Liv detailed how onerous it was for Todd Rundgren, who helped increase her, to be taught the information, and what it was like assembly her half-sister, mannequin Mia Tyler, for the primary time.
Discovering out your dad is a mega rockstar? Shocked is an understatement.
Liv Tyler was a visitor on Kate and Oliver Hudson‘s Sibling Revelry podcast along with her sister, Mia, the place she recalled studying for the primary time that Aerosmith entrance man, Steven Tyler, is her dad. “I used to be the bastard, we did not find out about me,” mentioned Liv on the episode, as her sister jokingly sang, “Love Baby.”
As for when she realized the reality, Liv mentioned it went down when she was “eight or 9” after her mother, Bebe Buell, took her to the rocker’s live performance.
“We sat on a bench at this outside amphitheater and she or he advised me the entire story in probably the most honest, lovely method,” Liv recalled on the April 13 episode. “I simply was there with it after which we went backstage after the present.”
The 47-year-old actress, who had believed till that second that her start father was musician Todd Lundgren, additionally defined how she felt after the present.
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“The primary wave was shock,” she continued. “After that live performance, we went dwelling and my mother had a chaise lounge in entrance of a window. I keep in mind sitting there for what felt like three days, however it was in all probability three hours, and coming to this conclusion of ‘Whoa, I’ve two dads and all this love.'”
As for the way she believes Todd, who had dated Liv’s mother across the time of her start and signed Liv’s start certificates within the hospital, handled the expertise, she mentioned she believes he nonetheless struggles with the surprising revelation.
“It is in all probability nonetheless very onerous and painful and I do not converse to him sufficient,” Liv mentioned. “I like him. I’ve brothers from him and I had an entire household with them. However I used to be a child, so it was actually onerous as a result of he was mad at my mother after which all of the sudden Steven was there and we did a paternity take a look at and it was constructive and so we moved to New York.”
“He took care of me like he was [my] dad,” she added of Rundgren, noting that earlier than the information got here out, he was a devoted father.
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She additionally met her sister, Mia, at one in every of her dad’s live shows.
The pair grew up individually in New Hampshire and Maine till they have been eight and 9 years previous, when Liv’s mom and Mia’s mother, Cyrinda Foxe, took them to the identical Aerosmith live performance.
“I keep in mind there have been no youngsters backstage. So we performed onerous that night time. And we have been at this VIP space, exterior of the inexperienced rooms, and we have been similar to, you already know, doing our eight and nine-year-old factor, and this fan woman got here up and she or he was like ‘Oh my god, you women are so cute. Are you guys sisters?'” Mia recalled.
“That exact night time that she’s [Mia] speaking about, Weapons n’ Roses have been opening for Aerosmith. It was the start of their tune ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’ We had pushed to the gig at a spot known as Nice Woods,” Liv added earlier than getting emotional.
“We obtained tickets and we went to the viewers and we have been standing, and Weapons n’ Roses was taking part in and I used to be so excited as a result of I similar to, liked Weapons n’ Roses. And on the aspect of the stage was this one standing there,” she continued.
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The second that adopted was a pivotal one for Liv, who realized that this little woman she was taking part in with backstage really was her sister.
“I simply keep in mind standing there watching them play, trying and seeing this woman who appeared precisely like me. Like we actually had the identical outfit on. We had each had perms, like spiral perms, pink frosty lipstick,” she recounted. “We have been each carrying a Aerosmith live performance t-shirt with black leggings and Reebok excessive prime sneakers. I appeared and I used to be like, wait, that is me. It was actually bizarre. I used to be actually like trying within the mirror seeing double.”
Liv then proceeded to construct a relationship along with her organic father and half sister, and whereas it took a while to regulate, now, she mentioned she’s in a position to look again on the state of affairs with gratitude, figuring out that she was surrounded by a lot love.
“It was very bizarre. I felt a lot love,” Liv mentioned. “I used to be ready to take in the love that I might.”
