Farrah Fawcett Shares Her Story In NBC Documentary
Archive pic from 2008
On Friday, NBC will air "Farrah's Story," a two hour documentary that the Charlie's Angels actress began filming when she was first diagnosed with cancer in September of 2006. The doc gives viewers an inside look at Farrah's struggle over the past three years, and The Today Show aired several clips this morning. It just breaks our hearts to watch this (especially the more recent footage of Farrah in the hospital), but we have to applaud the actress and her family for being brave enough to share their story with the rest of the world.
Ryan O'Neal sat down with Today co-host Meredith Vieira to discuss the documentary, and you can see the pain in his eyes when he says, "I think she may have believed that she would survive. That's not how it's going. She's had a terrible time in the last year, a terrible time." On Farrah's determination to document her journey, O'Neal added, "There were times that she got terribly ill and began to vomit. She didn't care. She was possessed. She's been on film all her life, since she was 19 or 20, you know. So, I guess, no big deal."
O'Neal also opened up about his troubled son Redmond, telling Viera, "He's in jail so much," but he added that mother and son do share a strong bond, as evident in their recent visit. Ryan was temporarily released from jail to visit his mother at home, and O'Neal says, "He just wanted to see her, to hold her, to apologize. He's so full of shame for his mistakes. She forgave him."
We send Farrah and her family our best...our hearts really go out to them right now. And yes, we cried when we watched the doc.
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