Ryan O'Neal
Ryan O'Neal said he would "take back" having some of his children and admitted to hitting on his own daughter at Farrah Fawcett's funeral.
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In the interview, featured in the September issue of Vanity Fair, O'Neal explained how he didn't recognize his daughter, Rescue Me's Tatum O'Neal, and even asked her out.
"I had just put the casket in the hearse and was watching it drive away, when a beautiful blond woman comes up and embraces me," O'Neal said. "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," O'Neal said. "It's so sick."
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Tatum O'Neal is "sorry" to hear about the recent arrests of her father and half-brother for drug possession, her rep told TVGuide.com."Addiction, if untreated, can lead to jail, institutions and death," the actress said in a statement. "I love them both and I am sorry to hear about this."Ryan O'Neal, 67, and Redmond O'Neal, 23, were arrested Wednesday morning at their Malibu home after authorities discovered what they believed to be methamphetamines in the elder O'Neal's bedroom. The actor's lawyer claims the drugs do not belong to Ryan O'Neal.The men have both since been released on $10,000 bail each.Tatum, who has a long history of drug abuse, was arrested in June for attempting to purchase cocaine and has since pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. — Joyce Eng
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Tatum O'Neal expressed concern for her father and half-brother, Ryan and Redmond O'Neal, after the two were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of drug possession. "I'm really worried about Redmond," the actress told People. "I want them both to get better and get the help they need — especially my brother.""[Addiction] runs in families. It's a disease," Tatum continued. "I'm praying for both of them. I'm praying for my whole family. I hope Red will get treatment. That's what he needs. There is hope for Redmond."The O'Neal men were arrested after authorities made routine sweeps through the house to enforce Redmond's parole. They were later released on $10,000 bail each. Redmond, 23, had pleaded guilty to drug possession and one misdemeanor DUI charge in June, which came after a 2004 rehab stint for heroin addiction.Tatum was herself arrested in June for allegedly attempting to purchase cocaine. In July, the actress pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct. — Anna Dimon...
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Actress Tatum O'Neal pleaded guilty Wednesday to disorderly conduct charges in connection with her cocaine possession arrest earlier this month.The AP reports the judge ruled O'Neal, 44, must attend two half-day sessions in a drug treatment program and pay a $95 surcharge.O'Neal, who has publicly described her struggles with drugs over the years, was busted by cops near her Manhattan home. She blamed her drug relapse on being distraught over the recent death of her 16-year-old Scottish terrier. If she satisfies the judge's orders by her next court date in September, the case will be dismissed. — J.R. WhalenRelated:• Exclusive: Rescue Me Wants Tatum O'Neal Back • Tatum O'Neal: The Cops "Saved Me" with Drug Bust
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The summer would be just a little less hot without the boys from Ladder 62 Fortunately FX is keeping our Rescue Me passion stoked with 10 minisodes Tuesdays at 10 pmET and also at Cracklecom The five-minute standalone vignettes will premiere June 24 as a sort of preview to the strike-delayed fifth season which isnt kicking off until April 09 Series cocreator and star Denis Leary chatted with us about those as well as the status of Tatum ONeal Mike FlahertyTV Guide These minisodes seem ideally suited for a show like Rescue MeDennis Leary Yeah It would be really hard for another drama to do them But we have comedy and drama as well as giant action sequences which play well in small doses People will get a taste of everything they like about the showTV Guide Tell me about a couple of the plotlinesLeary In one Sean Garrity Steven Pasquale spills a drink in his bed while the guys are asleep in the bunkroom and he decides to climb into bed with Tomm
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Despite her recent skirmish with the law, Tatum O'Neal is expected back at work at FX's Rescue Me the next instance she is needed. "We want to bring her back, and I haven't heard anything about why she wouldn't be available to us," series cocreator Peter Tolan told me during a sitdown to promote the indie Finding Amanda, which he wrote and directed. "It's a misdemeanor, so she's not going to do time, and nobody has said to us we can't insure her or anything like that. So I'm assuming she's available to us and it's 'business as usual.'"O'Neal's publicist confirms that she is back at the grindstone, ready for more Rescue Me as well as promoting the Lifetime movie Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal. At the time of her June 1 arrest (on charges of possession of a controlled substance), O'Neal had filmed two episodes for Rescue Me's fifth season (arriving in spring 2009). Seeing as her and Tommy's father passed on when last we tuned in, her services certainly will be needed. Says To...
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Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute:• As Season 4 arrives, isn't someone on the PHD overdue to bite the bullet? The Closer's James Duff teases what's ahead.• Will Tatum O'Neal appear in Rescue Me's next season?• The latest on how Ghost Whisperer was impacted by the Universal Studios fire.
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Rescue Me actress and Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon) was busted Sunday night for allegedly buying coke near her Manhattan home. The 44-year old actress, who was publically open about her battle with addiction in the memoir A Paper Life, initially told the police doing drug sweeps in the area that she was researching a role as a junkie. But after finding two dime bags and an unused crack pipe on her, O'Neal admitted that this was her first relapse prompted by the death of her 16-year-old Scottish Terrier.
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Tatum O'Neal says that the police officers who pinched her for possession of cocaine saved her from destroying her life. O'Neal — who long has battled alcoholism and substance abuse issues, losing custody of her children along the way — tells the New York Post she had been doing well and staying straight, but fell into a funk when her 16-year-old Scottish terrier was claimed by cancer. "That seemed to set me off," she says. "She was the fabric of our family…. It was too horrible for words."O'Neal sought help from a psychiatrist and kept up with her 12-step meetings, "but I couldn't get out of it." Next thing she knew, "I'm walking aimlessly [and] I found myself doing the wrong thing" — buying coke from a panhandler. Shortly thereafter, she was arrested. "Just when I was about to... wreck my life, the cops came and saved me!" O'Neal says. "I'm eternally grateful... that I didn't get to do what my disease was telling me to do," she adds. "I'm still going to get my ...
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Oscar winner and Rescue Me cast member Tatum O'Neal was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance after NYPD officers witnessed her buying cocaine on Sunday evening near her Manhattan home.Accordingto the AP, police found two bags of cocaine in O'Neal's pocket when she was arrested. Although earlier reports claimed the actress bought crack, police have confirmed it was powder cocaine.O'Neal famously chronicled her ongoing battle with addiction in the memoir A Paper Life. On FX's Rescue Me, the actress plays a similarly troubled alcoholic, as Maggie, the sister of Denis Leary's Tommy Gavin. O'Neal has filmed one episode for show's coming season, and is scheduled for more, though no further comment has been made about how her arrest will affect the production. — Matt Mitovich
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