Former Weakest Link host Anne Robinson has opened up about one of the darkest periods of her life — losing custody of her daughter, Emma, while battling alcoholism. Now 80, Anne was married to former Times editor Charles Wilson from 1968 to 1973, and the pair had a daughter together before their marriage broke down.
In her 2001 autobiography, Memoirs of an Unfit Mother, Anne laid bare the painful details of the custody fight she lost. As her drinking spiralled out of control, Emma went to live with her dad and stayed there throughout her teenage years. Speaking to The Telegraph, Anne admitted: “It cost me terrible shame. Appalling shame, much more than anything else. But you learn from your failures, not your successes.” She added with a kind of hard-won humour, “I learnt to stop drinking. I think that’s enough, don’t you?”
