Drink on 6, beaten over Oscar
Tatum O’Neal’s youth was characterized by her father’s violent hands.
RadarOnline.com can reveal that the actress made a daring confession about her poisonous relationship with Father Ryan O’Neal, which revealed the persistent jealousy and bitterness that he directed to her in 2023 until his death.
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Tatum revealed that her father hit her after she was nominated for an Oscar and he was not.
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Tatum, now 61, wrote history at the young age of 10 by winning the Oscar for the best supporting actress for her role in Paper moon Next to her deceased father.
Her victory marked the start of a highly published career, who saw her rise to teenage rendom and a reputation as a “wild child” – often spared about gossip columns before the age of the internet.
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The actress promised to ‘never do drugs again’ after a near-death experience in 2020.
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At home, the life of Tatum was marred by the abuse of the parents of her actor, both of whom were addicts.
In an interview with VarietyThe actress revealed that she was introduced to alcohol just 6 years old while lived in her mother’s house.
But nothing improved when her father got full custody in 1970; Instead, years of physical and verbal abuse of him followed.
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Tatum said she had been withdrawn from her father, she was set up for exploitation and spent a lifetime trying to win his approval – which never happened completely.
Ryan used openly drugs for his daughter and constantly brought several women in and out of their house, to which she noticed: “Girls, Girls, Girls.”
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Ryan was the most shocking, however, when he heard she had been nominated Paper moon And he wasn’t.
In her 2004 memoirs, A paper lifeTatum revealed how her father approached her after her performance in the film was called ‘striking’.
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The praise she received led to jealousy in her father, when she remembered: “Things quickly became quickly.”
Not only did he physically handle jealousy after her Oscar nomination, but he also refused to attend the ceremony with her.
Yet she thanked him in her acceptance speech.
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Tatum treated her controlling father during her early career – even when it came to which roles she was allowed to take that she said she “never really recovered.”
He even prevented her from auditioning for the role of a child prostitute in Martin Scorsese Taxi driver – That Jodie earned, Foster’s first Oscar nomination.
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Tatum had a tumultuous relationship with her father Ryan, who used drugs for her as a young child.
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Tatum said her father thought that the role was “a bit too naked”, but she believed that his attitude was exclusively powered by jealousy.
About how her father would come on her head, Tatum added: “He checked and told me,” No, you’re not good. ” And so I started that to get Not good, always feel scared. “
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Although Tatum said that she never received an apology from her father and posthumously learned that he had cut her out of his will, his death eventually freed her from his shadow.
Ryan died on December 8, 2023, at the age of 82.
Despite years of alienation and bitter conflicts, Tatum visited him three times after his health crisis, including once in his Malibu house just before his death.
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During their last meeting he offered her drugs – but she refused.
She remembered, “I know he drank, smoked a lot of pot, and he had something like:” Here, take a pill. ” I had something like: “No, thank you.” “
Apart from her struggle with family, Tatum was also notorious for her struggle with addiction to alcohol, cocaine and heroin – which even led to a temporary loss of custody of her three children with John Mcenroe.
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In May 2020, Tatum overdose in its century city apartment, with a serious stroke.
Isolated during the Covid Lockdown and dealing with chronic pain of rheumatoid arthritis, she was prescribed morphine by a doctor who was not aware of her addiction history.
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The actress shares three children with John Mcenroe, on whom she previously lost custody.
She later fell into a coma for six weeks after an overdose, and when she woke up, her prognosis was grim; She couldn’t talk, walk or see.
But since then she has improved steadily and learn everything again, with the greatest progress from within.
She said: “Now I don’t want to hurt myself. Now I don’t want to use drugs again-I really don’t do that.”
