London, June 21 (IANS) Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder has reunited with his estranged stepfather after 20 years for the sake of his siblings.
According to contactmusic.com, Vedder says he met the man - who allegedly pushed him down a stairwell when he was a kid at a family wedding - for the first time in 20 years.
He says that singer Bruce Springsteen helped him come to terms with his step dad and also to accept him back into his life.
He says: 'He (Springsteen) exposed me to some truths that he'd processed in a healthy way that, for me, were still in a disease-like state. He helped me cure some things I had been living with for a long time.
'When I finally had to meet that guy again, Bruce was the one who got me in the right space to handle it. I have three younger brothers - if it affected them that I didn't have a relationship with this guy that was enough reason to forgive and resolve things. I didn't want them to be torn between the two of us.'
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