Crocodile Dundee's Paul Hogan admits son Chance is 'terrible person' in rare update

has shared a rare insight into his son Chance admitting that he's a "terrible person". The legendary Crocodile Dundee star, 85, lives in the United States close to his son, 27, and admits that while he would love to return home to , he can't see that happening any time soon.

In recent months, Chance after a string of alarming posts. Earlier this year, he took to social media to share a video of himself drunk as he begged for somebody to "kill" him. He sipped on wine as he said "This is my life."

But now Paul has revealed while he would head back Down Under "tomorrow" his youngest son, who he shares with his ex-wife , is his main priority. "I have business reasons and my son to stay in the States for now," he said.

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Speaking on the Today Show, Paul was asked about Chance, admitting he was "alright. Better than he gets." The legendary actor went on to say: "He gets a lot of tabloid stuff, but he's a terrible person because he knows they're watching him and he puts something on for them."

Sparking concerns for himself, Chance shared a video of himself on his Stories in January, drinking wine and slurring his words as he sat in public. He said: "This is my life. This is what it's been reduced to." As the camera turned to point at his laptop, Chance added: "Please. Please kill me, I'm begging you."

Despite Chance's alarming social media posts, Paul told the Daily Mail in December: "It's a lot of made up stuff and a lot of it he (Chance) does on purpose."

Just one month prior to this, a source claimed that Paul was at a "crossroads" over Chance's social media outbursts and his behaviour. Speaking to , a family friend said: "Paul is at a crossroads over how to handle all this.

"One option would be to move back to Australia, but Chance doesn't want to leave America. So they're stuck in limbo, which is so hard on Paul and very hard for his friends to sit back and watch."

They added: "It's high time this kid got his act together and stopped stressing out his dad. Paul really deserves that... after all the love and support he's shown," before claiming that Chance was "his own worst enemy".

Disturbing posts have included the aspiring musician showing off injuries while topless in a car with pals and ranting that something unknown was "about to begin". Sharing a countdown to an unknown event, he said: "One hour and 25 minutes, 24 minutes now in fact. That's when it commences, let's see."

Chance has been living in Los Angeles since his parents divorced in 2013 after they had been married for 24 years.

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