Tatum O'Neal

Tatum O'Neal

Tatum O’Neal is an American actress. Best known for her work as a child star in the 1970’s she remains the youngest actor/actress to win an Academy Award, at the age of 10 for her role in Paper Moon. Since her childhood she’s regained... [more]

Tatum O’Neal is an American actress. Best known for her work as a child star in the 1970’s she remains the youngest actor/actress to win an Academy Award, at the age of 10 for her role in Paper Moon. Since her childhood she’s regained fame, starring in the TV series Rescue Me. She was previously married to tennis star John McEnroe, they had three children together, but are divorced. Historically, she’s had problems with drugs and alcohol, recently being arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

Ryan O'Neal Put the Moves on His Daughter Tatum at Farrah Fawcett's Funeral

(Getty Images)more pics » Farrah Fawcett on the cover of September's Vanity Fair.
Vanity Fair's September contains a long, insightful, and sometimes shocking look at the life of Farrah Fawcett and her long-time companion Ryan O'Neal. The article paints a picture of a family that has been strained to nearly the breaking point due to years of drug and alcohol abuse by nearly everyone involved.

Perhaps the most jaw-dropping part of the article? Ryan O'Neal's says the death of Fawcett left him so frazzled, he tried to pick up his own daughter Tatum O'Neal :
I had just put the casket in the hearse and I was watching it drive away when a beautiful blonde woman comes up and embraces me. I said to her, ‘You have a drink on you? You have a car?’ She said, ‘Daddy, it’s me—Tatum!’ I was just trying to be funny with a strange Swedish woman, and it’s my daughter. It’s so sick. For her part, Tatum seems resigned her father's, ah, eccentricities:
That’s our relationship in a nutshell. You make of it what you will. It had been a few years since we’d seen each other, and he was always a ladies’ man, a bon vivant. His son Redmond, however, blasts back at Ryan, saying that his father's seeming devotion in the final days of Fawcett's life was largely an act:
All those crocodile tears! ... My dad's only goal was to make sure he would be in the will. It was so disgustingly transparent as soon as he found out she was terminal. I consider him a vulture presiding over a carcass. Ryan thought he was going to get everything. You can read the whole story when the September issue of VF hits the stands on August 11.

See more pictures from Farrah Fawcett's funeral (click any picture):
  • Ryan O'Neal in Farrah Fawcett Funeral Service
  • Ryan O'Neal in Farrah Fawcett Funeral Service
  • Ryan O'Neal in Farrah Fawcett Funeral Service
  • Ryan O'Neal in Farrah Fawcett Funeral Service
  • Ryan O'Neal in Farrah Fawcett Funeral Service
  • Ryan O'Neal in Farrah Fawcett Funeral Service
  • Ryan O'Neal in Farrah Fawcett Funeral Service
  • Ryan O'Neal in Farrah Fawcett Funeral Service
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ryan oneal is a scum bag and a drugy too
redmond is a drugy too
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