Mia Farrow has accused her boyfriend Woody Allen of arming her adoptive daughter – now Allen’s wife – against her.
Farrow, 76, commented on her relationship with Soon-Yi Previn, 50, in Sunday night’s final episode of HBO Allen v Farrow docuseries.
Allen and Previn did not take part in the series, but Farrow opened up about her complex family.
Mia Farrow told her side of the story in the four-part HBO series Allen v Farrow
Yi Previn was soon taken over by Mia Farrow (pictured) in 1978 and began dating Allen in 1992.
Allen and Soon-Yi, pictured in 2018, were married in 1997 and have two adopted children together
Farrow was the mother of seven children before she became involved with Allen in 1979: her children with ex-husband André Previn – Matthew and Sascha Previn’s twins, Lark Song Previn, Fletcher Previn and Summer ‘Daisy’ Song Previn, Soon -Yi Previn and Moses Previn.
Yi and Allen soon began a relationship in January 1992: he was 56, and she was 21. The couple married in 1997.
‘They are all people I loved so much. They are all people for whom I would have laid down my life, ‘said Farrow.
‘I love Soon-Yi. It took me six years to knit the Christmas stockings away thinking she would come back, but she never came back. ‘
Farrow said in a previous program that inviting Allen into her family was her greatest regret.
Allen and Soon-Yi did not take part in the HBO series, and called it ‘hatchet work’.
Farrow had seven children with Andre Previn when she began a relationship with Allen
Allen and Farrow with adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow and biological son Ronan Farrow
Farrow accused Allen of turning Soon-Yi and Moses, now 43, against him.
‘It has armed two of my children that it has turned against me,’ she said.
Moses defended Allen in 2014 and said Farrow was an abusive mother.
Allen and Farrow had adopted Moses and Dylan, now 35, in December 1991.
In 1992 Dylan accused Allen of sexual abuse, which she said happened when she was seven.
He has always denied his allegations, and has not been charged – although a Connecticut prosecutor said there was a reason for a criminal case.
Dylan Farrow revealed in a Sunday program that she felt responsible for the separation in her family after coming forward with her accusation.
‘None of my older sisters have ever been the same,’ she said.
‘After the whole trial, my mother stopped going to court all the time and we moved away from the city.
‘And it was kind of a time of grace where I thought, okay, this is great, I can start over.
‘We never talked about Soon-Yi or Woody. But there was a long period of guilt for me.
‘I felt like I had caused a stir in my family. I felt that if I had just kept it a secret I would have scared my mother of all this grief and my brothers, sisters and myself. ‘
Farrow described how the moving family made her feel more isolated while her inner feelings were growing up, and she noticed that ‘none of them asked’ about how she was clearly pulling away.
The effects of Soon-Yi’s relationship with Allen, and Dylan’s accusations, had a devastating effect on the whole family.
‘I just remember my family was turned upside down,’ said Daisy Previn.
‘We were all spoiled. It was a difficult time. I think most of us were just trying to get through with our lives. ‘
Her brother, Fletcher, said: ‘We were a tight-knit family unit and that was much lower than the case after this.
‘People went into the survival mode. It was just a difficult time for everyone. ‘
Farrow said he never stopped trusting men again.
‘I never did [dates or significant others] home because I did not want to risk anyone falling for one of my beautiful children or grandchildren, ‘said Farrow.
‘If I couldn’t trust Woody after 12 years, I would never take another risk with anyone else,’ she said.
‘I don’t trust experience. How would you know? I do not know. So I never took them home. ‘
Allen and Soon-Yi can be seen in Venice shortly after their wedding in the city, in 1997
Allen and Soon-Yi in New York City in December 1997, shortly before their wedding
The couple can be seen in New York City, where they live, at the time of the pandemic
Earlier in the docuseries, Farrow said that inviting Allen into her family was the biggest regret of my life. ‘
‘This is my fault,’ she said. ‘I brought this one into my family. There is nothing I can do to remove that. ‘
In February, Allen and Previn criticized the series, saying it was a hatchet work that was deceived by lies. ‘
‘These reporters had no interest in the truth,’ a spokeswoman for the couple said in a statement given to Timeline and other outlets.
Woody and Soon-Yi were spoken to less than two months ago and were only given a few days to respond. In fact, they refused to do so.
‘As has been known for decades, these allegations are false. A multi-agency surveyed them at the time and found that, whatever Dylan Farrow might believe, no abuse had ever happened. ‘