Kiefer Sutherland says he didn’t know late dad Donald Sutherland until he was 15
NY Post
For the first decade and a half of his life, Kiefer Sutherland didn’t have a relationship with his father, Donald Sutherland, who died June 20 at the age of 88.
“Me and my dad really got to know each other after I left home at 15,” Kiefer, 57, told The Sunday Times in an interview published Saturday.
“My parents split when I was three and my mum, sister and I moved to Canada,” he continued. “I didn’t live with my dad. I would see him at Christmas and for a couple of weeks in the summer. I certainly did see him, but it was really relegated to around holidays.”
Donald and his second wife, Shirley Douglas, welcomed twins Kiefer and Rachel Sutherland in 1966.
Douglas died in 2020 at the age of 65 due to complications from pneumonia.
Donald had three more kids — sons Roeg, Rossif, and Angus — with his third wife, Francine Racette.
