Paul Hogan reveals he is desperately homesick for Australia but won’t leave his American-born punk rocker son Chance alone in LA: ‘He doesn’t have anyone else’
Sydney-born Paul Hogan is longing to call Australia home once more.
But the 83-year-old Crocodile Dundee comedy icon, who is based in Los Angeles, says he won’t leave behind his adult son Chance, who was born in the USA.
In a revealing interview in The Daily Telegraph on Friday, the legendary comedian said he would rather live in Australia because he is homesick.
Sydney-born Paul Hogan (pictured in 2020) is longing to call Australia home once more, the comedy icon told The Daily Telegraph on Friday
He currently shares a home in Venice Beach with Chance, 24, a punk rocker, who Hogan describes as ‘American’.
‘The only family [Chance has got] is me,’ Hogan told the publication.
All of Chance’s close relatives, including his grandparents, have died, the Aussie superstar said.
The 83-year-old Crocodile Dundee comedy icon, who is based in Los Angeles, says he won’t leave behind his American-born adult son Chance (pictured) to return home
Rocker Chance is the enigmatic front-man for LA punk band Rowdy P. Pictured in 2018
And even though, Chance, says Hogan, loves to visit Australia, his home is in the US.
‘All his friends, his band, musician mates, girlfriends, everything – they’re all American.’
‘He only has me, whereas my tribe at home, they’ve all got each other,’ the fan favourite told the publication.
Chance is Hogan’s youngest child, who he shares with his Crocodile Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski, 74.
‘The only family [Chance has got] is me,’ Hogan told the publication. Chance is Hogan’s youngest child, who he shares with his Crocodile Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski, 74. Linda, Paul and Chance are pictured in 2013
‘I’ve been homesick for years,’ Paul said on Friday. Chance is Pictured in 2015
He left his first wife Noelene to pursue a love affair with much-younger Linda, now 74, and they wed in 1990. Chance is their only son.
He moved to Los Angeles in 2005 with Kozlowski. The couple split in 2013 and Paul has played a primary role in raising Chance.
‘I’ve been homesick for years,’ he said during the interview on Friday. ‘I miss the people, the ambience – and there’s something you just can’t put your finger on, but there’s something about Australia that is friendlier and more laid-back.
‘It never takes itself seriously – there’s no arrogance like there is in other places.’
The superstar who made millions off the box-office hits Crocodile Dundee (1986) and Crocodile Dundee II (1988) said he will be back in Australia before Christmas for a visit. Pictured: Hogan as his iconic hero, Mick ‘Crocodile’ Dundee
The superstar who made millions off the box-office hits Crocodile Dundee (1986) and Crocodile Dundee II (1988) said he will be back in Australia before Christmas for a visit.
Hogan, who is best know for depicting heartthrob adventurer Mick Dundee in the 1986 romantic adventure classic, has just completed a new book called Australia According to Hoges.
In it, Hogan, the one-time blue collar worker from Granville, in western Sydney turned movie and TV star shares bits of his family history and tells tales about some of his favourite Aussie characters.
Hogan, who is best know for depicting heartthrob adventurer Mick Dundee in the 1986 romantic adventure classic, has just completed a new book called Australia According to Hoges. Pictured: Linda Kozlowski and Hogan in a scene from Crocodile Dundee (1986)
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