Tatum O'Neal leaving a New York court yesterday
Following her arrest yesterday for buying crack cocaine, Tatum O'Neal is in full spin control mode today. She explains to Us Weekly that it was her beloved dog's recent death that made her -- MADE HER -- buy crack:
"There's no excuse for what I did."
*Note how O'Neal immediately makes an excuse for what she did.
"I lost my Scottish terrier, Lena [three weeks ago]. That seemed to set me off. She got old. She got cancer. She was the fabric of our family. We had to let her go to heaven. My daughter and I had to put her down. It was too horrible for words. I couldn't get out of it. I was going to my psychiatrist. I was doing everything I could do. I have the disease of alcoholism. It's lifelong. I treat it every day by going to my 12-step program." (Source)
y dog died last year and guess what I didn't do? Smoke crack. But does that make me a better person than Tatum O'Neal, a person whose severe drug addiction makes the mere act of living day to day a struggle? Actually yes, yes it does.
[INFDaily.com]
Tatum O'Neal arrested for buying crack
Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal was arrested in New York last night for buying crack cocaine. The actress has a long and troubled history with drugs. After a heroin addiction derailed her acting career in the early 80s, O'Neal managed to get sober, only to relapse again after the breakup of her marriage to tennis star John McEnroe in 1992. The New York Daily News says:
A stunned O'Neal initially told cops she was "doing research for a part," a police source said. When cops searched her and found two bags of drugs - one with crack, one with regular cocaine - and an unused crack pipe, she changed her story, sources said."I've been clean for a long time," the teary-eyed actress pleaded as she asked cops to give her a break, sources said. "Today was the first time I was relapsing, but you guys saved me! Can you let me go?" (Source)
"Doing research for a part" -- very clever, I'm gonna use that one. "But officer, I swear I wasn't drilling holes in the women's locker room wall to spy on chicks. I'm doing research for my upcoming role in the community theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar. I play a young Jesus struggling to find his way as a carpenter."
[Getty]
