Celebrity Health!
Dramatic confession about Farrah Fawcett death emerges from actor Ryan O’Neal?
[Jun. 21]
Pin-up poster girl Farrah Fawcett cancer death caused by what? Her emotional health — not her physical medical condition? Talk show host Piers Morgan knows how to get provocative quotes out of celebrities during celebrity interviews on TV. His latest victim? Farrah Fawcett, the former supermodel and Charlie’s Angel who died in 2009 after a long bout with cancer. How did she become his latest celeb gossip subject? Because her long time live in lover and actor Ryan O’Neal is promoting himself — and he made some very controversial remarks to Morgan about her celebrity health and fitness status in the years prior to the death of the actress most famous for her red swimsuit poster, big Texas smile, and her once sunny disposition. O’Neal claimed that Farrah was a health activist and a happy person before getting emotionally entangled with him and his toxic family. Her step-children (essentially) might not have been bound to her by blood or marriage, but their dysfunctional family antics certainly contributed to making her otherwise charmed life full of absolute misery. After spending so many years with the star and his celebrity children, something happened to take the focus off them and put the spotlight back on her own life and emotional wellness: she was diagnosed with cancer, a type that ended up being fatal.
“What bothers me the most is that there was turmoil during my love affair with Farrah, a lot of it caused by my family, by my kids – all of them, but particularly Tatum,” Ryan O’Neal shared in a compelling statement shared on the “Piers Morgan Tonight” show on Monday June 20th.
What made him think he may be responsible for her illness? Because constant emotional stress takes its toll on the body. And, if you look back over the celebrity couple’s tumultuous romantic and family history you can see exactly how toxic of a relationship the Hollywood couple shared.
“And I just think that if she had never met us, would she still be alive today? Because nobody knows what causes cancer, do they?”
That was the million dollar question Ryan asked Pierce Morgan.
“She didn’t smoke, she didn’t drink, she exercised every day, and she believed in good health,” O’Neal confessed.
“And then we came along, the four of us. And gradually she got – she got weaker. I don’t know.”
“Do you really believe that?” Morgan asked.
“Maybe it isn’t true. But it’s possible,” a seemingly moved and somehow fragile O’Neal responded to the show host.
CBS News reports “Ryan and Tatum: The O’Neals” premiered Sunday on OWN. Were many people watching?
Not interested in watching Ryan O’Neal at home much more than the Jersey Shore, this writer was much more interested in hearing about the progress in life Farrah Fawcett made by leaving her fortune to a cancer research facility founded with her as its patron namesake.
Toxic people do not deserve the money or fame from having their own shows in the opinion of those who would rather follow television series about positive star celebs as they are on the go. Should Ryan O’Neal feel guilty about how he and his children treated Farrah Fawcett? Absolutely. But the lesson for the rest of his life (and everyone who is following his family celebrity gossip) should really be that protecting the emotional health of a loved one by being good to them and cherishing the time you have together should be the number one daily priority of everyone — as a medical condition that robs a body of life and vitality is tough enough to medically treat without stupid people mucking up the gist of what life is left.
GREEN CELEBRITY STATS: FARRAH FAWCETT
Farrah Fawcett died the same day as pop music singer Michael Jackson, but the legacy of her celebrity death is very different than the King of Pop. While his untimely passing created a great deal of media hoopla about his doctor Conrad Murray playing a key role in a drug overdose and generating a court trial alleging manslaughter, Farrah passed quietly in a hospital. Her friends and family around her were a mixed lot, with some truly seeking to protect the actress and make her comfortable in her final hours and others accused of simply being after her bucks. In life, Farrah Fawcett actively exuded health and fitness in her younger years. Despite her toxic relationship at home, she worked as a women’s rights advocate who rallied on behalf of abused women. Farrah used her pin-up girl celebrity status most wisely near her end. When she realized her body was failing, she became and outspoken advocate for cancer victims. She also did not leave her fortune to (allegedly) broke actor Ryan O’Neal or any of his kids. Instead her money was used to create the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, an organization dedicated to alternative cancer treatment research. In attendance at the opening to commemorate the one year anniversary of her death? Alana Stewart, Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal and Redmond O’Neal were among guests.