Tatum O'Neal bought crack because dog died
Tatum O'Neal may have been arrested on charges of buying crack on Sunday, but she says the arrest was a godsend that kept her from lighting up, the New York Post reports.
"I'm still sober!" she told the paper. "Just when I was about to change that and wreck my life, the cops came and saved me! I was saved by the bell, by the guys in the Seventh Precinct."
But what led Tatum down this dark and lonely road (actually, down an alley off Clinton Street)? The death of her 16-year-old family pooch three weeks ago, she said.
"I lost my Scottish terrier, Lena. That seemed to set me off," she explained. "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."
While The Juice* loves family pets, we don't think we'd turn to smoking crack if our beloved El Gato Gordo kicked the bucket. And besides, what happened to that whole story that she was researching drug deals for a movie that doesn't exist? She must have been canned between Sunday and when boyfriend Ron Castellano posted bail for her.
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Sweet heart, I hope by now you have adopted another pet, You can't replace the one you lost but you have a good heart and you can love another dog or cat. :)http://tinyurl.com/dgtcno, http://tinyurl.com/dk88x4
Posted by: Jeffrey L. New | April 29, 2009 at 10:07 PM
The dog was the fabric of her family. This chick has a loose screw. Why did she just clone the damn dog?
Posted by: bob | June 04, 2008 at 12:35 PM
She bought crack because she wanted to get high. Period. When something bad happens we addicts seem to have difficulty with the concept that...sometimes we can't make it better, but we can always make it worse.
Posted by: Bob | June 04, 2008 at 11:09 AM
She bought crack because she wanted to get high. Period. When something bad happens we addicts seem to have difficulty with the concept that...sometimes we can't make it better, but we can always make it worse.
Posted by: Bob | June 04, 2008 at 11:08 AM
I thought she was studying for a part the first time it was reported. blame it on the dog, lol lol. she was going to get high because she wanted to. just admit it already. She cant help it she's a crackatowen.
Posted by: Rodger | June 03, 2008 at 09:30 PM
Well, actually, I could buy the dog story more than the research story...when my pooch of 15 died I got a DUI the same night!!
Posted by: Tom | June 03, 2008 at 05:39 PM
A dog is the fabric of your family? No wonder you're all on drugs...
Posted by: JOhn | June 03, 2008 at 05:29 PM
A dog is the fabric of your family? No wonder you're all on drugs...
Posted by: JOhn | June 03, 2008 at 05:29 PM
A dog is the fabric of your family? No wonder you're all on drugs...
Posted by: JOhn | June 03, 2008 at 05:29 PM