Patrick O’Neal was a call-in guest Tuesday during the Jason & Alexis Show on 107.1 MyTalk radio. He felt compelled to phone in to defend his father Ryan O’Neal.
His actor parent is currently promoting a controversial new book Both of Us, My Life With Farrah, chronicling his relationship with the late actress Farrah Fawcett, drug use, his troubled children and his recent cancer diagnosis.
Radio jocks Jason & Alexis replayed Tuesday’s Matt Lauer TODAY interview and were surprised when O’Neal’s sportscaster son phoned in to discuss the matter on-air.
Patrick, a successful Fox Sports studio host and reporter, saw his dad every weekend growing up and lived with him and Farrah from age 15-20.
He firmly believes that his pop is not a bad man and is in fact incredibly charming. He went so far as to suggest that he sees his father as a hero.
Will his siblings have anything good to say about dear old dad? Patrick reports that Griffin is in jail, Redmond is in rehab and Tatum has her own share of struggles and won’t likely weigh in on the subject.
At one point Patrick got miffed at the coo-coo sounds playing in the background. Check out the radio interview here which begins at the 3/4 mark.
We happen to agree with Jason & Alexis … we thought Ryan O’Neal was way out on a limb yesterday and barely hanging by a thread.
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