Ryan and Tatum trainwreck, wheels keep turning and turning

[UTUSN]

The first season (when are the cable seasons?) was moderately addictive because it appeared that two articulate people were in touch with their complexities and were ready to move on with coming together.

They seemed to be progressing, relating fairly well, acknowledging the bumps of the past, but moving on.


The dude seems "nice" (quotation marks intended). In denial. Her, too. "My children all ran away from me. Now my dog?!1 What *is* it about me?!1" It's always, like, horrible stuff but what does it have to do with me?!1

And in today's re-run of the new season, out of the blue in a restaurant, she brings a full frontal attack with all of her old, SAME gripes, really brutal ("You BRUTALIZED me, Dad.") . He explodes, they split again, they inch back together with two therapists as referees. She's writing another book of gripes. He's, like, shit happened, it's over, what can I do now.

He grinds on about Farah. She grinds on about Farah and the rest of the gripes. She, "My first book was a tell all. This one is a woman's journey, hopeful." Uh...no.

He's always saying he's willing to take this fall and that fall. It's like they both have this game: He "leads with his chin" and restores back to his original stance, so there is never a knock-out and no punch is enough to satisfy her. Over and over. Problems never get resolved; it's called "sandbagging," where somebody claims to be going through the steps of resolution but actually will never allow resolution and will bring up the SAME gripes in ambushes.



Well, he's got at least two other kids, so it can be a Reality Series II and III, a franchise.

[Duer 157099]

1. While I know who you are talking about

maybe some specifics about what the show is called and which cable channel it is on?

[UTUSN]

2. I think it's called "Ryan and Tatum" and might be on OWN. n/t

[pacalo]

4. It's a reality show called "Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals" on OWN (Oprah Winfrey network).

[dembotoz]

3. lost respect for both

to much information, not that interested

[pacalo]

5. I haven't seen the show, but last night when I was looking through the tv schedule

I saw a lot of the episodes of that listed for this morning & I only taped the one about Farrah. I haven't watched it yet, but my opinion of the two was that Ryan & Farrah were deeply in love, wrapped up in each other, & I suspect that Tatum was resentful.

I always thought Farrah would have been much better off with someone else. The O'Neal family would have had issues no matter who came into their lives.

[LynneSin]

6. Redmond is heading back to jail. I think Patrick just avoids this trainwreck

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-16/entertainment/redmond.oneal.jail_1_redmond-o-neal-rehab-program-rehab-clinic?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ

Redmond O'Neal caught with drugs in rehab, prosecutor says

Redmond O'Neal, the son of actor Ryan O'Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, returned to jail Thursday after he was caught with illegal drugs at the rehab clinic where he was undergoing court-ordered treatment, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney said.

"He had methamphetamine," Sandi Gibbons said.

O'Neal, 26, appeared before a judge Thursday who ordered him back to jail for the alleged probation violation, Gibbons said.

He will return to court on October 7 for a full hearing to decide whether he will stay in jail or return to rehab, she said.

Patrick seems like the only sane one. He's been in sports broadcasting for years and seems to avoid the family drama and family addictions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O'Neal_(sportscaster)

Oh I forgot about Griffen, he's still alive despite his addictions.