I know two people that weren't watching the Super Bowl yesterday, Ryan O'Neal and his son. Ryan O'Neal was arrested Sunday for getting into a fight with his son Griffin, 42, and firing a gun. It wouldn't be the first time Ryan O'Neal has gone berserk with either Griffin or a loaded gun. (Didn't he punch Griffin in the '80's? I seem to remember a National Enquirer cover with Griffin's bruised and bloodied face on it.)
Ryan O'Neal was released five hours later on $50,000 bond. He claimed that Griffin was waving a fireplace poker at him and that he needed the gun for "self-defense," which actually might be plausible since Griffin's reckless behavior has led to tragic results in the past.
No one is laughing harder right now than my step-dad. He went to high school with Ryan O'Neal and kicked his ass once. They came to blows in an ice cream parlor in Pacific Palisades, Calif. in 1959. Which goes to show Ryan O'Neal has been an angry hot-head for a long, long time. Firing a gun at your kid? Thank god no one got killed. This time.
