One of Hollywood’s hottest stars walked away from his baby at just 7 months old

By the mid-1980s, Eric was a Hollywood staple — handsome, talented, and unstoppable. But away from the spotlight, the actor was spiraling into addiction, and that darkness would soon tear apart his family.

When Eric’s daughter Emma was born on February 10, 1991, it didn’t take long for everything to fall apart.

Abandoned her when she was 7 months old

“I had abandoned Kelly when Emma was just seven months old,” he once admitted, referring to his ex-partner Kelly Cunningham and their infant daughter.

At the time, Roberts was deep in his struggles with drug use. The relationship collapsed, and Kelly won full custody of Emma.

”I couldn’t handle the realities of an infant coming into my life, and I couldn’t handle being a parent,” he reflected in his 2024 memoir Runaway Train.

Even worse – Eric’s world-famous sister, Julia Roberts, sided with Kelly in court.

Many have seen it as Julia Roberts betraying her brother and stabbing him in the back. But according to Eric, that wasn’t the case at all.