Actor and former cricketer Yograj Singh, the father of Yuvraj Singh, spoke about his desire to see his entire family united. But, he said, it seems unlikely because members of his family don't seem to want to be around him. Yograj Singh is known for making incendiary statements in the press, and has slammed both Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni in the past. He doesn't restrict himself to views on cricket, and has also described SS Rajamouli's Baahubali films as 'bekaar'. But no interview with him is complete without a comment or two about Yuvraj, who is married to former actor Hazel Keech. In a new chat, on the Highbrow Studios YouTube channel, he said that he doesn't miss his children, who choose to maintain their distance with him. He said, "It is a dream of mine to have my entire family together with me; two wives, all four children, my grandchildren. Driving around in 10 cars together." Asked if he has ever expressed this desire to his family, he said, "I have, but they don't speak to me. They keep a distance from me." Addressing the interviewer, he said, "If I declare that you are my daughter, who can say otherwise?" Asked if he misses his children, as a father, Yograj said, "They know that their father is a decent person. But they also know that I like my own company. They know that I am closer to God than I am with them. They know that I have a separate family. They know this." When he was asked again if he misses them, he said, "I have never missed them, but I am grateful that I was able to give them a good upbringing." Also read - Supriya Pathak says stepson Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput ‘brought family together’, Pankaj Kapur shares rare details about their marriage Yuvraj Singh lived with his mother after she separated from Yograj. He has spoken about the tough upbringing he had, and the distance this caused between him and his father. On Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast, Yuvraj was asked how his father felt after he won the World Cup for India. He said, “I think he was okay after 2011. He used to compare himself to Kapil Dev and say that, ‘When Kapil had the 1983 trophy in his hand, I had you (Yuvraj) in my hand.’ That almost felt like an insult. But I think he was okay once I had a World Cup of my own. I just hope that he doesn’t get after Orion. He keeps saying that I should put him in cricket, but I tell him, ‘Isko apni life jeene do (Let him live his life.)’ It’s because he was always a coach to me, and never a father. I don’t want that to happen with my son, I want to be father to him.” In a recent interview with Krishnank Atrey on his YouTube channel, Yograj said that he advised Yuvraj to 'change the breed' and marry an European woman. “People wanted me to marry Yuvraj off in his 20s. I said, ‘Is he old already?’ When he turned 38, I told him, ‘Now you can think about it. I can’t choose for you. It’s your life, so find your partner.’ But I did request him to change the breed. People hearing this might oppose it, but we wanted an Irish or English girl in the family. And then Hazel came into our lives. They have such beautiful kids, and they treat me like their friend. I don’t call Hazel my daughter-in-law, she is my daughter,” Yograj said. A former actor, Hazel and Yuvraj married in 2016; they have two children — son Orion and daughter Aura. Yograj Singh's filmography includes films of all languages. He has appeared in Sajjan Singh Rangroot, Singh is Bliing, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, and Indian 2.
