Lily Collins just celebrated her father Phil Collins’ 75th birthday with a rare and emotional tribute.
The Emily in Paris The 36-year-old actress posted a series of images to Instagram on Saturday, sharing intimate photos of the two as the legendary musician continues to navigate ongoing health issues.
Lily started with a recent smiling photo of herself standing next to her father. The carousel also included vintage Polaroids of the couple and a final throwback image of a young Lily being carried in Phil’s arms.
“Yesterday Dad turned 75 and I am so grateful to have celebrated this together,” she wrote. “For all you have accomplished, all the joy you have brought to so many around the world all these years, all the lessons, memories and moments we have shared – thank you.”
She continued, “I feel incredibly lucky to have hugged you, laughed with you and made memories with you on such a monumental day. Proud is an understatement. I love you to the moon and back.”
The tribute comes shortly after Phil Collins spoke about his health during a televised appearance BBC‘S Eras podcast, in which he revealed that he now has a 24-hour live-in nurse.
The Genesis frontman has faced multiple medical challenges in recent years, including nerve damage, knee problems, kidney problems, type 2 diabetes and complications following a COVID-19 infection.
“It’s an ongoing thing,” he said. “Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. It’s been a difficult and frustrating few years, but it’s all right now.”
Collins officially retired from drumming and touring with Genesis in March 2022 after the band’s final performance at London’s O2 Arena, citing the physical toll decades of performing had taken on his body. In the 2022 documentary Phil Collins: Drummer firsthe admitted that the sudden end of his career was difficult to come to terms with.
“I’ve played drums all my life,” he said at the time. “The fact that this is suddenly no longer possible is a shock.”
The musician has also shared that his health limits his ability to make music privately. Last year he told MOJO magazine that he no longer feels able to work in the studio. “I’ve been sick, very sick,” he said.
Phil shares Lily with his second wife, Jill Tavelman, and is also the father of four other children from previous marriages.
