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'A father is always gonna be sexually attracted to his daughter...' A controversial remark made by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler about his daughter, actress Liv Tyler, is once again making rounds on social media. The statement, published in Gavin Edwards' 2006 book Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?, has resurfaced as the 78-year-old singer faces an unresolved California civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager in the 1970s.

Tyler denies wrongdoing in the case brought by Julia Misley, who says she was 16 when their relationship began in 1973. A judge narrowed her lawsuit in April 2026 but allowed allegations involving California to proceed.

Despite the pending lawsuit, Tyler has returned to performing, joining Aerosmith at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on 29 October 2026. The concert marked the band's first full live performance since 2023, following a vocal injury that forced the group to retire from touring. His daughter Liv, 49, and actress Alicia Silverstone introduced the band before the performance.

Tyler's return to the stage comes as he continues to fight allegations of sexual abuse in court. At the Hollywood Bowl, the singer performed Aerosmith classics including 'Dream On', 'Sweet Emotion' and 'Walk This Way', with Dave Grohl joining the band on drums.The performance was part of a two-night concert event held on 29 October and 1 November 2026, even as Tyler's civil lawsuit remains unresolved.

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[–] SarahValentine@pawb.social 3 points 16 hours ago

Damn, Russel Brand looks worse every time I see him!

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 7 points 20 hours ago

As a Father, that sentence evoked a sense of disgust in me of which I was unaware I was capable of. What the actual fuck.

[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago

I feel like Liv's mother chose to raise her with a different man than her bio father, as her father for a reason.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ, for real?

I have always despised this man, but I didn't think he was this vile, disgusting worm

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

I'm happy to spread this news far and wide! We've known about this quote since 2006. It's been 20 years and only now is the outrage picking up.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

Ewwwwww, fuck that's nasty

[–] FlashMobOfOne@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 16 points 1 day ago

A thief is someone that thinks that everybody steals

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

for anyone who wants the full context, as I did:

Does Steven Tyler ever find himself inappropriately attracted to his daughter Liv?

That’s one of those questions you ask last in an interview, in case the guy gets offended and hangs up the phone. But when I asked Tyler, the Aerosmith singer replied, “Oh, absolutely,” adding his trademark cackle. “How can a father not be attracted to his daughter, especially when she’s a cross between the girl he married and himself? Unless he’s an ugly man, a father is always gonna be sexually attracted to his daughter on a certain level.” So you’re saying incest is based in vanity? “Positively, there’s a certain level of narcissism in incest. All a man has to do is be totally honest with himself and he can see it. However, the real man knows that’s just a place to never go. Instead he celebrates it by telling his daughter how beautiful she is and what a precious child of God she is. There’s ways to love it without making love to it–I wrote ‘Janie’s Got a Gun’ about fathers who don’t know the difference.”

(Excerpted from the 2006 book Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton’s Little John?: Music’s Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed, published by Three Rivers Press, written by Gavin Edwards.)

https://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-7/steven-tyler-inappropriately-attracted-to-liv/

the context doesn't save it. I think I see what he was going for, but even as somebody without kids, I just don't see how you wouldn't entirely separate your child's appearance from your sexual attraction to her mother.

oh and ofc now I see the context OP added that was buried way down in the comments, after I spent time looking for it amongst a lot of dead ends

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

I dunno if people are aware but his daughter is the hot chick in several of his videos along with Alicia Silverstone.

These comments don't make it less weird.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

oh and ofc now I see the context OP added that was buried way down in the comments, after I spent time looking for it amongst a lot of dead ends

Sorry! I tried to add it when I saw the original article didn't actually have the interview text, but obviously it got buried. Thank you for digging it up!

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[–] DjangoFett@lemmy.zip 88 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As a father with daughters: No fucking way. I will never listen to his music again if that's what he thinks. That's heinous, and to go out and publicly announce you wanna fuck your daughter... What the fuck. Ew, please stop breathing.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 54 points 2 days ago (4 children)

This is why I continue to speak out about these issues. Not everyone knows some of the vile pedophilic shit that we have allowed to fester openly.

Thank you for saying something, thank you for rejecting these types of men, thank you.

The last time I posted about this, there were quite a few comments crying that this was so long ago and he already was scolded publicly or whatever. Pathetic the way some people will move to defend pedophiles.

[–] Tippy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

Anthony Kiedis from RHCP is another example I'm vocal about whenever that band comes up. Unfortunately, most people don't seem to know that he openly admits to "dating" children on a fairly regular basis with no remorse, and the rest of the band seems to be into it as they continue to perform together.

People tend to not like having their parasocial relationships questioned, but it's important to remind ourselves and others that we don't know these people and to not worship them just because they're "rockstars."

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It is really fucked. Super fucked.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I... are people only now realizing steven tyler is, and has always been, a creep? He had legal custody of a 16yo and got her pregnant, while he was 25+

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago

I get a lot of people who fight in the comment sections of these types of posts arguing that raping teenagers is fine. It's wild.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh that brings back a shitty memory.

My father one day, told me apropos of fucking nothing, he was worried when we (me and twin) got to a certain age, he might find us attractive since after all we looked just like our mother. However, luckily he said, that never happened probably because he remembers changing diapers and feeding us and stuff.

It fucking squicked me out hard.

I'm going to shove that back into the vault.

[–] GreenBean@lemmy.today 2 points 17 hours ago

Mine acted upon that early on. He never got a "World's Best Dad" coffee mug from me.

[–] whalesnrainbows@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Universal healthcare needs to include universal therapy, so that adults (esp. men) will stop traumatizing everyone around them just cus they don’t have someone to say their inside thoughts out loud to

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

A little late for my father but I do agree

I don't normally just post reaction gifs but

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 days ago (20 children)

“Oh, absolutely,” Tyler responded with a laugh, according to Edwards, “How can a father not be attracted to his daughter, especially when she’s a cross between the girl he married and himself? Unless he’s an ugly man, a father is always gonna be sexually attracted to his daughter on a certain level… However, the real man knows that’s just a place to never go. There’s ways to love it without making love to it; I wrote ‘Janie’s Got a Gun’ about fathers who don’t know the difference.”

[–] Ajdee6@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Im not attracted to myself, I dont even know how my so likes me lol

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 18 hours ago

Are you rich?

[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean I can understand if a parent can acknowledge that their offspring is attractive, but to say a father will always be sexually attracted to his daughter is disgusting 🤢

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I knew Steve was scum. I've also heard worrisome things about Foo Fighters supporting weird HIV disinformation onstage. I wasn't sure, but the fact that Grohl is collaborating with this creep makes me feel more certain that Foo Fighters are wrong 'uns too.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the fact that Grohl is collaborating with this creep

That along with his secret family, yeah, Grohl fucking sucks, too.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I can't keep tabs on all these fucking dudes. It's just exhausting

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[–] Archer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Creeps are out in force on this thread eh?

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

....where? There's one creepy comment and it's buried in downvotes

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

The other comments equating pedophiles and homosexuals weren't creepy to you?

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

At the risk of getting banned myself, I don't agree with that interpretation of their comment (and even if I did, "creepy" isn't how I'd describe bigotry)

They were trying to draw a connection between Tyler thinking he's hot and the obviously-closeted conservatives who say the gayest things imaginable while supporting anti-LGBT legislation.

I don't like that comparison because Tyler is just an arrogant rockstar who thinks he's the best. And I don't like the comment because there's no real reason to bring that up.

But I really don't believe they were trying to equate pedophiles and homosexuals.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

The ban only came after he tripled down on it and asked me to ban him btw.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

There is 0 indication that Steven Tyler is gay. Positing that closeted homosexuals become obsessed with women to hide their obsession with other men and children is directly conflating homosexuals and pedophiles.

they stay in the closet and eventually their sexual wiring starts sparking, and they end up being sexually attracted to their daughter.

This is homophobic.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I understand that interpretation but I still think they were referring specifically to the idea that he finds his daughter attractive because she looks like him, a man. That's the "gay" thing he said.

I agree that the quoted sentence is pretty homophobic but I still wouldn't call any of this creepy

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is a weird hill to die on.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

...that creepiness isn't the same thing as bigotry...?

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

No, that you're defending that user despite his really clear homophobic stances.

But creepy and bigotry aren't mutually exclusive anyway.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago

Disagreeing with someone on one point doesn't mean I won't defend something else they said.

But back to my original comment, I only saw one creepy commenter

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

It never fails to shake out a few sympathizers.

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