Woody Allen Is ‘Willing’ to Reconnect With Dylan and Ronan Farrow

Woody Allen says he’s open to reconnecting with daughter Dylan Farrow and son Ronan Farrow, from whom he has been estranged for years.

During a Sunday, September 3, interview with Variety, Allen, 87, was requested whether or not he’s seen Dylan, 38, or Ronan, 35, not too long ago. “No. Always willing to, but no,” he instructed the outlet.

Dylan, whom Allen adopted in 1985 with former accomplice Mia Farrow, alleged in 1992 that Allen had molested her in Mia’s residence in Bridgewater, Connecticut. Dylan was 7 years previous on the time. Allen has repeatedly denied the declare whereas Dylan has continued to converse out in regards to the alleged abuse as an grownup, together with within the 2021 HBO docuseries Allen v. Farrow.

Ronan additionally participated within the collection and claimed throughout episode 4 that Allen would solely pay for his school training if he publicly discredited Dylan’s claims. “The offer always stood that if I were willing to publicly go against my mother and my sister that he would offer financial support, support for my education and perhaps a comfortable life with a powerful, influential guy,” Ronan alleged.

Allen and his spouse, Soon-Yi Previn, whom Mia adopted with ex-husband André Previn prior to her relationship with Allen, spoke out in opposition to the collection’ claims after the primary episode aired.

“These documentarians had no interest in the truth. Instead, they spent years surreptitiously collaborating with the Farrows and their enablers to put together a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods,” the pair’s group stated in a press release, including that the “allegations are categorically false.”

Allen shared related sentiments throughout his latest Variety interview, saying “there was nothing” to the sexual abuse claims.

“The situation has been investigated by two people, two major bodies, not people, but two major investigative bodies. And both, after long detailed investigations, concluded there was no merit to these charges,” he instructed the outlet.

The filmmaker continued: “The fact that it lingers on always makes me think that maybe people like the idea that it lingers on. You know, maybe there’s something appealing to people. But why? Why? I don’t know what you can do besides having it investigated, which they did so meticulously.”

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When requested whether or not he appears like he’s been “canceled,” Allen, who earned a prolonged standing ovation when his movie Coup de Chance premiered on the Venice International Film Festival on Monday, replied, “I feel if you’re going to be canceled, this is the culture to be canceled by. I just find that all so silly. I don’t think about it. I don’t know what it means to be canceled.”

In addition to Dylan and Ronan, Allen is father of son Moses, 45, whom he adopted with Mia, and daughters Bechet, 24, and Manzie, 23, whom he adopted with Previn, 52.

Allen and Previn’s relationship has additionally been a supply of controversy through the years. Although Allen claimed in his 2020 memoir, Apropos of Nothing, that he first kissed Previn when she was a university freshman, Mia alleged in Allen v. Farrow that the connection started when Previn was in highschool.

“She would be in her school uniform at lunch,” Mia claimed. “They would change the bed after she left.”

Mia added that when she found the connection, she didn’t blame her adopted daughter. “She was just a little kid when he came into the family. She was just a little girl,” she stated. “We were family and he was in my home as my partner and as such, he had responsibilities, you know? You don’t get to have sex with my children. That wasn’t part of the deal.”

If you or somebody you realize has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).