Tatum O’Neal pays tribute – The Hollywood Reporter
Ryan O’Neal and Tatum O’Neal
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Tatum O’Neal is speaking out following news of Ryan O’Neal’s death on Friday.
The Oscar-winning actress shared a statement with the people About how she felt after her father died. The two have had a tense relationship ever since they worked together in the 1970s Moon leavesfor which Tatum won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress when she was just 10 years old.
“I am deeply saddened by the death of my father,” Tatum told the publication. “He meant the world to me. I loved him so much and I know he loves me too. I will miss him forever, and I feel very lucky that we ended on such good terms.”
Ryan’s son, Patrick, shared the news of his father’s death in a series of lengthy posts on Instagram, calling for… Peyton’s place Star of “Hollywood Legend”.
“My dad Ryan O’Neal has always been my hero. “I looked up to him and he was always larger than life,” he said in the caption of his first post. “My dad became a global movie star love story In the early 1970s, the decade he absolutely crushed by starring in films like What’s the matter, doctor?, Moon leaves, Barry Lyndon, A Bridge Too Far, Main Event, and Driver.”
Tatum and Ryan’s relationship has had its ups and downs in the decades since they worked together. Tatum struggled with drug abuse, and Ryan admitted that he may not have been up to her father’s job.
“I had this weird thing Moon leaves“This is not my daughter,” the director insisted, he said on the 2011 OWN reality series. Ryan and Tatum: The O’Neills. “The director insisted that my character, Moses, did not think for a moment that this was his daughter. So, he wanted me to make sure I didn’t think of her as my daughter. And he might never have gone away.”
Tatum was previously involved with Hollywood Reporter She felt that her father might have hated her for winning an Oscar Moon leaves Instead, she added that her life went in the wrong direction towards happiness after her victory at such a young age.
The couple will go years without seeing each other. Before this year, the last time father and daughter met in person was September 2020. But Tatum said THR In March, she started contacting her father again, and they made plans to meet and talk.
When asked what she hoped the conversation would come out of, she said: “I think he’s gotten a little better in his life. I mean he’s a wonderful man, my father, and I miss him terribly.” She added. “I don’t want him to die. I love him. I love my dad. “I mean, I had a hard life with my father, but I still love him.”
