Paxman’s hatred for his father
JEREMY PAXMAN has said he felt “passionate hatred” towards his late father at times.
In his new book, A Life In Questions, he said that his dad – typewriter salesman Keith Paxman – left the family to move to Australia when his eldest son was a 24-year-old BBC trainee.
After tracking his estranged father down a decade later, Paxman said he was “astonished” when the older man showed no interest in reconciling with him.
Paxman said: “I was astonished by his lack of curiosity. I mean there were grandchildren he’d never seen, spouses he’d never met.
“It seemed as if we were part of a life that he’d put behind him.”