How NOT To Behave At A Funeral: Ryan O'Neal Hits On Daughter Tatum At Farrah Fawcett's Grave

Monday August 3, 2009

Categories: By Hillary Fields, Ethics Morality, Moral Ethics, Parenting Responsibility, celebrity behavior

Sometimes a headline says it all. Or at least enough of it to make you mildly ill. Apparently, Ryan O'Neal freely admits to having accidentally propositioned his own offspring, estranged daughter Tatum O'Neal, during Farrah Fawcett's funeral.

Yuck. So much yuck I can't begin to say "yuck" enough.

Funeral etiquette may be tricky, but I think it's a safe rule of thumb to suggest that, at the burial of one's long-time lover, one not hit on anyone, be they one's flesh and blood or "a strange Swedish woman." Can we all agree on that one?

Thanks, that'll be all.

(Image from the movie "Death At a Funeral")

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