O’Neal: 'I won’t know this world without her'
Ryan O’Neal has revealed that he would not know how to handle the possible death of Farrah Fawcett.
The actor has spoken for the first time about Fawcett's cancer, which she has battled for two years.
He said: "It's a love story. I just don't know how to play this one. I won't know this world without her. Cancer is an insidious enemy."
O’Neal, 68, said that the former Charlie’s Angels star’s latest bout with the disease has left her bed-ridden and hooked up to an IV for nourishment, but she has enjoyed visits from former co-stars Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson.
The couple's son Redmond, 24, who awaits transfer to a lockdown rehab, was also allowed a visit last month following a drugs arrest.
O'Neal added: "Farrah doesn't know Redmond's in trouble. And Redmond is terrified for his mother. 'I don't want to be in jail and have some guard tell me she is gone,' he said to me."
The Love Story star also revealed that Fawcett’s trademark hair, much copied in the 1970s, has fallen out.
He admitted that he has struggled to keep hope alive for the 62-year-old, saying: "A week ago Farrah said to me, 'Am I going to make it?' I said, 'Yes, you'll make it. And if you don't, I'll go with you'."