James Bond star Pierce Brosnan had previously spoken about his estrangement with his son Christopher during an interview with Playboy in 2005
Pierce Brosnan has reconciled with his estranged son Christopher – 20 years after revealing he had “cut him off” for refusing to kick his drug addiction.
Our exclusive pictures show the James Bond star, 72, and the 52-year-old filmmaker leaving a trendy bistro in London’s Notting Hill together on Wednesday night following a family meal.
An onlooker said: “They both looked happy and relaxed while sitting down with one of Brosnan’s other sons Dylan. Pierce and Christopher’s problems have been well documented. But it seems they’ve managed to put them behind them. It was really nice to see them together.”
Christopher, who worked as an assistant director on two of Pierce’s bond films, including The World Is Not Enough, is the biological son of Pierce’s late first wife, Australian actress Cassandra Harris and her ex-husband Dermot.
Dad-of-five Pierce, who later went on to marry current wife Keely Shaye Smith, adopted both Chris and his late sister Charlotte when their birth father died in 1986 while he was married to Cassandra. Charlotte tragically died from ovarian cancer – the same illness that took the life of her mother – in 2013 at the age of just 41.
Christopher, who starred in the original series of Love Island in 2005, has suffered from cocaine and heroin addictions. He was jailed for three months for drink-driving in 1997 after being fined £1,000 for the same offence the previous year.
He almost died after a drugs overdose in 2002 and later spent time in a £500-a-day rehab clinic. And he was later arrested in Brixton, South West London, for possession of heroin in 2005.
He hit the headlines after becoming involved in a massive brawl at Browns nightclub in London and was later banned from the venue and he was also arrested on suspicion of theft at West End nightclub Chinawhite, before charges were later dropped.
Pierce, who starred as 007 in four Bond films, including GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day, previously spoke about their estrangement during an interview with Playboy in 2005.
He said: “Christopher is still very lost. Shockingly so. I know where he is, but he’s having a hard life. I can only have strong faith and believe he will recover. He has tested everybody in this family, but none more so than himself. He knows how to get out. He doesn’t want to. It’s painful because you shut down.
“You never completely cut them off, but I have cut Christopher off. I had to say: ‘Go. Get busy living, or get busy dying. He has my prayers.”
Pierce previously appeared to reach out to Chris in a Father’s Day post in June 2022, writing: “My love forever to you dear sons, Paris, Dylan, Sean and Christopher, thank you deeply for your love on this Father’s Day.” However, while Pierce beamed alongside his other three sons Paris, Dylan and Sean, Chris was not present in the snap.
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