Patrick Stewart Regretted Putting Acting Before His Family

Patrick Stewart said in an October 2023 interview that he regretted putting his acting career ahead of his family and described his relationship with his two adult children as practically nonexistent. The actor died at 86 on October 28, 2026, his publicist confirmed. Stewart said he felt pain and responsibility when thinking about his children, Daniel and Sophie, whom he had with his former wife, Sheila Falconer. He said he had put acting work before family and had struggled to be the father he wanted to be. He also said he had not expected to become separated from his children and that, at the time of the interview, their relationship was practically nonexistent. Those remarks describe Stewart’s account of the relationship in 2023. They do not establish what his relationship with Daniel and Sophie was in his final days. After his death, Daniel shared a photograph of himself carrying his father. The image reportedly dates to a 2001 theatre production; Daniel did not accompany it with a written statement. Stewart had spoken about his parenting in a 2009 interview, saying he had been absorbed in work while his children were growing up. He said he was trying to make amends...