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Soon-Yi Previn opens up about Allen, Farrow
Soon-Yi Previn, Woody Allen’s wife, has broken her silence about her relationship with the controversial filmmaker and her early life with Allen’s former partner Mia Farrow.
Previn says in a new interview with Vulture that Dylan Farrow’s allegations of molestation against Woody Allen are false and that Mia Farrow abused Previn. Previn was adopted by Farrow and then-husband Andre Previn when she was 6 years old.
“Mia wasn’t maternal to me from the get-go,” Previn told Daphne Merkin, the author of the op-ed and a friend of Allen’s for four decades. “What’s happened to Woody is so upsetting, so unjust. (Mia Farrow) has taken advantage of the #MeToo movement and paraded Dylan as a victim. And a whole new generation is hearing about it when they shouldn’t.”
Previn described the beginning of her relationship with Allen, noting that the two were consenting adults at the time. She says that in the beginning, neither thought the relationship would last, but over time they grew closer. After Farrow found out about the affair, Previn’s relationship with Farrow deteriorated further. She said Farrow slapped her and spanked her. A family spokesperson disputed Previn’s claims of physical abuse, neglect or showing favoritism among children.
Farrow’s son Ronan, a journalist who has written high-profile #MeToo exposes, condemned Vulture/ New York Magazine for running the “hit job” and defending his mother’s parenting.