Tantrum and McBrat
Twenty years ago today, John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal were married in New York City. Tatum's famous father, Ryan, was barred from the ceremony, having stolen one of Mac's favorite words and called him a "jerk."
It was a marriage made in tabloid heaven. They lived the high life, cavorted with Mick Jagger and Jack Nicholson, bought a house from Johnny Carson for a million bucks and three tennis lessons. They also took loads of drugs and generally loathed each other. According to Tatum, Mac beat her and was frequently in "a pot fog." According to both of them, Tatum became a reclusive heroin addict who was unable to care for herself or their three children. Tatum recounted all of this (much to Mac's dismay) in her ultimate "oh poor rich talented me" celeb tell-all, "A Paper Life," in which she also writes about being molested and dragged to celebrity orgies and all manner of other shit that sounds terribly sad and that nonetheless she might have kept to herself.
They seperated in 1992, reportedly because Tatum wanted to go back to her film career and Mac wanted her to stay home with the kids. Years of ugly custody battles ensued, with Mac insisting that Tatum was unfit to be a mother because of her drug habits. Mac is now married to rocker Patty Smyth ("shooting at the walls of heartache..."), and he frequently performs, quite horribly we gather, in his own rock group, the Johnny Smyth Band.
And Tatum? One can only imagine.
It was a marriage made in tabloid heaven. They lived the high life, cavorted with Mick Jagger and Jack Nicholson, bought a house from Johnny Carson for a million bucks and three tennis lessons. They also took loads of drugs and generally loathed each other. According to Tatum, Mac beat her and was frequently in "a pot fog." According to both of them, Tatum became a reclusive heroin addict who was unable to care for herself or their three children. Tatum recounted all of this (much to Mac's dismay) in her ultimate "oh poor rich talented me" celeb tell-all, "A Paper Life," in which she also writes about being molested and dragged to celebrity orgies and all manner of other shit that sounds terribly sad and that nonetheless she might have kept to herself.
They seperated in 1992, reportedly because Tatum wanted to go back to her film career and Mac wanted her to stay home with the kids. Years of ugly custody battles ensued, with Mac insisting that Tatum was unfit to be a mother because of her drug habits. Mac is now married to rocker Patty Smyth ("shooting at the walls of heartache..."), and he frequently performs, quite horribly we gather, in his own rock group, the Johnny Smyth Band.
And Tatum? One can only imagine.
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god bless McEnroe
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