Love is never having to say "Pee in this cup"
More trouble for Redmond O Neal - son of the late Charlie's Angels actress Farrah Fawcett. Now young Redmond is no stranger to trouble, any more than any other member of the O Neal clan. Tatum O Neal was most recently in the news a couple of years back when she got busted on the streets of New York trying to buy crack from a narc. Tatum claimed that she was doing research for a role. That was a lame excuse. For one thing no one's offered her series work for a very long time.
brother bother
Brother Griffith is an even worse mess. He's been in and out of trouble of years. Actually that's a half truth. He's never been out of trouble. His worst incident was when he contributed ot the death of Francis Ford Coppola's son. Ryan was doing some movie project for FFC. So naturally it seemed the thing to do to let the boys hang out. Getting chummy with the Coppola's would be a career boost. Alas those are the kinds of errors of judgment that have helped make Ryan the father that he is.
While Griffith and young Coppola were out on the water in their high speed jet boat Griffith thought that it would be a hoot to run the boat between 2 moored boats. He only saw the tow line between them in time to duck. Not in time to warn his companion. The younger Coppola was killed instantly. This was not only a human tragedy, it also stalled out Ryan's faltering film career.
blood ties
Griffith has had some Redmond related brouhaha too. The worst incident involved a freak out that made tabloid headlines. Redmond has some major drug issues that his family has struggled with for years. At one point it got so bad that they were afraid to leave him alone, lest he go Lohan and make a beeline for the nearest drug score. So Ryan comes up with another of his novel solutions. He leaves Griffith in charge of his younger brother.
the ties that bind
Seems that Ryan had to go out during the Redmond watch period to go do whatever. So he gives Griffith some very express orders not to let the kid out of the house for any reason whatsoever. Ryan goes does his thing - whatever that maybe - and when he returns what should he see but that Griffith has obeyed him tot he letter. Maybe even above and beyond the letter of the law. In order to prevent Redmond from sneaking out to go buy dope Griffith had tied the lad to a chair!
family dysfunction of Biblical proportions
Despite the fact that Griffith had made an effort to follow his father's instructions, and that brothers do this sort of thing all the time, Ryan freaked. He started wailing away on Griffith. Griff wasn't having that so he picked up a fire place poker and started swinging. Ryan runs off up to his room and returns with a pistol., Shots are fired and Griffith's pregnant fiancee getting injured. How depends on which story you listen to. Some have Ryan wounding Griff's fiancee in the arm. Others have him shooting at Griff and the lad wounding the girl himself, while flailing away at his dad with the poker. Details aside the pint is that Ryan could surely teach Charlie Sheen a thing or two about bad behavior.
This whole sad sorry state was a great drain on Fawcett in her final days. As she struggled with cancer, Redmond kept on getting into trouble. He even got busted and had to visit his mom in her final days while wearing a county orange jump suit & shackles, and while being escorted by prison guards. Friends of Farrah say that it's lucky that she was too out of it at the time to fully realize what was going on.
sometimes when we touch - if you've got the money honey I got the time
This added to the strain of her troubled relationship with Ryan. They'd separated years before but got back together at about the time of her cancer diagnosis. Ryan begged her to marry him, but Farrah always refused. People thought that she was being proud and stubborn until more of the story started coming out. Some of it came from Griffith - who hates his father. He told Larry King on air that Ryan was only cozying up to Farrah because he hoped to be remembered in the will. It was then hinted by some of the actress's friends that she kept refusing marriage because she intended to keep Ryan out of the will and didn't want him having any claim on her estate - which he would have had if he had legally been her spouse.
bon vivant mal homme
Farrah finally passes and leaves her entire estate - 4.5 million - to her only son Redmond. Ryan gets zilch. Perhaps that's why he was blowing off some grief with a mystery brunette at about the time, or immediately prior to, Farrah's death. That got picked up by German website Bild.com, complete with a picture of Ryan frolicking with the lady in question. Wondertrash was one of the few English language websites to pick that up. Ryan was still too sympathetic for bigger concerns to dare to release the news. Ryan's sympathetic status would change when daughter Tatum - the crack user - revealed that he'd hit on her during Farrah's funeral. He'd given her the old "Hey babe" routine. Tatum explained away the merry widower's behavior by pointing out that they hadn't seen each other for years - so he didn't recognize her; and besides he was always a "bon vivant". Meanwhile the Redmond story continued to develop.
father goes farther
Griffith - who blew the whistle on his father scheme to get in the will, also warned that Ryan would be Redmond's new best friend now since that's where the money was. The two continued to get int trouble together too. Both father on son got charged in a meth bust. The police raided because Redmond had screwed up his probation. When they searched the house the found methamphetamine in Ryan's bedroom. So the pair were hauled off for father & son mugshots!
something like Peyton Place?
Griff' predictions seem to be coming true. For those who worried about Ryan & Redmond spending time together there's some bad news - the two are joined at he hip these days. In fact they have a closeness that would be the envy of other less dysfunctional father and son's. The reason for the closeness, according to cynics, is money. Not that Ryan is trying to hit the kid up. Farrah foresaw that and left Redmond's money in the hands of executors and trustees; responsible people who are to make sure that the lad stays clean. Ryan ain't named among them. Ryan's latest scheme is more nefarious than that.
Fatherwood - a dose of everything and 'reality' too!
Seems that Ryan has got it in his head that he can cash in by making a documentary about his late partner's life. He's already been shopping it around to. Seems that the selling point is having Redmond on board, since Ryan's name is mud and no one is interested in sullying Farrah's memory by listening to him talk about her. They might feel more genuinely sympathetic towards poor old Redmond. So with that in mind the old man is Redmond's new BFF, and take s the lad with him where ever he goes with an eye to involving the lad in the documentary. Now that sounds pretty low but some are afraid that Ryan has some even worse in mind, possibly a reality TV series instead of a documentary. Docs don't get you anywhere unless you're Michael Moore. Reality TV is where the action is, and even a Palin can cash in to the max!
"We can't all be ace dad's like Alec Baldwin, but I'm no Michael Lohan!"
Now that has friends of the late Fawcett worried. They're worried because Ryan is a horrible influence. That's not just a personal opinion either, but the opinion of the courts. Back in 2009 Ryan was banned from visiting Redmond in rehab. It was as if they thought he was contributing factor No 1 to the poor lad's sad predicament. Then again maybe they were just letting that father son meth bust influence their judgment. Some impressions are so hard to undo.
Your reality check is in the mail
The upshot is Fawcett's friends are concerned that Redmond is still struggling with his issues. If Ryan is too involved in the kid's life at this time it might result in him entering another down ward spiral. That would be a high price to pay just so Ryan can get that deal done. Then again Ryan's never been worried about the price as long as some one else - usually a close family member - is available to pay it. Perhaps if he really wanted to pitch a reality TV series people would want to watch then he could do something where he enrolls in boot camp; ideally a boot camp for boobs!
boot camp boobs
Poor Powergirl. Speaking of which the O Neals ain't the only celebrity family dealing with heavy shit. In fact Hilary Clinton's shit is so heavy that she could use a trip to boot camp! This recent picture shows the Sec of Sate bulging out of a orange pant suit like a spoiled cantaloupe or over ripe orange!
