Charlize Theron is opening up about the traumatic night her mother killed her father: 'He..shot through the door three times...in self-defense, she ended the threat.'
, the 44-year-old actress discussed the 1991 night when her mother, Gerda Maritz, killed her father, Charles Theron, in order to protect herself and her then-15-year-old daughter.
Theron continued by explaining the situation with her dad was a"pretty hopeless" one that she and her mother were"just kind of stuck in." Though Theron said that she"of course" wishes that"what happened that night would have never happened," she also noted that "it's unfortunately what happens when you don't get to the root of these issues."
"He took a step back and just shot through the door three times," she continued. "None of those bullets ever hit us, which is just a miracle. But in self-defense, she ended the threat."
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