Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett had an intense relationship, filled with emotion that surfaced in a variety of ways. “They fought and loved with passion,” Sylvia Dorsey, a close friend of the couple, told People. “It was never boring. They were electric together.” Arguments were the norm for the two actors, sometimes bordering on dangerous.
In 2012, O’Neal wrote a book, “Both of Us: My Life with Farrah,” in which he detailed their relationship, including their epic fighting matches. He revealed an incident in which the couple were having a heated argument, and their young son had to step in. The Hollywood Reporter shared the story from his book. “Suddenly, our six-year-old son is standing in the doorway in his Winnie-the-Pooh pajamas, staring at us. He’s holding a butcher’s knife …. He points the tip of the blade at his chest. ‘I’m going to stab myself if you don’t stop it!’ That ended the argument.”
The couple eventually broke up in 1997, after Fawcett popped in to surprise O’Neal on Valentine’s Day, and found him in bed with another woman. Their time apart was short, though, and they reunited in 2001 after O’Neal was diagnosed with cancer. “I called her. And it broke the ice,” ABC News reported the actor saying. Fawcett helped him during his treatments, then stuck around after the “What’s Up Doc?” star went into remission. O’Neal then had the horrific opportunity to return the favor.
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