Tatum O’Neal has revealed her savage three word response to being cut out of her father Ryan O’Neal’s will.
The Oscar winner, 61, who had a tempestuous relationship with her father for decades, quipped: ‘Keep it m*****f****r’ after learning she would not receive a penny from his estate, worth an estimated $30million.
Speaking to Variety, the Paper Moon actress said she believed her first memoir, A Paper Life’ in which she detailed her father’s violent temper and sexual abuse from a member of his inner circle, got her banished.
She said: ‘The first book that I wrote was just a f*****g honest book. And that’s what got him.’
The pair reconciled before his death aged 82 in December 2023 with the star claiming that her father offered her drugs during her final visit – despite Tatum being a recovering addict.
She said: ‘I know he was drinking, smoking a lot of pot, and he was like, “Here, take a pill. I was like, “No, thank you.’”
Tatum O’Neal has revealed her savage three word response to being cut out of her father Ryan O’Neal’s will.
O’Neal died in December 2023 aged 82; Tatum is seen with her dad on his 82nd birthday in April of that year
Her son Kevin McEnroe, whose father is tennis icon John McEnroe, said his mom did drink alcohol that day, adding: ‘Every single time she’s seen her dad my entire life, something happens.’
Kevin said Ryan’s money is ‘blood money’ and that his mother is now ‘letting go of how much space he took up in her life.’
Prior to his passing, Ryan and Tatum had a strained relationship marked with long periods of estrangement.
They went through a 25-year rift following Paper Moon. The father-daughter duo had starred together in the 1973 comedy drama film as protagonists Moze and Addie.
Her performance of the role won her an Academy Award for best supporting actress.
She was only eight when she was cast in the role and she turned nine during the shoot.
Tatum went on to earn the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film when she was just 10 years old, making her the youngest person to ever win a competitive Oscar.
O’Neal has previously said her father ‘hated’ her because of the Academy Award she won,
The father-daughter duo had starred together in 1973 comedy drama film Paper Moon as protagonists Moze and Addie. Her performance of the role won her an Academy Award for best supporting actress; seen on set in 1973
The Oscar winner, 61, quipped: ‘Keep it m*****f****r’ after learning she would not receive a penny from his estate, worth an estimated $30million – pictured 2010
O’Neal, who is recovering from a stroke in 2020, posed with her Oscar
The actress said she believed her first memoir, A Paper Life’ in which she detailed her father’s violent temper and sexual abuse from a member of his inner circle, got her banished
Tatum looked radiant as she posed for the rare shoot
Tatum and Ryan are pictured 2003 with her children Sean, Kevin and Emily
‘He loved me, but then hated me, because I won the Academy Award,’ she explained. She did receive a congratulatory note from her father after her achievement, however her mother never recognized the win.
‘Weird s**t happened. It kind of went in the wrong direction to happiness,’ she explained.
In 2011, she and her father attempted to repair their relationship on a documentary series titled Ryan & Tatum: The O’Neals.
Although their relationship remained tumultuous at the time of the article’s publishing, Tatum said she had met up with her father months before his death.
She seemed to be referring to a visit to Ryan to celebrate his 82nd birthday on April 20 2023.
The day after, she had shared a photo to Instagram of the pair beaming together at his home in Los Angeles.
In her caption, she wrote: ‘Happy birthday dad I love you’.
Despite their difficulties, she has always insisted she will always love and care about him.
‘I love my dad,’ she said. ‘I mean, I’ve had a hard life with my dad — but I still love him.’
In May 2020, O’Neal overdosed on prescription drugs, which triggered a massive stroke that impacted her right frontal cortex. O’Neal took painkillers, opiates, and morphine, and was rushed to the hospital after a friend found her in her apartment.
In 1998, Tatum lost custody of her three children – Kevin, Emily and Sean – to her ex-husband McEnroe because of her heroin addiction.
She is currently learning how to read again and recently underwent neck surgery.
She is currently learning how to read again and recently underwent neck surgery
Tatum also starred in The Bad News Bears (1976), followed by Nickelodeon (1976), and Little Darlings (1980).
Later she was seen on TV in Sex and the City, 8 Simple Rules and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
In 2006, she starred in the My Network TV drama series Wicked Wicked Games.
Ryan was a major movie star and was for years with Farrah Fawcett with whom he shared a son Redmond.
