Zoë Kravitz is looking back at a difficult time in her life. During a new interview with Esquire published on Wednesday, August 14, the 35-year-old multi hyphenate recalled the “hurtful” moment when she “moved away” from her mom, Lisa Bonet, to live with her dad, Lenny Kravitz, after her parents divorced.
“I think it was very hurtful that I moved away from her to be with my dad, and my dad wasn’t even there,” the Blink Twice writer and director told the publication. “I just wish I had been able to appreciate what she was doing for me.”
Since her mom’s household in California was stricter than her dad’s in Florida, Zoë had a different lifestyle with him.
“It was this whirlwind of a completely different universe,” she said about visits from Lenny, 60, during her childhood. “And then, I would go home to this really quiet, really simple life.” When it comes to her rockstar dad, the Batman actress noted that the “American Woman” hitmaker is “really trusting, and it’s sweet.”
Nevertheless, the Divergent actress now understands that Lisa, 56, “was so focused on preserving [her] innocence. [Her] creativity. Because she knew what the world is — that you don’t get that back,” Zoë told the publication.
Lisa and Lenny were together during the late 1980s throughout the early 1990s. They were married for six years before divorcing in 1993. Despite their split, the ex-spouses have maintained a close co-parenting relationship throughout Zoë’s life.
Since the trio are a tight-knit unit, Lenny and Lisa make it a point to support their daughter, including throughout her current relationship with fiancé Channing Tatum, who stars in Blink Twice.
