Son Claims Ryan O'Neal Broke Farrah Fawcett's Arm
I'll be honest with you. I've never had a good feeling about Ryan O'Neal.
As a kid, some of my favorite movies starred Ryan - Chances Are, Irreconcilable Differences, Love Story. Yet when it comes to his personal life, I've found him disingenuous. The regretful words over his abusive past always seem a bit contrived, the tears over Farrah Fawcett a little...I don't know...self interested?
I could never quite put my finger on what it was exactly, other than that he seemed like he was in character.Given that, I wholeheartedly believe his son Griffin's claim that he witnessed Ryan break Farrah's arm during a violent rage.
Griffin, Ryan's son with Joanna Cook Moore, charged:
"My father cheated and lied and was abusive to Farrah. She did not deserve that... He was an infidel."Griffin also claims his "violent" dad, who once knocked out his son's two front teeth, shattered Farrah's arm in a vicious 1983 fight.
"My dad went into a rant. Farrah came flying at him to defend herself, he blocked her and, in the process, broke her arm."
Griffin claims that Farrah "spun the truth" to protect Ryan over the years but that this time "I was there, I saw it happen".
I think that Ryan repeatedly proposing to Farrah as she lay dying sort of supports this claim. Farrah rejected his many marriage proposals over the years when she was healthy and strong and Ryan's attempts to get Farrah to croak "yes" with her last dying breath is suspicious at best."I believe my dad's only goal (when she was dying) was to make sure he'd be in Farrah's will."
Farrah may have in fact had the last laugh. She left Ryan absolutely nothing of her $5.5 million fortune when she died.
In my head the Will read "To Ryan O'Neal I leave MY MIDDLE FINGER. That's for the broken arm, asshole".
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I'm with you. The dude always seemed skeevy to me too.
I love "Irreconcilable Differences" too! Sharon Stone was hot in that movie...Drew Barrymore makes me cry Every.Single.Time that I watch it.
Posted by: Fawn Amber | October 13, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Ryan O'Neal is certainly no poster boy for healthy relationships, but "troubled son GRIFFIN has taken aim at his father in a new U.S. tabloid expose" doesn't make me feel it's a truth-o-gram. I've always found Ryan (we're on a first name basis, unappealing) and he has a puff head (see Alec Baldwin, Jay Leno and other large headed celebrities). Puff Heads freak me out. James Spader used to be hot. Now he's a puff head. I LOVE that Farrah left him nothing. Mwahhhh ha ha ha!
Posted by: sophie | October 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
I believe Griffin is troubled BECAUSE of Ryan. Any family can have one troubled child, including mine. But THREE? It is no coincidence that all of Ryan's children have been through serious substance abuse and other, including criminal, issues. I'd totally believe it about him. His behavior at the end of Farrah's life was creepy at best.
Posted by: BaltimoreGal | October 13, 2009 at 12:17 PM
And lest we not forget: didn't he hit on his DAUGHTER at Farrah's funeral? That guy has given me the willies for years and years. I'm so glad Farrah left him nothing.
Posted by: Fairly Odd Mother | October 13, 2009 at 02:33 PM
i like your version of the will A LOT.
Posted by: michele | October 13, 2009 at 04:30 PM
He is an underhanded asshole who LIES!! He is one farked up asshole IMHO. He deserves NOTHING for being such an asshole to his family.Ego tripping wanker
Posted by: indycitygirl | October 14, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Puff Heads...I don't think Ryan is anything like Jay Leno or James Spader (don't know much about Alec Baldwin). But neither of those two are Big Headed!
Posted by: annon | October 15, 2009 at 03:07 PM