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Tatum O’Neal’s son says he blames himself for her 2020 overdose in emotional Mother’s Day letter

Tatum O’Neal’s son says he blames himself for her 2020 overdose in emotional Mother’s Day letter

Tatum O’Neal’s son has penned an open letter to his actress mother, in which he writes that he often blames himself for her overdose in 2020.  Tatum had a severe, near-fatal stroke in May 2020 following a drug overdose that resulted in a six-week coma and lasting damage to her speech and memory.   In the pre-Mother’s Day letter shared via his website on Thursday, May 7, 39-year-old Kevin McEnroe wrote that he often believed that she would attempt to kill herself if he didn’t pick up the phone when she called, “until one day I didn’t answer and you did.” © Getty ImagesTatum O’Neal, pictured in 2018 “Boundaries, everyone says. I used to tell them that they didn’t understand. That if I didn’t answer your call, you might kill yourself. Until one day I didn’t answer and you did,” Kevin wrote. Tatum has since been diagnosed with aphasia, but through consistent therapy worked on regaining a full memory and grasp of her vocabulary. © WireImageTatum and her son Kevin in 2015 Kevin also shared that …