The estranged father of singer The Weeknd has not seen his son in 14 years, and he tells RadarOnline.com he longs to be reunited with him. “My dream is to create a bridge between me and my son," Makonnen Tesfaye told Radar. “I wish more than anything I could make up for lost time, and I want to offer him a sincere apology for not being there for him when he needed me most,” the elder Tesfaye said. The Weeknd has revealed how before he became famous his life nearly spiraled out of control when he started using drugs.