Mark Evans, her father left Adele with her mom, Penny Adkins, when she was just 3 years old. They kept meeting each other but when Adele became a teenager, he became an alcoholic
In 2011 Mark sold out their story with private family photos to the British media and Adele got to so mad that she said she would spit on his face if he ever saw him again.
In 2013, Mark revealed he was battling bowel cancer. He begged that Adele would let him see his grandson, Adele's baby Angelo.