Updated / Friday, 18 Apr 2025 10:34

Colin Farrell has said that he is seeking a long-term care solution for his son James to ensure that he has a place, where he can have a “full and happy life” that he feels connected to.

The Phone Booth star’s son James, 21, has Angelman syndrome, which is a complex condition that affects his mobility. Last year he announced the establishment of The Colin Farrell Foundation to assist people with complex needs.

The Penguin star said he wants to “find somewhere we like where he can go now, while we’re still alive and healthy, that we can go and visit, and we can take him out sometimes”.

Speaking to health charity Candis Magazine, the True Detective star said: “It’s tricky, some parents will say: ‘I want to take care of my child myself. ’ And I respect that,”

“But my horror would be… What if I have a heart attack tomorrow, and, God forbid, James’ mother, Kim, has a car crash and she’s taken too – and then James is on his own?

“Then he’s a ward of the state and he goes where? We’d have no say in it.”

“We want him to find somewhere where he can have a full and happy life, where he feels connected,” Colin continued.

“He needs a bigger life than we can afford him, by having a sense of community that he feels connected to, by going out in the van every day and going to the supermarket and doing the shopping together, by going to the beach, museums, movies, all that stuff. Just a connected life.”