Ryan O’Neal didn’t post a lot on Instagram in the year before hisdeath at 82.
Majors was married to Farrah Fawcett, and O’Neal was instantly smitten.
“She was breathtaking,” he remembered onThe Late Late Show.
He also recalled that Fawcett and Majors didn’t seem to be happily married.
When Majors went out of town, O’Neal asked Fawcett out to see a musician they both liked.
When they met up, sparks flew.
I could have gone on kissing her for a year."
He revealed the next night was even more electric when the two shared a bed together.
The couple separated that same year and were officially divorced in 1982.
In an interview with Life Magazine, shared byPeople, Fawcett recalled her early dating years with O’Neal.
“Ryan is the most honest person I know,” Fawcett said.
“He’s helped me be more independent by being the greatest ego booster I’ve ever had.
I think our personalities are well suited.”
Despite their little family and enduring romance, the two actors never married.
Years later, O’Neal toldVanity Fair, “We never really considered it.
We didn’t want to do what other people wanted us to do.
We were rebels.”
The drama was a success and garnered three Primetime Emmy nominations.
The actors played bickering sports anchors a case of playing what you know.
“It was never boring.
They were electric together.”
Arguments were the norm for the two actors, sometimes bordering on dangerous.
“Suddenly, our six-year-old son is standing in the doorway in his Winnie-the-Pooh pajamas, staring at us.
He’s holding a butcher’s knife ….
He points the tip of the blade at his chest.
‘I’m going to stab myself if you don’t stop it!’
That ended the argument.”
Their time apart was short, though, and they reunited in 2001 after O’Neal was diagnosed with cancer.
“I called her.
And it broke the ice,“ABC Newsreported the actor saying.
Fawcett helped him during his treatments, then stuck around after the “What’s Up Doc?”
star went into remission.
O’Neal then had the horrific opportunity to return the favor.
“I asked her to forgive me, forgive me for everything.
I still ask her that,” he said.
He also shared he proposed to Fawcett, and she said yes.
However, the marriage never got past that point.
The golden poster girl was taken off life support and died the next day.
“She never stopped loving him.”
“There was never a day I didn’t love her,” he revealed to People in 2019.
I love you baby .”
They have served to show his unending devotion to the love of his life.
“Ryan was the love of her life, and she, his,” Smith said.
“Whether they had a fight or were back together, it was always Ryan.”
