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The Bobby Bones Show
Darius Rucker discussed his new memoir, detailing his vulnerability in sharing his life story, particularly his estranged relationship with his father and a painful experience where his father asked him for $50,000 after a 15-year separation.
I don't see my dad from the time I'm like 13 or 14.
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Darius Rucker discussed his new memoir, detailing his vulnerability in sharing his life story, particularly his estranged relationship with his father and a painful experience where his father asked him for $50,000 after a 15-year separation.
I don't see my dad from the time I'm like 13 or 14.
I give him my phone number and go in the road for a couple of days and I get back to my house and I checked my answer machine and he's on my answer machine. The first message he left me in my whole life, I haven't talked to him in 15 years, he asked me for $50,000.
It was shit. It was shocking. I was like, are you kidding me? And painful. And expect me to give it to him.
And that was the first thing he asked me. And I don't think we've ever really had a conversation after that.
I think he had so many kids around town that I was just another headache. And I never complained and my mom never complained. So if you're not complaining, well, I don't really care.
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Darius Rucker discussed his memoir, detailing his estrangement from his father for 15 years and a surprising request for money upon their reunion. He also reflected on his feelings surrounding his father's death and funeral.
This is one thing I talk about in the book. I don't see my dad from the time I'm like 13 or 14 till I'm 28, 15 years. No, not a word. Never saw his face.
And then Letterman hits and things start get crazy. And we're playing. We're playing out a string of clubs and rooms that we had booked. And so we're playing in Charleston at the King Street Palace, which used to be Charleston County Hall.
And Dean looks up and goes, that's got to be your dad. He looks just like you. And he walks over and he talks to me and acts like really acts like, you know, we saw each other yesterday and I decided I'm going to be the bigger man.
And the first message he left me in my whole life, I haven't talked to him in 15 years. He asked me for fifty thousand dollars. It was shocking. I was like, are you kidding me?
It was amazing to me because I'm sitting in the back and all these people are getting up and speaking and talking about how great this guy and I'm going, well, he was great to everybody else but me, obviously, which is absolutely amazing.
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Darius Rucker discussed his new memoir, sharing details about his strained relationship with his father, including a painful anecdote about his father's first request after reconnecting--$50,000.
I don't see my dad from the time I'm like 13 or 14 till I'm 28, 20, 15 years. Nope. Not a word. Never saw his face.
And the first message he left me in my whole life, I haven't talked to him in 15 years. He asked me for $50,000.
And that was the first thing he asked me. And I don't think we've ever really had a conversation after that.
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Darius Rucker discussed his memoir, which details his strained relationship with his father, including a shocking request for \$50,000 after a 15-year estrangement. He also reflected on his father's death and funeral, highlighting the contrast between his father's public persona and their private relationship.
This is one thing I talk about in the book. I don't see my dad from the time I'm like 13 or 14 till I'm 28, 15 years. Nope, not a word. Never saw his face.
And then Letterman hits and things start get crazy. And we're playing we're playing out a string of clubs and rooms that we had booked in. So we're playing in Charleston at the King Street Palace, which used to be Charleston County Hall. I'm having dinner after soundcheck and he walks in the room.
And he walks over and he talks to me and acts like really acts like, you know, we saw each other yesterday and I decide I'm going to be the bigger man.
And I get back to my house and I check my answer machine and he's on my answer machine. And the first message he left me in my whole life, I haven't talked to him in 15 years. He asked me for $50,000.
It was amazing to me because I'm sitting in the back and all these people are getting up and speaking and talking about how great this guy is. And I'm going, well, he was great to everybody else but me, obviously, which is absolutely amazing.
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It is a memoir in which Rucker discusses his difficult relationship with his father, who left him when he was young, and how his father later asked him for $50,000 after many years of estrangement. The book was described as vulnerable and intense.
He talked about how his dad showed up; he had seen like Hootie and the Blowfish, his dad, like on Letterman or performance and they were at dinner and his dad like showed up to the restaurant and like Darius was like, oh that's my dad.
I haven't talked to him in 15 years, he asked me for 50,000. It was shocking. I was like, are you kidding me?
It's a great episode, he's very vulnerable.