Ryan O'Neal: Father Of The Year

Posted at 12:45 PM Sep 18, 2008

By Kenny Herzog

The shame of Ryan O'Neal's recent arrest on suspected possession of methamphetamine (along with son Redmond, who more or less looks like he's done a lot of meth at a fairly early age) is that I was almost done with my speech to present him with a special award as NCDSUV's Father Of The Year.

It was a close race between O'Neal, Michael Lohan and, of course, our almighty lord and savior (aka Billy Ray Cyrus), but at the end of the day, neither papa LiLo nor Mr. Montana had rebounded in the last year from almost going all Marvin Gaye on their son, and managed to keep their nose clean amidst their elder daughter's crack-cavorting scandal.

But, sadly, with this shocking news, I shall have share the award, by default, amongst the remaining two candidates. It's like an episode of I Love Money where a contestant volunteers to void their check and the remaining two chopping-block competitors bear the spoils (more thoughts on that fine program later today).

But don't worry Ryan, to paraphrase Ari Gold, Hollywood loves nothing more than a comeback. And that says nothing about the much less rigorous criteria to be welcomed back into the redeemed arms of NCDSUV. We love you, dad.