We explore Adele’s rocky relationship with her father as she announces ‘I don’t love my dad’ in GRAMMYs acceptance speech
What actually happened between the father and daughter to cause such a rift?
AFTER LAST night’s spectacular performance at the Grammys, Adele’s is name on everybody’s lips.
She swept up five awards including Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year becoming the first artist ever to score the coveted ‘hat-trick’ twice following her 2012 success.
In summary: she smashed it.
Her numerous acceptance speeches covered a lot of ground, she confirmed her marriage by referring to partner Simon Konecki as her husband, announced that Beyonce should have won Album of the Year and told her manager she thought of him like a dad.
Unpicking the details of the speeches was a big job as the normally very private star revealed so much, but her comments about her father are of particular interest.
What she actually said was directed to Jonathan Dickins, her long-time manager.
She said: “Thank you to my manager because the comeback, as it were, was completely masterminded by him.
“And you executed it incredibly, and I owe you everything. We’ve been together for 10 years, and I love you like you’re my dad.
“I love you so, so much. I don’t love my dad, that’s the thing. That doesn’t mean a lot. I love you like I would love my dad.”
So who is the dad she has so publically confessed to not loving? And what happened with her relationship with biological father Mark Evans?
Adele’s father left her mother when she was just three years old and moved from their home in Tottenham to Cardiff. The Welsh dad - who reportedly is currently working as a plumber - was suffering from alcoholism at the time.
In 2011, Mark exclusively spoke to The Sun and by his own words revealed his drinking “made Oliver Reed look like a teetotaller”.
He said: “I was a rotten father at a time when she really needed me.
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“I was putting away two litres of vodka and seven or eight pints of Stella every day.
“I drank like that for three years. God only knows how I survived it. I was deeply ashamed of what I’d become and I knew the kindest thing I could do for Adele was to make sure she never saw me in that state.”
Following these revelations in the press, things went from bad to worse and in 2012 Mark spoke once again about his daughter.
He suggested her love life issues - which feature heavily in her lyrics - could stem from him leaving her mother when she was young.
Adele didn’t take kindly to this suggestion and it fuelled an explosive bust-up with her father.
After his comments, she ranted: “He’s f***ing blown it. He will never hear from me again. It makes me angry. To come back after 10 years and be like, ‘Maybe her problem with men comes down to me.'
“It’s like, ‘How dare you comment on my life?’ It makes my blood boil.”
Adele did eventually calm down and the pair managed to reconcile in 2015 with the help of Adele’s grandmother Rose.
Mark was battling bowel cancer and publicly appealed for a reconciliation, which he reportedly got.
In 2015 Marc told The Sun on Sunday: “Adele and I are fine, it was just a misunderstanding.
“We’ve patched things up, everything’s fine, but I don’t want to make further comment. We’re fine.”
This was the last the press heard of the pair’s rocky connection with a source at the time saying: “Marc is thrilled and doesn’t want to do anything to jeopardise their relationship this time.”
But if last night’s announcement is anything to go by the father and daughter are still not on the best of terms, although neither party has formally commented.
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