Because her father had a history of alcoholism, Charlize said she knew he was likely down the street at his brother’s house drinking. So, they went to the home, where they found the men “pretty loaded.”
However, Charlize had to go to the bathroom, so she ran inside without saying hello to anyone, which her dad perceived as being rude.
“Big thing in South Africa, the kind of respect that you have to have for elders,” the Atomic Blonde actress explained. “And he was in a state where he just spiraled. Like: ‘Why didn’t you stop? Who do you think you are?’”
After leaving, Charlize and her mom both sensed “something was different.” And their gut feeling proved to be right when Charles came home later that evening with his brother.
“I could tell the level of anger, frustration or unhappiness by the way he drove in,” said Charlize, who had been pretending to be asleep in her bedroom. “To get to the point: He finally broke into the house. He shot through the steel doors to get in, making it very clear that he was going to kill us.”
Charlize Theron Details Night Her Mom Fatally Shot Her Dad When She Was 15
