Eric Roberts Opens Up About Family Struggles

Eric Roberts has opened up about his strained relationship with his daughter Emma Roberts, describing it as the 'toughest period' of his life. In a recent episode of the 'Inside of You' podcast, he shared that there is a sadness over the misunderstandings that have led to their distance, and he reflects on this in his memoir 'Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far'. Eric attributes the loss of custody of Emma to his past struggles with drug addiction and acknowledges a lack of readiness to be a parent. Becoming a grandfather has allowed him to reflect on what he missed with Emma, especially as his eldest granddaughter resembles her. He also publicly apologized to his sister Julia Roberts, with whom he had a strained relationship partly due to past custody battles involving Emma. Eric hopes to mend relationships and move forward with grace, as reflected in his memoir.