Ryan O’Neal was in the TODAY studio this morning for an exclusive interview that Matt Lauer hyped several times before revealing that the actor had gone back to his hotel because he wasn’t feeling well.
The ailing O’Neal planned to appear on the morning talk show to promote his new book Both of Us, My Life With Farrah that is set to be released on Tuesday, May 1.
Lauer announced, “We are sad to say Mr. O’Neal showed up here this morning … he was not feeling well. He has since gone back to his hotel and we are told he is canceling all of his appearances for today, and we hope he is alright. We hope to see him tomorrow morning, here on TODAY.”
The 71-year-old veteran actor has a long history of substance abuse and recently revealed that he has stage 2 prostate cancer.
His dysfunctional family is reportedly not happy with the slant of the new book and it seems likely Tatum O’Neal will have something to say on the subject before long.
UPDATE: It turns out O’Neal was suffering a panic attack when he abruptly left NBC studio on Monday. He did return on Tuesday for a sit down session with Matt. Check it out below:
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