Charlize Theron opened up in a New York Times interview about her terrifying childhood in South Africa amid her father Charles Theron's alcoholism and abuse. She detailed the 1991 night when her mother Gerda Jacoba Aletta Martiz fatally shot him in self-defense. The actress reflected on how these events built her independence.
Darlings, Charlize Theron, 50, just served the hottest tea on her early life in a New York Times sit-down. Growing up on a farm outside Johannesburg, she was petrified by drunks — think people crawling on the floor every weekend. 'My dad had built this big bar inside the house,' she said of Charles Theron, a 'full-blown functioning drunk' who vanished and returned messy, sparking verbal abuse and icy silences with mom Gerda. No physical hits on Charlize, but plenty of threats and drunk driving. 😨 Her mom shipped her to boarding school for protection, smart move. 💅
