Eric Roberts knows he could’ve been a better father to daughter Emma Roberts. The 68-year-old actor opened up about his complicated relationship with Emma, 33, in his newly-released memoir, “Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far.

Eric Roberts says his daughter, actress Emma Roberts, has lived up to parenting in a way he couldn’t when it comes to her 3-year-old son Rhodes

"I couldn’t handle the realities of an infant coming into my life, and I couldn’t handle being a parent!" Roberts writes in his new memoir.

Eric also states that his battle with drug addiction made it difficult for him to be a present parent to Emma when she was born and eventually resulted in his losing custody. "The

In his memoir, Eric Roberts praised his daughter Emma Roberts for becoming the type of parent he wasn't able to be. "I loved my little daughter with the strength of Hercules, despite my own weaknesses,