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EPISODE · May 22, 2025 · 1H 21M

Ione Skye on Rejection, Self-protection and Reconciling with Donovan

from Tell Me About Your Father · host Tell Me About Your Father, Ione Skye, and Weirder Together

Erin & Elizabeth talk with Gen-X icon Ione Skye (Say Anything, River's Edge, Zodiac), the actress and author of the NYT-bestselling memoir SAY EVERYTHING. Ione's father is the 60s folk wizard and Sunshine Superman, Donovan. But while Donovan did claim Ione's brother Dono as his own, he referred to Ione since birth only as "the girl," only meeting her for the first time when she was by that point a famous teenager. Ione tells us about how his abandonment affected her early romantic relationships with musicians (Anthony Kiedis, Adam Horovitz), what her husband Ben Lee has taught her about consistency, love and fatherhood, and how the road from rejection to reconciliation is paved with self-protection.  Get full access to Tell Me About Your Father at tellmeaboutyourfather.substack.com/subscribe

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