Ryan O’Neal glommed on to a dying Farrah Fawcett in a bid for money, if you believe what estranged son Griffin says after appearing on CNN's Larry King Live tonight.
The cheese stands alone: What an interview with Griffin O'Neal: Ryan O'Neal - Farrah Fawcett's Funeral Services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Los Angeles, CA, USA © Chris Hatcher / PR Photos
Dad Ryan did cocaine with an eleven-year old Griffin to keep him awake during "Barry Lyndon," a really long movie, according to Griffin.
Griffin was also interviewed in Vanity Fair Magazine.
In the scathing interview with Larry, Griffin talks about how his dad actually hit on daughter Tatum O’ Neal at Farrah's funeral, not recognizing her.
He also talks about how dad Ryan struck his then pregnant wife Rima Belinda Uranga with a poker causing 22 stitches in her head. Griffin alleged he was there at his father's home to keep Redmond from doing drugs.
According to Griffin, dad Ryan wasted no time hitting on Tatum: "I said to her, 'You have a drink on you? You have a car?' She said, 'Daddy, it's me--Tatum!'
O'Neal's publicist released a statement to Larry King saying in effect he had no relation with his son, and that Griffin was a known liar.
Tatum 45, and Griffin 44, were the children with Ryan's first wife Joanna Moore, Patrick with wife Leigh Taylor Young, and youngest son Redmond with the late actress Farrah Fawcett.
In 1986, Griffin was involved in a fatal boat accident taking the life of Francis Ford Coppola's son Gian-Carlo. He was fined, acquitted of manslaughter, received probation, and subsequently dodged assigned community service, which he was later jailed for.
Griffin said he would forgive his father if he owned up to his mistakes.
Griffin told Vanity Fair magazine his father is a "narcissistic psychopath" who tried to make money off actress Fawcett's death. Said Griffin "All those crocodile tears! I consider him a vulture presiding over a carcass.”
"My dad's only goal was to make sure he would be in the will. "It was so disgustingly transparent as soon as he found out she was terminal . . . Ryan thought he was going to get everything."
Turns out Redmond got the inheritance windfall. Griffin told Larry King that is why he keeps Redmond close to him:
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