv mentioned. “I like him. I’ve brothers from him and I had an entire household with them. However I used to be a child, so it was actually arduous as a result of he was mad at my mother after which all of the sudden Steven was there and we did a paternity check and it was constructive and so we moved to New York.”
“He took care of me like he was [my] dad,” she added of Rundgren, noting that earlier than the information got here out, he was a devoted father.
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She additionally met her sister, Mia, at certainly one of her dad’s live shows.
The pair grew up individually in New Hampshire and Maine till they have been eight and 9 years outdated, when Liv’s mom and Mia’s mother, Cyrinda Foxe, took them to the identical Aerosmith live performance.
“I keep in mind there have been no youngsters backstage. So we performed arduous that evening. And we have been at this VIP space, outdoors of the inexperienced rooms, and we have been similar to, you realize, doing our eight and nine-year-old factor, and this fan woman got here up and she or he was like ‘Oh my god, you ladies are so cute. Are you guys sisters?'” Mia recalled.
“That specific evening that she’s [Mia] speaking about, Weapons n’ Roses have been opening for Aerosmith. It was the start of their tune ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’ We had pushed to the gig at a spot referred to as Nice Woods,” Liv added earlier than getting emotional.
“We received tickets and we went to the viewers and we have been standing, and Weapons n’ Roses was enjoying and I used to be so excited as a result of I similar to, cherished Weapons n’ Roses. And on the facet of the stage was this one standing there,” she continued.
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The second that adopted was a pivotal one for Liv, who realized that this little lady she was enjoying with backstage actually was her sister.
“I simply keep in mind standing there watching them play, wanting and seeing this lady who seemed precisely like me. Like we actually had the identical outfit on. We had each had perms, like spiral perms, pink frosty lipstick,” she recounted. “We have been each carrying a Aerosmith live performance t-shirt with black leggings and Reebok excessive prime sneakers. I seemed and I used to be like, wait, that is me. It was actually bizarre. I used to be actually like wanting within the mirror seeing double.”
Liv then proceeded to construct a relationship along with her organic father and half sister, and whereas it took a while to regulate, now, she mentioned she’s capable of look again on the scenario with gratitude, realizing that she was surrounded by a lot love.
“It was very bizarre. I felt a lot love,” Liv mentioned. “I used to be in a position to take in the love that I might.”
