The U2 frontman told BBC Radio Desert Island Discs’ Lauren Lavern that he made the discovery when he himself was an adult
Bono has opened up about the moment he discovered that he has a secret half-brother.
The U2 frontman told BBC Radio Desert Island Discs’ Lauren Lavern that he made the discovery when he himself was an adult.
He said he first found out about his brother in 2000.
Bono explained that his late father, Bob, had a “deep friendship” with a “gorgeous woman”, and they had a child together.
He added that his own mother, Iris, who died when he was 14, never knew.
Bono said he has made peace with the situation and ‘loves and adores’ his half-brother.
He said: “I asked him [his father] did he love my mother, and he said yes, and I asked him how could this happen, and he said, ‘it can’ and that he was trying to put it right, trying to do the right thing
He wasn’t apologising. He was just stating these are the facts… I’m at peace with it.”
The 62-year-old also spoke to Laverne about how his relationship with his father came under strain after the death of his mother, although he now admits he was partly to blame, adding that after Bob died in 2001, he apologised to him during a visit to a chapel in France.
There was nobody there, I lit a candle, and I got on my knees, and I just said, ‘look, I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you, you went through a lot and please forgive me’, and I felt free,” Bono said.
