Jacob, Devon and Atiana De La Hoya Break Down Relationships With Dad Oscar: ‘The Golden Boy’ Takeaways
usmagazine.comOscar De La Hoya’s oldest children — Jacob, Devon and Atiana — are beyond candid as they discuss their absentee father in part 2 of his new documentary, The Golden Boy.The retired boxer welcomed his two eldest sons with different women in 1998 — during his romance with Atiana’s mother, Shanna Moakler.
While Jacob’s mom is De La Hoya’s ex-girlfriend Toni Alvarado, Devon was born after De La Hoya had a one-night stand with Angelique McQueen.
As De La Hoya’s struggles with substance abuse escalated, he left Moakler for Millie Corretjer in 2000. The spouses relocated to Puerto Rico, going on to welcome three more kids.“I would only see him every so often, maybe, like, once a year,” Atiana recalled in the doc. “And I remember — I think it might have been fourth grade or something — and we were supposed to get dinner and then go to Color Me Mine because I loved art.
And I remember trying to think of, like, what I would say. Like, ‘Am I going to call him dad?’ And I remember going to Color Me Mine and he painted, like, a cheeseburger and I had the cheeseburger in my room for … it’s probably still somewhere, to be honest.”Atiana, who is extremely close to former stepfather Travis Barker, explained that she heard about her dad more than she saw him. “I think a lot of people knew him better than I did because they watched his career.
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