Greer Grammer is opening up about the "meanest thing" her father Kelsey Grammer said to her after the end of their 12-year estrangement.
The actress, 33, revealed during a recent episode of the Pretty Basic Podcastwhat she considered to be the "meanest thing" her dad said to her once they reconnected. Kelsey and Greer's mom Barrie Buckner split when she was four, and Greer did not see her father again until she was 16.
"[Grammer] was always my last name. I guess my dad did ask my mom — he told me this later — but he was like, 'I told your mom... I said it might be better for you to not have my last name. It would be easier for you growing up,'" Greer said.
"I think I was like 19 when he told me that and I started sobbing, because to me that was like the meanest thing you could ever say to somebody, like... 'I knew I wasn't gonna be in your life, so I told my mom it would probably be easier for you to not have my last name,'" she added.
Greer admitted, however, that her dad's suggestion was "fair" and that he was "not wrong."
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At another point during the podcast, Greer addressed the misconception that her dad did not know her until she was 16. She said she has memories of spending time with her dad before he left when she was young, explaining they reconnected while she was doing community service as Miss Teen Malibu at a Christmas tree lot.
"He came up to me and said, 'Are you Greer?' And I said, 'Yes, I am,'" she recalled. "Then he went, 'I’m —." And I was like, 'I know who you are. Duh.'"
"That's kind of what started our relationship," she said of meeting her father for lunch a week later. "It took a couple of days to call him, because my mom was like, 'Give them some time.' I was ready to call him that day, like, 'Let's do this thing. I got a dad now, woohoo!' She was kind of like, 'Take some time to think about it over the weekend. Let them process it as a family and then call.'"
At the time of the reconnection, the Frasier alum was living in Malibu with his then-wife Camille Grammer and their kids Mason, 24, and Jude, 21. Grammer is also the father of Spencer, 42, with ex-wife Doreen Alderman and Faith, 12, Gabriel, 10, James, 8, and Christopher, 2 months, with wife Kayte Walsh.
Greer noted during the episode that she and her father "have a good relationship now."
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In May, months before the birth of his newborn, Grammer opened up to People about parenting his three youngest kids and how it’s differed greatly from this experience with his older children.
“I have neglected a couple of the kids in my life, especially the first two,” Grammer said at the time, referring to Greer and her sister Spencer. “I’m trying to make up for a little of it now. I’m still their dad, so you can always have [a] chance to show up.”
“I probably should have been a little more clear and maybe less tolerant with the older ones,” he added.. “I’m pretty tolerant with the young ones, but I’m clear about how there’s certain expectations and certain ways to navigate through a social situation: keep it close to the vest and play it straight, and you’re going to be well-served in your life. I’m a little more specific with them about doing their studies and being prepared. [I tell them], ‘What’s your job in life? Showing up.'”
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