Rita Wilson has revealed about her late father’s secret family.
during your presence How to fail in Elizabeth Day, Rita remembered learning that her late father had a wife and child.
taking part in Who Do You Think You Are? In 2012, Rita learned that her father had a family in his native Bulgaria before moving to America.
“What they found with my father was that his story was so shocking and unusual that they stuck with his story,” the actress said.
However, he revealed that his late father, Hasan Halilov Ibrahimoff, had lost his wife Alice during the birth of their son Emil, who also died of infection four months after birth on 26 December.
Rita admitted, “I still haven’t got over it,” noting that her father “never told us anything. I wish I could have talked to him about it.”
Additionally, Rita Wilson also shared a strange anecdote, saying that her sister’s first child “was born on December 26th. And I think about my father, who celebrated birthdays all those years, and knew that he had a child, Emil, who was born on December 26th, who passed away.”
Rita also said, “I think if we were all more open with each other, we could all see that we’re all in the same boat.”
It is worth mentioning that Rita Wilson and her husband Tom Hanks are parents of children: Colin, Elizabeth, Chet, and Truman.
