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The Truth About Andre The Giant's Daughter

Though that may come across as though Christensen-Roussimoff's mother actively tried to prevent her from seeing her father, she says that her mom merely encouraged her to form a picture of her father on her own, without buying into the media hype about Andre the Giant. Jean never attempted to stop their daughter from seeing Andre — Christensen-Roussimoff was merely too young to brave venturing out without her mother, so she vetoed such ideas herself. 

Christensen-Roussimoff nevertheless kept in contact with Andre, mostly over the phone. The last of their conversations was in December 1992. Andre the Giant died shortly afterwards, and though Christensen-Roussimoff didn't attend either of his two memorial services, she did keep her father close to heart. As she grew into adulthood, she started trying to uncover more and more information about Andre from his old wrestler colleagues, which was incredibly difficult due to the fact that she comes from outside the industry, and from his "Princess Bride" co-stars, which was significantly easier. In fact, as of 2015, the movie's star, Cary Elwes, still kept in regular touch with her due to their shared connection with Andre.

These days, as Mandatory and 411 Mania tell us, Christensen-Roussimoff is cool enough with her father and his legacy to appear on the occasional wrestling-themed podcast to discuss their relationship, and to speak at New York City Comic-Con about him.

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Almeda Bohannan

Update: 2024-05-05