>>> WERE BACK NOW WITH TATUM ONEAL, A LIGHT IN DARKNESS.
CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT ME TOO,
THE ME TOO MOVEMENT?
>> SURE.
>> YOUVE BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT,
YOU SAY WHEN YOU WERE AGE 6 YOU
WERE MOLESTED BY A FAMILY FRIEND THAT LATER IN LIFE YOU WERERIEND
THAT LATER IN LIFE YOU WERE MOLESTED BY YOUR FATHER, YOU
CLAIM, HIS DRUG DEALER, AND THAT
HE KEPT THAT PERSON IN HIS LIFE,
AND SUGGESTED YOU HAD ASKED FOR
IT.
WEVE REACHED OUT TO RYAN ONEAL, HE HASNT RESPONDED. RYAN ONEAL,
HE HASNT RESPONDED. AND YOU SAID THE ROY MOORE
SITUATION BROUGHT UP SOME OF THAT FOR YOU.UGHT UP SOME OF
THAT FOR YOU. HOW SO?
HOW SO? >> WELL, IF YOUVE BEEN -- IF
YOUVE BEEN MOLESTED, THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE GIVEN A
FREE PASS WHO HAS ALLEGEDLY
TRIED TO DATE, DISROBE LITTLE
GIRLS, YOU HAVE A LITTLE GIRL,
LIKE THE IDEA THAT MY DAUGHTER
WOULD BE TOUCHED AT 11:00 OR OR
13 MAKES ME SICK. ITS SOMETHING, YOU DO THERAPY
AND YOU DO THE WORK AND YOU
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, GET
STRONGER.
STRONGER.
BUT IT LIVES WITH YOU.
GOING WITH MY DAD, LIKE, YOU
KNOW, MY DAD IS NOT FEELING --
HES NOT DOING THAT WELL.
I WANT TO SAY TO MY DAD, IF YOURE WATCHING THIS, I LOVE
YOU, IVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU, AND
FORGIVENESS IS THE BEST POLICY.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. THATS EXTRAORDINARY, GIVEN, YOU
KNOW, YOUR WELL DOCUMENTED TU
MULTIWITH HIM.
MULTIWITH HIM.
>> -- TUMULT WITH HIM. >> YEAH, THE SECOND BOOK, TRYING
TO GET A BETTER RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM.
WITH HIM. AND SOMETIMES YOURE THE ONLY
ONE THAT KIND OF GETS TO -- BY
JUST BEING FORGIVING, THATS
MY --
MY --
>> THATS THE WAY FORWARD FOR YOU.HATS THE WAY FORWARD FOR
YOU.
THATS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH CHRISSY.TALKING
ABOUT WITH CHRISSY. >> I DONT HAVE TO HOLD ONTO
RESENTMENTS.
RESENTMENTS.
THATS THE POINT. I DONT WANT TO HOLD ONTO ANGER
AND RESENTMENTS.
AND RESENTMENTS. I WANT TO HAVE A FREE AND HAPPY
AND GUILT-FREE LIFE.
NOT THAT I DO WALK AROUND WITH A
LOT OF GUILT.
BUT --
BUT --
>> WELL, I MEAN, YOU --
>> MY DAD DID A LOT OF GOOD FOR ME.MY DAD DID A LOT OF GOOD FOR
ME. AND I HAVE TO JUST RESPECT, YOU
KNOW, HIS LIFE, AND HIS PROCESS.
AND MAYBE SOMEDAY HE AND I WILL
HAVE A MOMENT WHERE WE --
>> RECONCILE?
>> RECONCILE? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> JUST TO GET THE AUDIENCE UP
TO SPEED, THEY DID NOT HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. NOT HAVE A
GOOD RELATIONSHIP. TATUM ALLEGED IN HER MEMOIRS
THAT HE WAS ABUSIVE TOWARDS HER,
THAT HE ABANDONED HER WHEN SHE
WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
>> WELL, HE RAISED ME.
MY MOM LOST CUSTODY OF ME WHEN I
WAS 6.
HE CAME IN.
THATS ALL I DREAMED ABOUT WAS
JUST MY DAD TAKING ME. AND THEN I WAS BEING TEASED IN
SCHOOL A LOT.
I WAS NOT WELL SOCIALIZED BY THE
TIME MY DAD TOOK US, CUSTODY OF
ME, BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY
LIVING IN DILAPIDATED RANCH IN
NORTHRIDGE.
NORTHRIDGE.
AND SO IT WAS REALLY QUITE A BLESSING. WAS REALLY QUITE A
BLESSING.
AND I JUST SAID -- HE SAID, WELL, DO YOU WANT TO BE IN A
MOVIE?
MOVIE?
AND I JUST SAID, WELL, DO I NOT HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL?, DO I NOT
HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL? AND HE SAID YOU DONT HAVE TO GO
TO SCHOOL.
TO SCHOOL.
THIS WAS BACK WHEN YOU KIND OF COULD GET AWAY WITH NOT GOING TO
SCHOOL ON SET.
AND I LIKED BEING WITH THE
GROWN-UPS, OR AT LEAST HIM,
BECAUSE HE WAS FUNNY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME I LOOK
AT THE GOOD, AND I LEAVE THE
REST.
REST.
>> THATS GOOD.
I KNOW ITS TAKEN YOU A LONG TIME TO GET --EN YOU A LONG
TIME TO GET -- >> A LONG TIME, YEARS.
>> TO GET TO THAT PLACE.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT FAITH,
BECAUSE THIS NEW MOVIE YOURE IN
IS ABOUT FAITH, "GODS NOT DEAD"
IS THE TITLE.
YOU PLAY A BAD GUY IN IT. >> NOT NECESSARILY.IN IT.
>> NOT NECESSARILY. BECAUSE --
BECAUSE --
>> A JUDGY PERSON?
>> WELL, I DIDNT WRITE IT. OKAY.LL, I DIDNT WRITE IT.
OKAY.
>> WE KNOW YOURE ACTING. >> RIGHT, I DIDNT WRITE IT.
HERES THE THING.
ITS -- I AM AN ADMINISTRATOR OF
A SCHOOL, A PUBLIC COLLEGE THAT
HAS A CHURCH ON IT THATS BEEN
THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CONTROVERSY
AROUND THIS CHURCH.
AND I HAVE TO KIND OF DO WHATS
BEST FOR ALL THE STUDENTS.
SO THEY DONT REALLY, YOU KNOW,
GET INTO THAT SO MUCH IN THE
FILM, THE BACK STORY.
BUT THATS SORT OF HOW I SAW
MYSELF AS NOT SO MUCH THE
VILLAIN, BUT LOOKING AFTER ALL
THE STUDENTS.
THE STUDENTS.
>> BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE -- I MEAN, ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL- I
MEAN, ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL PERSON?
PERSON?
A PERSON OF FAITH, ALL YOUVE
BEEN THROUGH, I KNOW YOURE DOING THIS PODCAST WITH YOUR
DAUGHTER, WHICH HOPEFULLY IS
GOING TO --
>> TATUM VERBATIM.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> UP IN THE NEXT MONTH. IM LEARNING HOW.T MONTH.
IM LEARNING HOW. >> SPIRITUALITY HAS HELPED YOU
GET BACK INTO HOLLYWOOD.
>> 100% IM NOT WEARING MY
DIAMOND CROSS THAT MY BEST
FRIEND GAVE ME.
BUT ABSOLUTELY.
BUT ABSOLUTELY. IN MY TIMES OF, LIKE, WHERE
THINGS HAVE BEEN THE DARKEST,
AND WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH MY
STRUGGLES, AND IT WAS IN THE
90s IN NEW YORK, I DIDNT HAVE
ANYBODY.
ANYBODY.
AND JOHN WRIGHTLEY HAD THE KIDS. >> JOHN McENROE, HER EX-HUSBAND.
>> HES BEEN FINE, AND A GOOD
DAD.
DAD.
I GOT DOWN ON MY HANDS AND
KNEES, I JUST PRAYED, PLEASE,
JUST GET ME -- JUST, GOD, GET ME HELP.GET ME -- JUST, GOD, GET ME
HELP.
I NEED HELP. IM GOING TO DIE, I THINK.
AND I PROBABLY WAS.
AND THE NEXT DAY I WAS ON MY WAY
TO A TREATMENT IN CONNECTICUT.
>> AND NOW YOURE CLEAN AND
SOBER.
SOBER.
>> YEAH.
>> GOD BLESS, TATUM, ALL THE BEST, "GODS NOT DEAD," THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
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