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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 …

Channing Tatum on Bringing His Feminist Magic Mike Show to New York

Channing Tatum on Bringing His Feminist Magic Mike Show to New York

To be part of Magic Mike Live, the male dancers go through an extensive interview process that begins with the question: “What’s your relationship like with your mother?” Created and directed by Channing Tatum, the show is meant to offer a more empowering and feminist take on male strip shows. After launching residencies in Las Vegas and London, the show is now set to come to New York City starting in October in a newly renovated space in the midtown theater district.   “You are going to see naked men dancing. That’s just what’s going to happen, and hopefully they’ll be on top of you at some point. But there’s also so much more that’s embedded into the show,” Tatum said Tuesday to a crowd of hard-hat wearing media in the gutted venue space. Tatum also says this immediately after the show’s dancers had performed an athletic dance number that included ripping off their shirts and thrusting to Ginuwine’s “Pony.” But the actor insists that the show has little to do with male strip shows of …