Ric Ocasek' Eldest Son Chris On His Late Father: 'He Was Never Present'

Ric Ocasek didn't have a relationship with his eldest son, Chris Otcasek, according to the latter. Chris revealed that he grew up without his dad, and he even called the late musician a "narcissist."

Chris, who uses the original spelling of their family name "Otcasek" on Instagram, got candid about his relationship with his late father in an exclusive interview with Page Six. He admitted that he didn't hear from Ric throughout most of his childhood yearsand he felt that it was due to his father's popularity after the success of The Cars' "Shake It Up" and "You Might Think."

"There may have been a touch of guilt, but I also think he wanted to say he was becoming famous and I think that gets into one of the more universal things in that he was just simply a narcissist," Chris told Page Six.

"He didn’t have the sort of conscience to keep him grounded so he just kept going and always went for the next thing even if that meant abandoning or neglecting children. That was fine with him. I don’t think he thought much about it."

For Chris, his relationship with his father was "shallow." They only saw each other once a year, but they kept in touch via phone. He considered Ric an absentee father as he was never present in his life.

"My father, in essence, died the day I was born. He was never present, he was never there. Even when he was, he was never there and that’s the abandonment that I’m referring to," he added.

Chris also explained that he moved from New York to Los Angeles to "get as far away geographically" from his father. They were living just a few blocks away from each other for a year or two before he decided to move away from Ric.

He also admitted that it wasn't easy for him to resemble his dad especially when The Cars were mainstays on MTV.

"There were a lot of preconceived notions. In retrospect I wish I’d been a bit more protected from that. I didn’t want to be reminded every 15 seconds that I didn’t have my dad in my life. It was hard," he added.

On Sept. 15, Chris also shared a throwback photo of him and his brother Adam with their late father on Instagram to commemorate the artist’s first death anniversary. The trio could be seen wearing matching suits in the black and white photo and none of them are smiling in the picture.

"You don’t exist. We didn’t either," he wrote in the caption.

Chris received tons of supportive messages from other netizens who understood the pain he was going through especially when it came to the issues involving his father.

"Family relationships are so fragile and when it hurts, it hurts really bad. I am so sorry," one commented.

"Sending loving and healing thoughts your way," another wrote.

"May your Heart come to Peace and may you feel the love of your family now," a different user added.

Chris was not the only one who felt burned by the late singer-songwriter. Ric cut out his third wife Paulina Porizkova from his will for allegedly abandoning him.

The 55-year-old supermodel took to Instagram on Saturday and said her love for Ric was steady and her trust was absolute, but it was clearly delusional.

"Grieving him is an equal amount of heartbreak and rage," she wrote.

"I’m not allowed to share my situation since we’re in litigation, but I’m still an incredibly privileged person with nothing to cry about except for my own stupidity."