Roberts has three grandchildren from the two stepkids he shares with his wife, Eliza Roberts, and one grandchild from his daughter Emma, a 3-year-old son, Rhodes Robert Hedlund, whom she shares with her ex Garrett Hedlund.

The actor also said that spending time with his grandchildren "reminds me of what I didn't have" with his daughter.

Eric Roberts has opened up about his strained relationship with his daughter, Emma Roberts. While speaking about his new memoir, “Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far,” during the Tuesday, October 22,

Eric Roberts called his estrangement from daughter Emma Roberts the “toughest period” of his life: “There’s a sadness.”