Tatum O'Neal's Hollywood Childhood Was A Waking Nightmare

[@IrishGal1970]

My heart goes out to Tatum. People can say what they want, but when you grow up being emotionally and physically abused, it leaves scars that no one can understand unless you’ve experienced it. I can’t even imagine having to grow up in the public spotlight on top of dealing with that kind of abuse and trauma. It’s a wonder she made it through to adulthood as so many like her wound up either overdosing or taking their own lives. I think it’s really messed up for some of these people to judge her when they couldn’t possibly know what it was like to live her life! I wish only the best for her and her children! 💕

[@MultiBmorgan]

and those people who've also been through it likely offer so little as that life is so entrained and part of them themselves. sad. the world of the entertainment industry leads the opposite way humanity needs to be heading absolutely no religious connotation implied.

[@LucyLu8787]

Amen, Sister! You slayed it..... Unless you have walked in anothers shoes. You can't know.. Childhood scars and addiction never go away, NEVER.

[@Robinwhiteart]

She was used her entire life. It is amazing she survived at all. Somewhere in her there is a great strength.

[@glendabrady9996]

@@Robinwhiteart well, she certainly used that to her benefit didn’t she?

[@Wreckless-c7v]

Nothing good comes out of Hellyweird!!

[@kimbanz9818]

Her father is a narcissist. He only cared that she didn't like him. How about be a father and be there for your daughter. It's not her job to love you. You brought her into this world, step up and be a man

[@georgeevans1149]

​@@glendabrady9996just like all these biased hypocritical racist people do

[@zayaziday]

She’s a Scorpio

[@nadinedavies6746]

Her father hit on her at Farrah;s funeral. She had to say, " Dad it;s me Tatum" Sums him up totally. She's a strong, beautiful survivor ❤

[@annehedonia156]

He was drunk out of his mind.

[@machupikachu1085]

And so are her children she destroyed

[@MethodiousMind]

He probably didn’t care

[@raycampbell162]

Even being drunk he still should have recognized his daughter.

[@AprilW-ls6bd]

Her Dad punched her in the stomach because she won a award for her role in the movie Paper Moon. Her Dad got jealous cause he didn't win a award .

[@bruce8808]

Tatum is 5 years younger than I am. Beautiful woman who has been through so much in her life. Survived a stroke and a 6 week coma. Amazing strong woman.

[@shadrach6299]

She didn’t have to be a drug addict

[@HADJEE]

Intense childhood trauma usually leads the person to alcoholism and/or drug-addiction.

[@maymalone1505]

​@shadrach6299, don't be ridiculous !

[@cornfusedatbest3980]

​@@shadrach6299... People don't have to be fat either. Just sayin.

[@analogue-u8n]

@@HADJEE i abused drug and drink but I certainly wasn't FORCED. I had a very disturbing childhood but I found MY life was not so different than others' lives, and I realized my self pity and self medication was all LIES and the "answer" was with me the whole time. ROugh childhood is NOT an excuse.

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Tatum was so amazing in Paper Moon! Loved her in that film and so happy she won the academy award. I hope she's living a happy life now.🥺💕

[@elijahjames8837]

And I bet her father punished her for it with mental cruelty. Jealous because at 9, she had more talent than he did. Same when she stared in The Bad News Bears with the great Walter Matthew and not for a second does Walter upstaged her. She should have left behind an amazing body of work.

[@AprilW-ls6bd]

​@@elijahjames8837 in her book titled a paper life ; she said her Dad punched her in the stomach when she won the award for Paper Moon.

[@cynthiaparker7599]

When i was a teenager tatum and i were pen pals . She was always kind and generous. She didn't act like a celebrity and was very relatable. Years later i moved to L.A and was managing a theatre where celebrities came in on a daily bases . Ryan Oneal came in twice with farrah and twice i had him thrown out . Farrah was lovely and i felt sorry for her . Both times she apologized for his behavior as well as calling the next day to apologize again . He was a complete ass and wanted everyone to bow down to him.

[@lorimiller4301]

I adore her. It's so nice for her to call and apologize, especially the second time. I wish we could've been friends. I think of her quite often. Ryan dimmed her beautiful light. 😢

[@maxpatrickhaynes2194]

Lucky!!! I wrote her a number of fan letters as a kid in the 70s. I would have been blown away by being a pen pal. I got to work with a bunch of celebrities over the years ( I’m a photographer ). Was always hoping someday to shoot with her! 😉 I champion her recovery!!!

[@zztopz7090]

So that corroborates her story that he was an egomaniac. I believe he would be jealous of her winning an Oscar. That said, I dont know if I believe everything she said. She was, afterqll, a drug addict.

[@gigi-nl8rp]

I believe Michael’s version …

[@AprilW-ls6bd]

He knocked one of his sons front tooth out in a rage . He punched Tatum in the stomach for winning a award for her role in Paper Moon. He best Farrah's face up ..

[@tracycraft2971]

I’m so proud of Tatum for getting clean as best she could. She’s such a lovely person and it doesn’t surprise me she turned to drugs and such so cope with the nightmare that was her life. She’s so much more than just a tragic Hollywood back story! She’s strong and is doing the best she can! Bravo Tatum! ❤

[@timothynichols7101]

Tatum is a very kind person. She has been in the public eye since she was very young. That isn't easy. She is an absolute sweetheart though

[@Bubbles-n-Lipgloss]

Can you imagine how different Tatum would be if she had even 1 good parent? She is strong, accomplished n clean. Funny how 3 of Ryan’s 4 children all have experienced extreme substance abuse issues? I totally believe her about her childhood and Ryan.

[@lorimiller4301]

I think sa was involved. Ryan was constantly running over boundaries. I have a certain bond with people who have been through it. Like we know each other. It never fails that the other person went through a similar childhood. I used to wonder what my life would've been like with good parents. I could've been someone. I could've done something more than care for unwanted cats. Yet i am happy and proud to care for them. They are my life. But i know i could've been so much more. It leaves you feeling like you've been robbed of something so important but you don't really know. You just feel open and vulnerable, unprotected.

[@holyhel7430]

​@@lorimiller4301 many blessings to you for caring for the cats! 🙏💕

[@mollysmeow3455]

​@@lorimiller4301Wishing you the very best. ❤🎉❤

[@Allaboutthe80s]

Wow. She overcame so much.What an incredibly strong and resilient woman. It's so sad that her father could never take accountability for his actions and all the pain he caused her. Sometimes all a person needs to hear from a parent who caused alot of damage is, "I'm sorry I screwed up. I should have done better with you." I think just hearing these words can heal alot of broken hearts and prevent alot of drug overdoses. Words have power. If you love your kids, give your kids the closure they need so they can move on with their lives.

[@rnkim2564]

and insanely wealthy oprah grifting off of such tragedy for tatum for her own gain is just disgusting... i hope more people learn about oprahs selfish and opportunistic dealings in this life, like how she acted with her devastated hawaiin fire neighbors

[@MyBarkin]

I cannot stand nope-ra!

[@MsBizzyGurl]

Hear! Hear!

[@SueP-D]

Not sure if Oprah changed over the years or was scamming us the whole time. I remember in the 90s watching her show on a little TV I had in my kitchen while I was cooking and doing chores. She was my hero for many years. This version (maybe the *real* version) is despicable.

[@karenbrown4524]

Somehow oprah thinks she's royalty. To her inner maybe, but not to anyone else. She's done.

[@nancyvillines4552]

​@@SueP-Dthe minute I heard about that woman that committed suicide after her appearance on her show I did a 180 on her. Her and Rock begging us for money as they both have their own Fire Crews. Private one's. Her, Dr Phil and the other quack Dr Oz! Grifter's all of them.

[@clairemalone4542]

The most shocking thing I heard about their relationship was when Tatum attended Fawett's funeral her father didn't recognise her and he tried to hit on her.

[@YaYaPaBla]

OMG what a mess she grew up in. 😔

[@lorraine.bernardettehoole7743]

He was a complete narcissist in my opinion, before everyone was being called one.

[@missymarie2698]

NOOOOO! 😡🤢 OMG!! That is horrible! Can you imagine???

[@Dolcepaula1960]

Exactly that!

[@cw5451]

I remember that! 😮

[@JJ33438]

she deserves a good life - as a child she was simply constantly abused. God Bless her strength! what a woman to survive all those horrible people!

[@meemz7098]

People think that Hollywood stars have glamorous lives. Many are just messed up selfish broken people that have no business bringing kids into the world. I hope Tatum has some peace in her life.

[@4thegood927]

Sounds like she F’ed up as a parent too. Hopefully her kids have peace.

[@cornishmaid9138]

At the end of the day, she’s just a human being with all the frailties that go with it. ❤

[@Automedon2]

None of us could even imagine what the lives are like for the children trapped in and surrounded by that disgusting, narcissistic Hollywood life. No wonder every last one of them is fucked up.

[@edie4321]

The elite are not human. It's time to start getting used to that idea as more is about to be revealed. They are all of a certain bloodline, and think themselves far superior to us. You do not get famous unless you're that bloodline and or you sell your soul. It goes generations as you can tell her father is not human. You certainly can't get an Oscar without being in the club.

[@marywolters3612]

Those two idiot awful parents should have spent time in jail. Disgusting.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Her mother needed therapy not prison.

[@davidjennings4589]

​@@kellydalstok8900her mother lost her whole birth family in an auto accident. She was always at sea.

[@matthewronsson]

Sad to hear that Ryan was so petty as to be jealous of his own daughters success. There is a reason that Actors generally try to avoid roles in which they are opposite to a kid or a dog, because they naturally steal attention i.e. scene stealers. It seems Ryan should have known this and even if he did not, that's some ego to get jealous when she was so successful at her role.

[@VikkiBounds]

It's so sad when children aren't raised properly. Growing up can be difficult enough in the best of circumstances but it becomes so much harder when the parents are not doing what they should be. 😢

[@poetryjones7946]

13:55 Basically, Jackson claimed Tatum took his virginity and he resisted. Tatum’s biography claims he was the aggressor, she didn’t want to sleep with him, and they never had sex. That’s it, The End.

[@celtmistineire2449]

@AppleheadG33 That is exactly right! Michael said nothing of the sort ! I think Tatum needs to get her story straight. She says in some interviews they dated and other interviews they didnt. Michaels account was always consistent.

[@DanielLiebert-i1p]

After Farrah Fawcett's funeral, Tatum says Ryan O'Neill started hitting on her. She said "Dad, I'm Tatum.".

[@maidenmarian1]

Ryan hit on her? Her looks have changed over the years a lot before during and after so much substance abuse... Joanna her mom was neglected and stated life with a big loss if family, then became hooked in substances, then she has Tatum with this selfish man, Ryan who was a good actor, by the way, and She collapses into substance abuse while blatantly neglecti g two small children to a criminal level. Leaving the. In the garage where they ate dogwood to remain alive? Two toddlers? God Help Me!!!

[@ghoststarstalk]

It was during Fawcett's funeral only. Ryan got so drunk he couldn't see straight.

[@KenMcMunn-bp5xv]

​@@ghoststarstalkHe was sad over the loss of the other woman he brought down but at least he got his other drug-addicted child out of prison to attend the funeral. The only child he had that didn't turn to drugs was the son he had that was raised by the mother Leigh Taylor-Young.

[@hopehealthhappiness465]

Ewww!

[@billhughes8726]

​@@maidenmarian1I think he needs to.

[@karenbrown4524]

My Mother took me to see Papermoon and took me to see every one of Tatum's films. We're the same age, but appears I was better off as just a boring regular child. Don't like Oprah! Good report!!!

[@LazyIRanch]

Do you have a favorite quote from "Paper Moon"? Mine is when Addie and her Dad are discussing the meaning of the word "scruples". Addie isn't familiar with the word, but she answers him brilliantly: *“No, I don't know what it is but if you've got 'em, it's a sure bet they belong to somebody else!”* One of my favorite movies of all time!

[@lorimiller4301]

😂 great quote 😂

[@jimmycroce9902]

She is 10 yrs older than myself, I loved her in the Bad News Bears, she played the perfect tomboy. There was a girl in my grade that acted just like her character. When I think of Tatum, I always picture her in a 70's little league uniform, just like the baggy, hot, cotton uniforms we had in our little town, before the 80's brought on the polyester uniforms. She was a great child actress!

[@philip2010]

When I was a kid in the 70s we all loved the bad news bears movies

[@johnnybhoy4278]

Yup!

[@shawnadennis613]

Yay! I’ve been waiting for a notification for your channel to pop up! ❤

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Tatum has a generous heart responding to me on Instagram with personal messages. Her life was been blessed and challenging and her intelligence, talent and beauty has carried her through. She has accomplished much.

[@edie4321]

She gets it all handed to her. What you are doing is called idol worship. You don't know this person at all.

[@crashburn3292]

@@edie4321 - 100%

[@moorek1967]

@@edie4321 What does she get handed to her? Seems to me that some of the stuff she is handed is pretty bad, so what you are doing is jealous envy. You can say thou shalt not have idols, so I say thou shalt not covet anything thy neighbor has.

[@edie4321]

@@moorek1967 , Oh, I do not in any way want her life. If you only understood how the elite live neither would you. I'm just saying the elite script everything, and I really hope you realize and awaken soon. They have no idea what Love is. I'm so grateful I do. I don't idol worship either. I think we warned about such.

[@moorek1967]

@@edie4321 Nope, you are still stuck on the jealousy of the "elite". Do you know how old I am? I have seen every argument and name put on the "elites" and mostly coming from the Democrats. You think this woman is elite? She is a drug addict, just like a whole bunch of poor people. Eat the rich! Right? But vote for the rich. Right?

[@TillyTan]

Little darlings will always be one of my fav classic movies.

[@4thegood927]

Thank you. Couldn’t remember the name but remember the movie well.

[@givemeahappyending]

I was obsessed with that movie when I was 14. She and Kristy were both so great in it!

[@Michele-z4k]

Oprah will do anything for money. She has her own issues and needs help. So, she shouldn’t be helping others; she should help herself. Anyone who puts their own picture on every issue of their magazine has a serious low self esteem problem. Also, if you ask my brother and to tell you about how our dad was growing up, we’d tell you two different stories. Each parent has a different relationship with their children. Plus, we are two different genders do that also plays into how each parent will treat and react to us. My two daughters each have a different experience with me and they were raised with two parents in the house until they became adults. So to discount Tatum’s experience because it doesn’t match her brothers is ludicrous and stupid.

[@maidenmarian1]

I agree that noone should discount Tatum experience. Her mother totally blew it. Her mom Joanna, basically raised her own self, too. We don't know the torn up condition of Joanna, but she must have been pretty bad.

[@Michele-z4k]

@ I totally agree.

[@Hava744]

She reminds me of Lisa Marie Presley, 2 beautiful ladies but painful souls . Redmond as well ,poor guy with a shitty father . I hope they both find peace .❤

[@LazyIRanch]

Both were romantically tied to Michael, too. I understand why Michael found these women to be appealing. They also understood the tough life of being practically born into fame, like him, and being a child trying to survive a very adult world of people wanting to use them for their own selfish gains. All three were cheated from having a happy, normal childhood.

[@Hava744]

@ absolutely.

[@DragaSlovenija]

@@LazyIRanch Lisa and Tatum had famous parents. Michael Jackson had fame because of his talent, not due to his parent’s profile.

[@maidenmarian1]

@lazyranch Michael was overworked, abused and pushed by his father into the music industry. He was denied his childhood. The Jackson Five were working children and teens.

[@maidenmarian1]

@DragaSlovenija, See my post to LazyRanch, it was meant for you too. Michael was forced to work from a very young age. Maybe if he had been allowed to rest and play and truly have a childhood, we would still have him with us. He was medicating injuries with opiates but he did suffer from accusations.

[@RianShafer]

Ryan thinking he was a good father? Why was she in places no child should be in? No wonder she was so messed up for so long. I liked Ryan as an actor but it ends there. If you asked my sisters about our home life, you would have 3 different stories with only a few consistencies. The abuse was only aimed at 2 of us because we were not his natural children. To the outside world we looked "perfect" so I believe Tatum about her childhood, it's her memories as she saw them & we the public saw her where no child should have been so there is that. It's too bad she took the road far away from recovery for so long, I hope she has a happier life now.

[@bobpierce115]

Ryan's jealousy of Tatum's success in 'Paper Moon' not to mention her Oscar win, was terrible; at least to me. Not as well known, was actor Jack Cassidy's jealousy and resentment of his son David a few years earlier. Jack, a Shakespearean trained actor always wanted to be featured in, and on the cover of LIFE magazine, which was a HUGE honor. He'd worked for many years hoping that honor would come, but it didn't. Instead, his son David got that honor barely one year after 'The Partridge Family' started. He was very resentful of that, considering the short time David had been in show business, and worse for what he felt was an inane TV comedy. Jack's drinking and smoking accelerated, ultimately leading to his death some years later from an accidental fire that happened as he drifted off to sleep with his cigarette smoldering.

[@kellydalstok8900]

It’s really sad when parents are jealous of their children. A good parent would be proud and happy for them.

[@6Jillybeans]

Sadly David also had the addictive gene and became an alcoholic himself. Then developed Alzheimers.

[@bobpierce115]

@@6Jillybeans I know. I think David was like pre-disposed to it (alcoholism) as his father was.

[@anneh6316]

I actually have the Life magazine with David on the cover sitting here on my bookshelf, picked it up some years ago, I keep meaning to list it on eBay.

[@anneh6316]

Also, I have a story about seeing David Cassidy in a restaurant some yrs ago. My father & I were sitting at a table behind him & could hear him loudly complaining about everything with his meal, the salad , the pasta, the bread, the service on & on. Just acting very entitled. He had the young server nearly in tears. I kinda recognized the voice, but it wasn’t until we got up to leave I could see who he was. Later on I read an interview with him earlier in his life- treating the interviewer like garbage. Sorry, he may have been a big teen idol, but he didn’t seem like a nice guy at all.

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Michael Jackson's first girlfriend was R&B singer and Broadway star, Stephanie Mills, who was a year older than him. But people ignore her because she's black.

[@colnlincline3097]

Ryan O’Neal always seemed despicable on and off screen. Tatum is the one with genuine natural talent. Farrah Fawcett, too.

[@sheilamartin1577]

Due to her Mother? Where is the responsibility of her Father? He should have been overseeing their daily well-being.

[@RickMason-yj7pv]

Ryan punched Tatum in the face because she won an Oscar , he didn't, for Paper Moon.

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@RickMason-yj7pv Probably a narcissist, like so many celebrities

[@JohnnyAppleseed-yl6fo]

The mother got full custody.

[@DG-dy4tv]

Gynocentric/misandrist court took that away from her daddy because gender you know...

[@donnahilton471]

She was just like her own mother.

[@suzipam1234]

Michael was crazy - he moved on her and hated her saying no

[@modularmuse]

I remember Paper Moon, I used to enjoy watching it. She was always thought of as an intelligent girl, mature for her age. They called it 'precocious'.

[@HalySolomon]

Some people shouldn't have children

[@chrystallkurts3914]

She was my idol when I was a kid. Loved her in Paper Moon and Bad News Bears, just loved her.

[@lisabeaver2919]

Yes , I liked her in those as well as ' little darlings '

[@Another_Vice]

Little Darlings was my favorite

[@nycava0520]

Me too! After watching Paper Moon I insisted on getting overalls just like her character.

[@au_barb]

She's only 4 1/2 years older than me. I loved her in Paper Moon, I would always watch that movie when it came on TV during my childhood.

[@mtaylor7307]

Tatum briefly attended our high school where her father and my father were "dating" our same fellow classmate, an entertainment attorney's daughter.

[@brendacollins345]

😳😡🤦🏻‍♀️🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rlynn5390]

Wow that’s sad, but first I read her father and your father were dating😂 good thing I kept reading

[@mtaylor7307]

@@rlynn5390 Ryan would hv been too old for my father. There were no mandatory reporting laws back then so telling teachers or principals or church leadership went nowhere. We had several teachers involved with students too. Now I support Erin's Law.

[@organiclady]

@@mtaylor7307wow that is so gross. How old was the classmate at the time?

[@mtaylor7307]

@organiclady We were all age 14. The entertainment attorney's daughter believed her father was being progressive allowing her "to date" his clients but really the man was pimping his daughter. She would tell us all she was going to have a modeling and acting career, and she was condescending to me and to Tatum both, behaving very arrogantly. Instead the entertainment attorney's daughter became a translator fluent in 8 or 9 languages and worked as a "personal assistant" to wealthy foreign men around the world. Even the tall and blonde and thin age out. She came back to the US middle aged and out of work. She contacted me to get in touch with my dad for "a job". My dad had originally "dated" her from age 14 until she graduated from college. When I told her my dad was dead, I apologized again for my dad's behavior with her. She laughed in my face and told me to grow up that everything she did was consensual. She then asked me if I knew of any other married men that owned their own business so she could be a "personal assistant" to him. And she added, "oh, I don't do any office work so not that kind of assistant. Something PR related as "personal relationship". People kept saying the 1960-80s were a different age but children are children. We are not all the same and trauma affects people differently. It's unfair to judge someone in a cookie cutter matter dehumanizing them. Trauma is personal. When children get exploited, trauma healing takes layers and a lifetime to heal. Families systems that harboured trauma and secrets may scapegoat the truth tellers of the family. Tatum's certainly did.

[@BeverlyLedbetter-cb1971]

Tatum O'Neal was so pretty. I can't believe she had such a bad childhood, and that Ryan was like this!😣

[@LazyIRanch]

She has a rare natural beauty that doesn't require makeup. I've always loved her beautiful eyes and her freckles. I had freckles as a child and hated them, until I grew up and they disappeared. Then I realized my freckles made me a bit more interesting and appealing. Now I'm old, they're coming back as age spots. Not so cute now!😒😮‍💨

[@cornfusedatbest3980]

​@@LazyIRanch Well, seeing how you were wrong back then, chances are, you're wrong now.

[@bobpierce115]

Hate to say it Beverly, but Tatum's bad childhood and the way Ryan was (and her mother) have been sad facts known for a long time.

[@kellydalstok8900]

A lot of celebrities are narcissists. The promise of fame is what attracts these people in the first place.

[@marytataryn5144]

Goes to show you dont know what others are going through

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

Math is math. Michael Jackson would’ve been 17 when Tatum was 12. I don’t know what’s worse - him urging her to take the relationship further, or him seeing her as some sexual aggressor. WTF?!

[@lmiller1413]

Michael behaved in true predatory fashion.

[@laurelnotley9541]

He may have been 16. He was born late in '58.

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

@@laurelnotley9541 …and Tatum was born in November. She could’ve been 11, WHILE he was 17

[@markvanderstelt8999]

she had short hair like a young boy how could MJ resist ,🙂

[@sdot7117]

He had the timeline wrong. They dated when MJ was 20 and she was 16.

[@theresabrown5395]

Heartbreaking. I wish her the best.

[@pattih7]

Very heartbreaking stories, for whole family.

[@robertc.delmedico6242]

Exemplary job! Very concise! NOT too long! Just right!!! Thanks❤

[@rickyspirals]

Man, we need a biopic about her life......somebody make a film.

[@maxpatrickhaynes2194]

I use to write her fan letters when I was a kid in the 70s!! I was *sure* we would end up together, back then 🤣🤣. Wishful thinking. I still have a crush on her, tho, after all these years!! 😮😮

[@lubabe9969]

Me too and I’m a straight female.

[@maxpatrickhaynes2194]

@@lubabe9969 🤣🤣 that was funny!

[@tessh2418]

So sorry for these adorable children

[@lorimiller4301]

Our souls chose to have these lives in order to learn from the experiences.Only contrast leads to growth so we choose difficult lives to play because the challenges stretch our hearts. Like a great athlete wants to play an equally great opponent, we too want to play a fair and testing game out of life. That's why we agree to forget. So we're having a life without knowing the real reason and what's going on. That's why its easy to fool people with religion. They don't remember who they were before they came into life.

[@maybelline081]

@@lorimiller4301 Yes I read about that as.... lessons not learned in life will repeat it's self

[@lizh6578]

Some say it was different in the 70s, but no way was it ever excepted that a 12 year old would hang out with a 17 year old. She truly had horrible parents.

[@mellimel1174]

True. But Mike tried to use her as a beard i think. I don’t think he was attracted to females.

[@lucyroberts2800]

Tatum and Michael two damaged people drawn together very sad.

[@chrisb391]

Who knew? Watching her on screen made me wish I had a life like hers. She was so mature..... I guess that's because she had to grow up way too early. Sending prayers.

[@Jenny-m6k2f]

Poor woman.shes been through so much and she seems like a decent person. Her father was awful.

[@stevehernandez20]

Hollywierd. Some of these people never stand a chance. It’s incredible the amount of horrible disfunction yet glossy smiles and hero worship by simple people.

[@SpiceyKy]

My dad and I remember my childhood completely differently too. I believe the daughter. Duh!

[@rnkim2564]

how old was griffith if tatum was her best friend and still a very young girl, and melanie is having a "secret relationship" with ryan??? who is obviously many years her senior? it would help if you offered ages in tatum's life

[@misfitmolly8308]

Griffith is 6 yrs older than Tatum. I don't think the violation and hurt were because of the age difference, but because of them hiding and her learning the girl wasn't there for her but to carry on with her father.

[@matthewronsson]

Griffith was 19-20 at that time. Tatum was around 14. How many 19-20 yo's have a BF that's only 14? Statistically: None. I'd wager Griffith was Tatum's "best friend" for the same reason that she went with them during the filming of the movie, to get at her Dad.

[@maidenmarian1]

Melanie Griffith was pretty sick to do that to 14 year old Tatum. That us sick of her Dad and Griffith. Sick. Tatum has been treated like crap her whole life. I k iw why she live McInroe because no one ever took care of her EVER!!! She has been so abused and betrayed.

[@M.Campbell-Sherwood]

A quick g👀gIe search will tell you their ages… Melanie being born in 57 was 6 years older than Tatum. There was a 16 year age difference between Ryan and Melanie.

[@maidenmarian1]

That is supposed to say, I know why she still lives McInroe. Its because he committed to her in marriage and she finally knew what it was like to be someone's focus and to be loved. Her primary caretakers both failed her miserably. Joanna, ger mother lost her own mom and sister very suddenly in a car accident. Joanne then changed her name to Joanne and was sent to live with relatives and then was adopted by a couple, but ran away and got married young. She was very focused on each new boyfriend and not her children.

[@nicolaablett7790]

How did she survive at all A unique individual Keep her safe

[@courtneyn.5910]

I hate the way you ppl biasely report against Michael. He NEVER SAID that they slept together. He saud that she tried and he refused. You tell this whole story about her life, using drugs at an early age and having sex with a man 16 years older than her in her teens and thinking it was normal. Then you turn around when it comes to Michael and act like she was some young and innocent virginal school girl. Gimme a break. Michael was not experienced. He was bashful and shyed away from even being kissed. So I am inclined to believe him over Tatum O'Neal no matter how you try to skew things in her favor.

[@anthonycullen8633]

so tragic i learnt alot more about her life, just very sad

[@U.S.bill2066]

You people certainly glossed over the underage sex thing in this documentary. Like it was nothing worth mentioning. Why the Hell didnt CPS get involved earlier?? BEcause they were Celebs?? Well, thats L.A. County for you!

[@angusmorrison9433]

It was a different time then and people fought to change laws, etc., and the men who just voted for Trump voted to go back to those days.

[@U.S.bill2066]

@@angusmorrison9433 under Trump, im expecting alot of that will be cleaned up. NO MORE sexualization of our children

[@angusmorrison9433]

@@U.S.bill2066 hahahahaha you funny. "If Invanka wasn't my daughter, I'd probably be dating her." That Trump? "I was going to say sex but...." That Trump? Jeffrey Epstein's best bud? That Trump?

[@U.S.bill2066]

@@angusmorrison9433 i have no idea what all that means. You're going to have to clarify and grammar check. and do that when you're more sober

[@stevemorris6790]

@@U.S.bill2066, yeah dream about as Trump have the hots for his daughter Ivana.

[@ballybunion9]

13:45: They DIDN'T "do it."

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Michael Jackson was a virgin until the day he died. He never had sex with anyone.

[@vjr5261]

I believe you

[@mt.shasta6097]

Michael would never have done the "Full Monty" with Tatum. Or any other girl.

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@mt.shasta6097 He preferred boys.

[@markallendelisle]

Thank you!

[@LadyMaven]

This is a perfect example of how children do as their parents do and NOT as they say. Adults are role models and should lead by example. What parents like these did was to teach their kids that this is how you act, as they practiced their debauchery. And, with the next generation, those kids who were taught this will just continue the cycle. It's the only way they know how to be. Hollywood shows its dark secrets and exactly what it is through stories like this one. smh All of these problems come down to one thing, low self esteem.

[@parkerposey8155]

How can an adult be jealous of a child? So warped.

[@maidenmarian1]

How very sad that this adult was jealous and she got an Oscar!!!

[@thatgardeninggirl2864]

Absolutely Heartbreaking

[@dawnemile7499]

I lived in the neighbourhood called The Beaches in Toronto when Tatum was being filmed in "Paper Moon". I frequently walked by the trailer that the actors worked out of.

[@marmaly]

And?

[@YaYaPaBla]

Why did John call out personal stuff about Tatum, he couldn’t be so squeaky clean either.

[@zayaziday]

He wasn’t

[@mysmirandam.6618]

The sibling thing is sad bc dad definitely treated them differently and thats why they're not getting along

[@onwednesdayswewearpink2761]

I feel for Tatum. A positive for our society is that the veil has been lifted and we see Celebrities are often degenerates and will destroy the weak. We can see how effective using Celebrities to lecture the average Americans on how to think and live worked in our recent election.

[@Tinyteacher1111]

I never knew this horrific story!

[@voodle50]

I sneezed and almost missed the information about the actual title of the video.

[@FlightlessBirds11]

the one person who was truly wronged 'by himself' but also this f'd-up family but rarely mentioned is Lee Majors. He was Farrah's hyper-naive husband and actually encouraged Ryan to hang out with my beautifully sexy wife Farrah while he went on location. At that time, she was a HUGE sex symbol. A phenomenon with that flip, the famous red swimsuit poster that still hangs in my uncle's garage. History sadly reveals the rest.

[@amyjensen7917]

Never mind I powered through to the end and got the answer. I would classify this as clickbait y’all….

[@stvwalters]

A 30 second story told in 15 minutes.

[@mrlafayette1964]

Jacko tried to portray Tatum and later Brooke Shields as his girlfriends so no one would know that he's gay. This is a guy that basically paid someone to bear his children and marry him for that same reason. It's pretty obvious this woman didn't become pregnant in the usual way, they never lived together or anything.

[@songbirdy]

Except he was married to Lisa Marie Presley for 2 years and she claims it was a normal sexual relationship. He wanted kids with her but she claimed she was afraid to do that because she knew he would take complete control of them if they divorced. She also claimed MJ was a virgin until he married her at age 35. I believe Lisa. She was pretty open and honest for the most part it seemed.

[@SY-ok2dq]

​@@songbirdy Hmm maybe by the age of 35 he hadn't done the deed.... With WOMEN or uh adults. But I do think he'd been getting up to stuff, and I think it was illegal activity with boys.

[@songbirdy]

@@SY-ok2dq I don't agree but it's always been a highly debatable topic. The man is gone and it has never been proven so I will leave it at that. I will say i once thought he was guilty too but as time passed and the more I learned the more doubtful I became of his guilt. He presented himself to the world as not normal in any way like us but Lisa and her daughter Riley speak of him in a completely different way. Riley speaks of her mom and MJ taking her and her brothef to school in the morning. Can you see him carpooling??! There are truthful sides we the public know nothing about and the public is quick to judge. Is it strange for a 35 yr old to be a virgin? Even that makes him look weird but 100 years ago he would have been seen as religiously devout and principled. So...

[@SY-ok2dq]

@@songbirdy Except that Jackson's former housekeeper has spoken of finding boys' underwear in Jackson's bed, and in his shower - and underwear stained with some kind of crud that sounds suspiciously like lube or... She also saw him in thr shower with boys. She seemed very believable, and seemed to have a lot of regret for not having spoken about it or attempted to do anything about the suspicious things she saw. All of his employees had to sign agreements of course, NDAs so legally she wouldn't have been able to say anything back then. Several boys and their parents made claims of molestation and worse. Maybe a couple of those seem like dodgy claims to grab some cash, but when you take everything together, along with Jackson keeping books of photographs of naked boys in a locked cabinet, plus his own sister agreeing with the claims, and Jackson's own past also makes me think it's highly probable that Jackson was a pedophile. As a child performer and star Jackson could have fallen prey to some music producer or agent or someone with power in the biz - Jackson Sr. abused his kids physically and was so ambitious and money hungry he might not have stopped abuse if he knew about it, if it meant Michael and the Jackson kids' career prospects would be affected. Many abused children do indeed grow up to be abusers themselves, repeating the patterns that they learned at a young age.

[@SY-ok2dq]

@@songbirdy It doesn't matter how Lisa-Marie or Riley Keough speak of him etc. I mean how long were Presley and Jackson even married for? A decade? To his 10yrs younger brother, Ted Bundy was a wonderful, attentive, caring big brother who took Richard Bundy on camping trips, they spent summers together, etc. Richard looked forward to those summers. The BTK serial killer was a much respected church official and member of his community, well liked etc., and a good father and husband - as far as they knew. And we're talking several decades.

[@noname-by3qz]

I remember when it was said that her father didn't even recognize her at a party and started flirting with her.

[@AprilW-ls6bd]

THAT was no party . It was at Farrah Fawcetts funeral.

[@Phabulous_1]

When a brother believes and thinks there’s no difference between growing up being a male child, and sister is female child, that they both had the same relationship with their father - Impossible. I’m glad Tatum cut ties with her toxic dad and brother, so be it.

[@SY-ok2dq]

If you're talking about Griffin, he is Tatum's full brother and he's only a few years younger than her and experienced the same early childhood with their mother and father. It wasn't made clear in this video that Griffin has himself been a drug addict, and has had legal issues like his half-brother Redmond. Redmond is also a drug addict and claims that he and Ryan purchased and used drugs together. The father/son duo were once arrested for possession of illegal drugs. Ryan claimed they were his son's drugs and not his at all. The other son Patrick, never grew up with Ryan. Patrick was raised by his mother, and never lived with his father. He's the only non-addict and reasonably issue free. What the heck would Patrick know about how his older half-siblings were raised?

[@Phabulous_1]

@ First of all, dads typically treat daughters differently because they are female not male is was my point. Period.

[@AprilW-ls6bd]

Tatum said ; Farrah never abused her but ....she knew Farrah never truly wanted or cared for her . She tolerated her being in the home .

[@wolfgangwoldt1941]

Love Tatum 🙏❤️

[@Obiter3]

Aah, childhood memories ...

[@blaquepearlzchocolatediamndz77]

I'm glad I saw this, I could have swore she either was SA'd by her father or accused him of it. This was sometime early in Wendy's solidified TV career. The sad thing was, I didn't doubt it. Especially now since the Industry's business is coming out by way Diddy's. Even before that, NOTHING surprises me anymore.

[@lorimiller4301]

I believe that's correct. There are stories or used to be of her in bed with him and his assorted ladies. That's what causes the huge problems and the terrible rage. Tatum was treated like Ryans' best girlfriend then pushed out of the way by the adult women Ryan would be with. Sometimes she would get mad and be mean to them, if i remember correctly. It was a very tough life for a young girl with zero support. I feel for Tatum. I hope she's okay.

[@juliemansted9522]

Help help help!

[@vjr5261]

Timeline doesn’t jive. If MJ was 17 she was 12. He would have been 17 in 75.

[@maidenmarian1]

It could have been somewhere during those years.

[@carmenl163]

They were pictured in Studio 54 in July 1979. He was 20 and she was 15.

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

I hope her children realize how much Tatum was used, abused, exploited and how she was stunted due to her awful parents. She did the best she could. I hope that her children can learn to feel nothing but compassion and understanding for her. She deserved FAR better than what she got. She deserved two good parents, rather than the two that she got.

[@CindySeifen]

I love Tatum we're the same age. She lives in a memory care facility she had a stroke

[@cindybogart6062]

How sad?

[@cindybogart6062]

Her father was always a jerk!

[@Indusxstan]

Wiki In 2015, she said she had begun dating women, while choosing not to identify herself as homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual, saying, "I'm not one or the other."[

[@Kory-h9x]

she had problem with Absolutely EVERYBODY! so, it is hard to believe that she is the ´victim´. She may have had a difficult upbringing, but her relationship with her kids, her brothers, her ex husband, her father was All Bad! I think she likes to play the victim, instead of assume her Own mistakes and try hard to build a positive relation with her own family.

[@machupikachu1085]

This.

[@Teenywing]

Love you, Tatum ❤❤❤

[@starbright1256]

Blurred days from alcohol & drugs.

[@peterwoodham769]

Could you have dragged that none story out any further.

[@EverettvonNordeck-gf2cw]

It sounds like bad a.i. is reading this script. Awkward pauses, over or under enunciation, is this a real person?

[@stk0308]

The use of "O'Neil" to refer to either Tatum or her father, sometimes in the same segment.

[@glendahowes5905]

Wishing her heAlth and peace

[@paulbromley6687]

Ryan didn’t seem to have paid enough attention to how his children were being treated

[@jodyharnish9104]

When Tatum went to Farrah Fawcett's funeral, Ryan asked her if she'd like to go out for drinks. She had to tell him who she was.

[@FlightlessBirds11]

@jodyharnish9104 Harsh! Not as bad as Mackenzie Phillips & her dad but still harsh.

[@FlightlessBirds11]

did he care? 😆

[@HopeLaFleur1975]

That was really sad and disgusting at the same time. Fame and ungodliness is the hallmark of theses celebrities. Its so uncanny how God has mercy and love for these poor souls. It rather be poor than be around this satanic mess.

[@mria621]

You totally left out a BIG movie for Tatum when she was a teenager: “Little Darlings.” This was a comeback film, of sorts, for her, and it’s a huge mistake to leave this out. Otherwise, enjoyed the video. 🙌🏼

[@fmcg5364]

What a horrible life, she must not trust anyone. Because these people live in the public eye, taking your life issues to the screen was understandable because they are used to the limelight, was not a good idea.

[@jamesmcbeth4463]

Um, no, Michael Jackson said he had too much anxiety to do anything with her.

[@rebeccaflowerbeck9894]

How terribly sad…😔 I loved Tatum O’Neal in ‘Little Darlings’ with Kristy McNichol. Ryan O’Neal sounds like a jerk 🤔🤨

[@SonyaSwann-xm9xd]

Love her in Paper Moon and Little Darlings

[@ericlofroos2405]

Doing drugs and alcohol at such a young age can easily alter one’s perception of reality, especially when they grow older. God only knows what really happened in her childhood.

[@robertdouglas8895]

We are each responsible for our own lives and can correct them with God's help, not by blaming others. Forgiveness is the way to happiness.

[@scottnowell4975]

My first crush, at ten years old, Bad News Bears

[@EricaGamet]

Saaaaaame! I thought I just wanted to BE her ('cuz I was 10 or so and played on a boys' baseball team)... but later I realized it was a crush!