Michael Hutchence’s mum says she hasn’t seen grand-daughter for years

Michael Hutchence's mum says she hasn't seen grand-daughter for yearsThe mother of dead rock star Michael Hutchence has reignited her feud with Bob Geldof – claiming he hasn’t let her see her son’s only daughter for three years.

Patricia Glassop, mother of the INXS singer who died in 1997, says she “barely knows” grand-daughter Tiger Lily, 12, and is afraid she might never see her again.

The girl is being raised by Geldof, who became her legal guardian after her mother Paul Yates, his ex-wife, died of a drugs overdose in 2000.

Glassop, who called Geldof “Satan” two years ago, has now told Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine: “I don’t know what Tiger Lily’s favorite colour is, what movies she likes or what fashion she’s into.

“I don’t know anything, yet she is my grandchild, my son’s daughter.”

Glassop’s husband, Ross, Hutchence’s stepfather, died of respiratory failure last month without being able to say goodbye to the little girl.

Glassop, who lives on Australia’s Gold Coast, says she wrote to Geldof several months before her husband died asking permission for him to see the girl one last time.

“I explained that Ross was seriously ill, but I never heard back. Now it’s too late. I don’t understand how any man could do that. It’s not only hurting us, it’s hurting Tiger Lily as well.”

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