In a profile published on Vulture on Sunday, Soon-Yi Previn opened up about how her relationship with husband Woody Allen began. During her interview,…
In a profile published on Vulture on Sunday, Soon-Yi Previn opened up about how her relationship with husband Woody Allen began.
During her interview, the 47-year-old explained that she met the filmmaker when he started dating her adoptive mother, Mia Farrow, in the late ’70s.
Previn was 10 years old at the time and didn’t start having an affair with Allen until 1991. She said that Allen pursued her after she started attending New Jersey’s Drew University. Previn added that they „talked quite a bit“ and she vaguely recalled the pair having their first kiss after meeting up while she was on a break from college.
The mother of two said that they initially intended on keeping their affair — which Allen called a „fling“ — under wraps. Moreover, Previn thought that once she returned to school, she would form a relationship with someone else.
„I’d meet someone in college, and that would be done,“ Previn told Vulture. „It only became a relationship really when we were thrown together because of the molestation charge.“
Previn was referring to Dylan Farrow, Mia Farrow and Allen’s adopted daughter, alleging that the director sexually assaulted her when she was 7 years old. Allen has since denied allegations and a representative for him told INSIDER that the claim was „thoroughly investigated“ by two child welfare organizations that found „no molestation“ took place.
Previn said that her affair with Allen was „a moral dilemma“ and „a huge betrayal on both our parts, a terrible thing to do, a terrible shock to inflict on her [Mia].“
„I know this is no justification, but Mia was never kind to me, never civil,“ she added. „And here was a chance for someone showing me affection and being nice to me, so of course I was thrilled and ran for it.“
She went on to say: „I wasn’t the one who went after Woody — where would I get the nerve? He pursued me. That’s why the relationship has worked: I felt valued. It’s quite flattering for me. He’s usually a meek person, and he took a big leap.“
Previn and Allen went on to get married in 1997. They have adopted two children together, daughters Bechet and Manzie.
Ronan Farrow, Allen and Mia Farrow’s son, posted a statement on Twitter defending his mother and admonishing Vulture’s reporting for the profile.
A representative for Mia Farrow didn’t immediately respond to INSIDER’s request for comment.
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