Woody Allen speaks about scandalous marriage with adopted daughter

Director Woody Allen revealed the details of his marriage with his adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, the Daily Mail reported. 

‘I admit, it didn’t make sense when our relationship started,’ he says. ‘On the surface we looked like an irrational match. I was much older and she was an adopted kid.

‘It looked to the outside world that it was an exploitative situation – that I would exploit her as an older predatory male, and she would exploit me for whatever I had. That was never the case.

‘In the past, I had always gone out with actresses [other exes include Stacey Nelkin with whom he had an affair while filming Annie Hall], but for whatever inexplicable reason, with Soon-Yi it worked.’

‘I don’t feel vindicated because that is to imply I was concerned and – I don’t wish to seem callous – but I am not. Of course I am aware I am the subject of gossip and scandal, but I cannot let it bother me. I live my life. I work. I play jazz. I watch sports. I see my friends. I don’t look up and I don’t read anything,’ he added.

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