Christian Bale's mum reveals heartbreak of feud which means they haven't spoken for SIX YEARS

MIRROR
Jan 26, 2014 00:00
By Deborah Sherwood

Estranged: Christian Bale with his mother Jenny and his wife Sibi

The heartbroken mum of Hollywood superstar Christian Bale today begs him to end their bitter six-year feud as he stands on the brink of Oscar glory.

Jenny, 66, has not spoken to her famous son since she and his sister Sharon fell out with him at a hotel on the eve of his Dark Knight premiere in 2008.

Police were called and the star – nominated last week for Best Actor in American Hustle – was arrested on suspicion of assault. It was claimed they rowed over money – something Jenny has always strongly denied.

Now, after years of sending her son emails in the hope he would get in touch, Jenny is desperate for a reunion before his landmark 40th birthday on Thursday.

Child star: Christian aged 14 with his mum and sisters at the Empire Of The Sun premiere

Until then, watching ­Christian’s hit films – from his big break at 11 years old in Empire Of The Sun and ­American Psycho through to the Batman epics – is the only way she can ease her heartache.

“I have them all,” she says with pride. “Every one he’s made. Then sometimes Christian will come up on TV in one of his films. I’ll be flicking through the channels and suddenly there he is, looking at me from the TV. I think, ‘Oh God’ and carry on watching.”

She went to see American Hustle – in which her son plays plays a fat, balding conman with two beauties fighting over him – at her local cinema in Bournemouth last week.

“I always go to see his films. I usually go on my own, but watched American Hustle with my neighbour,”  says Jenny.


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Mixed Reviews: Christian Bale: The Inside Story of the Darkest Batman by Kyle Rupprecht | Published May 23, 2012 (MOVIE MAKER)

Is there a more controversial actor working today than Christian Bale? From his start as an impressive child actor (Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun) to his emergence as a bonafide movie star after taking on the iconic role of Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, Bale has certainly had a whirlwind ride in Hollywood. He’s also had plenty of inner demons to shake, as Harrison Cheung and Nicola Pittam’s new biography, Christian Bale: The Inside Story of the Darkest Batman (BenBella Books, 312 pages, $15.95), details.

Cheung lived and worked with Bale and his father for nearly a decade, serving as the son’s publicist, marketer and personal assistant. A fan first and foremost, Cheung created a strong Internet presence for Bale, including starting an online fan community, known as the “Baleheads.” This was still in the early days of the Internet, and thanks to Cheung, Bale became one of the first actors to have a large, passionate following on the web. These were Bale’s pre-Batman days, when he was a struggling actor best known for his work in Steven Spielberg’s underappreciated, financially unsuccessful Empire of the Sun (1987) and Disney’s big-budget musical flop Newsies (1992). Despite Cheung’s hard work, Bale never paid him for his efforts, which, along with Bale’s volatile behavior, ultimately led to the end of their relationship, both personally and professionally.

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