Scott
Eastwood is making amends.
After
admitting in an interview for GQ Australia‘s September/October issue that he
hadn’t contacted the father of ex-girlfriend Jewel Brangman since her 2014
death, the actor reportedly reached out this week.
According to
People, Scott made an “emotional call” to Alexander Brangman on
Tuesday to apologize for his belated sympathies.
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Brangman
told the mag that he was upset about Scott’s silence, and his failure to attend
Jewel’s memorial.
“Quite frankly,
I was hurt by it,” the 61-year-old said.
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“I was
disappointed he didn’t come to her celebration of life. Many people were
actually disappointed,” he continued. “Many of her friends flew
across the country to pay their respects and condolences. There wasn’t even a
flower sent.”
Brangman said Scott came clean during their conversation
about why he hadn’t come forward sooner.
“He said, ‘I
didn’t reach out because I didn’t know what to say,'” Bragman said,
adding, “He was very apologetic.”
Despite admitting to some initial resentment, Brangman went
on to say that he understood Scott was processing the tragedy in his own way.
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“I was angry – but
everybody grieves differently,” he told the mag. “You know, he’s a
kid, too. I didn’t know what his grieving process is – I’d like to get to know
more of what he went through. Because that’s a difficult thing.”
Brangman said that he’s willing to keep in touch with
Scott as they both continue to come to terms with Jewel’s loss.
“Maybe
he didn’t know how to grieve, and in some ways, I could have helped him,” he
said. “Or could still help him.”
Jewel was just 26 at the time of her passing. Scott told
GQ Australia that her death was the result of an airbag that
“exploded” in a fender-bender and “shot a projectile through her body.”
The model and actress graduated with a master’s degree
in communication and journalism from Hofstra University and, according to
People, had planned to get her Ph.D before deciding to pursue an entertainment
career first.
“I loved Jewel
more than life itself,” Brangman told the mag of his daughter. “I
couldn’t be prouder of what I brought into the world and more devastated that
her time was cut so short.”
— Erin Biglow
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