For the first time ever, Owen Wilson is speaking publicly about his 74-year-old father’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
“It is a rough thing,” Wilson told the Dallas Morning News on Monday.
“It’s one of those things where if somebody had said 10 years ago, when my dad and I were joking around, having a putting match, that this is the position your dad’s going to be in, where he basically needs 24-hour care, you’d think, ‘Gosh, I won’t be able to handle that. That’s just not possible.'”
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The Dallas-born actor said his father was “the biggest influence” he and his brothers could have had.
“You just have to do your best to deal with it. You’ve got no choice but to accept it. And then, you sort of still look for the things to be grateful for.”
Robert Wilson worked as a top TV executive in Dallas who hired Jim Lehrer.