You’ve been hearing this for years.
In the latest example of how celebrities have a lot in common with their fellow men and women, here’s a look at famous singers, actors and actresses who get along poorly with their family members.
Lindsay Lohan (Getty) We think it’s fair to say that Lindsay Lohan has had her fair share of scandals over the years, and her mother, Dina has been slammed for exploiting her kids for fame and fortune. Lindsay has a strained relationship with both parents, and rarely speaks to either.
Demi Lovato (Getty Images) Demi Lovato’s parents divorced when she was just two-years-old. She rarely heard from her father after, and they had a public fallout in 2010. Demi did not speak to him again before his death in 2013.
Emma Roberts (ABC via Getty Images) Emma’s parents never married, and her father, Eric, was mostly out of her life growing up. Things changed when Emma achieved stardom in Hollywood and are now on speaking terms.
Mo’Nique (Getty) Mo’Nique opened up about being sexually abused by her brother and does not speak to her parents anymore.
Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera has been vocal about using music as an escape from growing up under the emotional and physical abuse of her father. Unsurprisingly, she does not speak to him.
Meg Ryan (Getty) Meg has been estranged her mother for over thirty years. The animosity stems from her mother criticizing her lover, Dennis Quaid.
Tom Cruise (Getty) Tom Cruise grew up in poverty with an abusive father. They have little contact.
Eminem Eminem’s father abandoned the family when he was a child. Despite attempts to reach out to him, his father does not want anything to do with him. Eminem also has no contact with his mother after she sued him for defamation.
Courtney Love (Getty Images) Courtney had a rough childhood. Her parents broke up, and her father was caught giving her LSD at just three-years-old. She does not have a relationship with her mother, either.
Adele (CBS) Adele’s father left her at age two when he divorced her mother. However, he claimed to reach out to her when she became famous, but she does not want anything to do with him. Rightfully so.
Angelina Jolie Jon Voight divorced Jolie’s mother when she was young, and they never got to see much of each other while Jolie was growing up. The relationship is still all over the place, with many presuming they will never be able to build a stable relationship.
Drew Barrymore (2016 Getty Images) Barrymore emancipated herself from her parents at seventeen. She goes long periods without contacting either.
Nicole Kidman (2017 Steve Granitz) Nicole Kidman was once married to Tom Cruise who is in the Church of Scientology. They apparently split up because of Nicole not wanting to be part of it. Apparently, Kidman is separated from her two kids with Cruise because of Scientology.
Jennifer Aniston (Getty) Jennifer fumed when her mother gave a “tell-all” interview and published a memoir about her. They got back in contact after her mother had a stroke, but they are still not on the best of terms.
Heather Graham Heather Graham’s parents were not impressed that their daughter wanted to appear nude in Boogie Nights. She cut off relations with her family around 1997.
Tracy Morgan (Getty) Morgan has kept his past on the down low, but did reveal he had not spoken to his family for close to fifteen years.
Stephen Collins The disgraced 7th Heaven star made headlines in 2014 when his wife released a recording of him admitting he had sex with a minor. It’s fair to say that the family bond disintegrated after that.
38 Stars Who Basically Hate Family (Getty) Coleman famously sued his parents in 1989 for misappropriation of funds. He eventually won a $1.2 million judgment and cut them off.
Nick Carter The Carter family fell apart in 2012 when Nick’s sister died of a drug overdose. Nick was blamed because he had substance abuse issues. The family refused to attend his 2014 wedding.
Roseanne Barr Roseanne accused both of her parents of sexual abuse. It put her at odds with her siblings. She has been on talking terms with her siblings in recent years, but the tension between her and her parents is still very much present.
Mia Farrow (Getty Images for Time) Mia Farrow’s world was rocked when boyfriend Woody Allen left her for her daughter. The mother and daughter are no longer on talking terms.
Anne Heche (Getty Images) Anne has branded her mother as crazy, while her mother notes that Anne’s father is to blame for her daughter’s mental health issues, as well as the suicide of her brother.
Mackenzie Philips (Getty) Mackenzie revealed that she was in an incestuous relationship with her father, and her family imploded.
Tatum O’Neal O’Neal became one of the youngest Oscar winners ever, but her road to stardom was tainted by her father abusing her. She claims he beat her well into adulthood. They have had many failed attempts at reconciling over the years.
Tori Spelling (Getty) Candy Spelling famously cut her daughter Tori off after the death of Aaron Spelling. Their relationship was touch and go for several years, but they seemed to get back on the right foot when Candy helped Tori out financially in 2016.
Kelly Rowland Rowlands father was a violent alcoholic and her mother took her away from him when she was just six-years-old. She maintains no relationship with her father.
Kate Hudson (Getty) Kate’s mother Goldie Hawn broke up with her father when the actress was one. Throughout her life, she has had little contact with her biological father.
Demi Moore (NBC) Demi’s daughter, Rumer Willis, objected to her mother’s party lifestyle while she was with Ashton Kutcher. It resulted in Rumer icing her mother out.
Liv Tyler (Getty) Liv’s relationship with her family crumbled when he suffered a drugs relapse. They do not speak to each other.
Rosie O’Donnell (2016 Getty Images) Rosie’s adopted daughter Chelsea went missing in 2015, and was found with a man she met on Tinder. She later went back to live with her birth mother and cut Rosie out of her life.
Macaulay Culkin (Getty) Macaulay emancipated from his father after it emerged that he was telling him which roles he could pick and even prevented him from defending Michael Jackson against child molestation charges.
Woody Harrelson (Getty) Woody’s father was a notorious hitman who was implicated in the Kennedy assassination. He was put in prison and died in 1973. Woody never had much of a relationship with him.
Miley Cyrus (Getty) Miley was born in 1992, and so was her half-brother, Christopher. Billy Ray had a tryst with a waitress, and the family has kept the other sibling away from them over the years.
Madonna (Getty) It’s hard to imagine that someone close to Madonna lives on the streets, but her brother Anthony does. He is addicted to drugs and alcohol and the siblings just never got on.
Ariel Winter Ariel Winter was ecstatic when she got to emancipate from her mother in 2015. She had previously cut off contact with her mother after revealing the extent of the abuse her mother put her through.
Tiger Woods (Getty) Tiger has two older half-brothers, but Tiger does not want anything to do with them. One of them has multiple sclerosis, while the other has been vocal about wanting to hit the golfer.
Elton John (2017 Michael Tullberg ) Elton and his mother have been on the outs for years after she claimed that Elton should be the one to apologize for a fight about his husband, David Furnish.
Aaron Rodgers (Getty) Aaron Rodgers has been on the outs with his family for years. Apparently his ex-girlfriend Olivia Munn was to blame, but the family failed to hash out their differences when Aaron and Olivia called off their three-year romance.