Tiger Lily living in a London squat: "I've never received any money from dad's estate"
The daughter of late INXS front man Michael Hutchence should be living the high life.
However, the reality of Tiger Lily Hutchence's living situation is quite different than what can be assumed, and according to a close friend of the former INXS singer revealed, the 22-year-old is living in a “squat.”
The estate of Michael is estimated to be worth millions of dollars, considering his band sold over 60 million records internationally.
Director and long-time friend of INXS, Richard Loweinstein, told the Herald Sun the shocking truth about Michael's daughter.
“I met up with Tiger for dinner in London. We went to her flat to watch the documentary and it was like a little squat,” he explained.
“I said, ‘Where's the money from your dad's estate?’ and she said, ‘I've never received anything from anyone. I had a meeting once with an accountant that was so bad I didn't want to do it again’.”
The 22-year-old was expected to claim her inheritance when she turned 21.
Lowenstein directed a new documentary about the late INXS member where part of his research involved meeting the only daughter of the musician, who appears to live a reclusive life in England.
The director said he showed Tiger an edit of the new programme which she gave her blessing for.
“She loved it. She was very emotionally moved by watching it. In fact, she said I don't think I ever want to see that again,” he told A Current Affair.
Michael was tragically found dead in a hotel room in Double Bay, Sydney on November 22, 1997. Later, his death was ruled as a suicide by hanging.
Three years later, Tiger’s life was hit with another tragedy – the death of her mother Paula Yates, who died of a heroin overdoes on September 17, 2000.
In a world without both her parents, a young Tiger was left an orphan before she was formally adopted by British musician Bob Geldof, who had been married to Paula before she left him for Michael in February 1995.
She lived with Bob as a young girl, years later revealing she wasn’t aware Bob wasn’t her father during her childhood.
She was raised alongside her three half-siblings whose mother was also Paula – Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches and Pixie.