Growing up in Hollywood often meant living with contradictions. For former teen idol Shaun Cassidy, the spotlight brought excitement, but life at home could feel very different. Now 66, he is reflecting on his father, Tony Award–winning actor Jack Cassidy, and the challenges of their relationship.

As People reported, Shaun described his dad as a “complicated” man who created a public persona that did not match the private one. Jack even invented a unique accent that puzzled his children. “He basically invented this public persona with an accent that didn’t exist in any country ever,” Shaun recalled. At home, he and his brothers, Patrick and Ryan, often wondered why their father sounded so different in public.

Shaun Cassidy On Family Life In The Spotlight

To the outside world, Jack Cassi

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