Legendary Actor Admits To Cheating On His Second Wife

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Anthony Hopkins revealed he was unfaithful to his former wife, Jennifer Lynton, during their marriage, detailing the affairs in his new memoir, “We Did OK, Kid.”

The Oscar-winning actor reflected on his relationships and the toll of his infidelities in the book, released Tuesday, according to People. (RELATED: ‘Drunk Out Of My Skull’: Anthony Hopkins Makes Startling Revelation About His Past Addiction)

“She turned a blind eye to whatever I was up to. It was only years later that she knew about my infidelities,” Hopkins wrote. “I don’t know whether she took a lover too. I rather hope she did. I would never blame her for it.”

Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins marries Jennifer Lynton, secretary to a London film producer, at Barnes Methodist Church, 13th January 1973. (Photo by Michael Webb/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins marries Jennifer Lynton, secretary to a London film producer, at Barnes Methodist Church, 13th January 1973. (Photo by Michael Webb/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hopkins admitted deep regret over how he treated Lynton, saying he wishes she had found happiness despite his behavior.

“It would be some consolation to know that she found some happiness in those years in spite of me,” he wrote. “It was sad because she deserved better than me, she really did. She brought a change in my life, and I blew it. I take full responsibility for that.”

British actor Anthony Hopkins attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

British actor Anthony Hopkins attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

The 87-year-old has been married three times. He wed Petronella Barker first, then Lynton, before marrying his current wife, Stella Arroyave, in 2003.

Hopkins met Lynton in 1969, noting in his memoir that she “stayed with me for 20 years.”

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 25: Sir Anthony Hopkins attends the LEAP Foundation on July 25, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 25: Sir Anthony Hopkins attends the LEAP Foundation on July 25, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images)

“She’d caught a tiger by the tail,” Hopkins wrote, admitting he made life difficult for Lynton.

He describes himself as a “mess” following their split, citing a string of professional and personal failures. “I was on the run from rocky dealings on films, broken relationships with women, my lack of trust, a neurotic insistence on being isolated,” he recalled, according to People.

Elsewhere in the memoir, Hopkins opened up about his struggle with alcoholism, his path to sobriety, and his decades-long estrangement from his daughter, Abigail.