Oscar-winning actor Charlize Theron he opened it like never before on the night his mother shot his father after allegedly trying to kill him.In a recent interview with The New York Times published on Saturday, the actress spoke candidly about the traumatic incident. Opening up about her reason for telling her story, she said: “I think these things should be talked about because it makes other people feel less alone. When this happened to us, I thought we were the only people. These things don’t bother me anymore.”
Charlize Theron remembers shooting the incident
Theron, now 50, recalled the incident when she was just 15 years old. She said her mother, Gerda Jacoba Aletta Martiz, had returned home after visiting a relative when tensions flared with her father, Charles Theron. Recounting the chain of events that led to the shooting at her home, she said she “knew something bad was going to happen.”
Charlize Theron says her father would kill her
According to Theron, her father “entered the house,” “shooting through the steel doors, making it very clear that he was going to kill us.”“The message was very clear: ‘I’m going to kill you tonight. You think I can’t get in this door? Look at me. I’m going to go to the safe. I’m going to take the shotgun,'” he said.
Charlize Theron remembers her mother shooting her father
The actress also described the moment her mother responded, stating that both her father and another man present had been shot. “My brother ran down the hall, and he shot a bullet down the hall, it ricocheted seven times and shot him in the hand. It’s stuff you can’t explain. And then he followed my dad, who was already opening the safe to get more guns, and shot him.”Authorities eventually ruled the shooting an act of self-defense, and Gerda Martiz was not charged.After the shooting, Theron said her mother sent her to school the next morning. “He said, ‘We’re going to go ahead.’ It’s not necessarily the healthiest, but it worked for us.”
