{"id":1964996,"date":"2023-07-05T19:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-almost-died-actress-tatum-oneal-talks-near-fatal-stroke-from-overdose-and-path-to-recovery\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T19:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T23:11:43","slug":"i-almost-died-actress-tatum-oneal-talks-near-fatal-stroke-from-overdose-and-path-to-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-almost-died-actress-tatum-oneal-talks-near-fatal-stroke-from-overdose-and-path-to-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress Tatum O&#8217;Neal&#8217;s Near-Death Experience: Overdose, Stroke, and Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-almost-died-actress-tatum-oneal-talks-near-fatal-stroke-from-overdose-and-path-to-recovery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tatum O\u2019Neal: From Overdose to Recovery<\/h2>\n<p>Hollywood star Tatum O\u2019Neal, known for her struggles with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">drug addiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sephora-cuts-ties-with-beauty-influencer-for-being-a-conservative-says-republicans-arent-aligned-with-their-values\/\" title=\"Sephora Cuts Ties With Beauty Influencer for Being a Conservative, Says Republicans \u2018Aren\u2019t Aligned\u2019 With Their Values\">recently shared<\/a> her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-allegations-gets-dropped-from-record-label\/\" title=\"Marilyn Manson Denies Evan Rachel Wood\u2019s Abuse Allegations, Gets Dropped From Record Label\">harrowing experience<\/a> of suffering a stroke in 2020. The overdose that caused the stroke nearly took her life, but she has since embarked on a long path to recovery.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crocodile-dundee-actor-paul-hogan-opens-up-about-why-he-cant-move-back-to-australia\/\" title=\"\u201cCrocodile Dundee\u201d Actor Paul Hogan Opens up About Why He Can\u2019t Move Back to Australia\">candid interview<\/a> with the 59-year-old actress and her son, Kevin McEnroe, they discussed O\u2019Neal&#8217;s progress several years after the overdose and stroke, which left her in a coma for six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI almost died,\u201d O\u2019Neal revealed in an exclusive interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tatum-o-neal-stroke-almost-died-exclusive-7552983?utm_campaign=people&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=instagram&#038;utm_content=likeshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>McEnroe, O\u2019Neal&#8217;s son with ex-husband and former tennis star John McEnroe, described the moment of the overdose as the phone call they had always feared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe also had a cardiac arrest and a number of seizures,\u201d McEnroe shared. \u201cThere were times we didn\u2019t think she was going to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tatum O\u2019Neal Reveals She Had A Near-Fatal Stroke: \u2018I Overdosed and Almost Died\u2019 (Exclusive) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fp7Bjz679C\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fp7Bjz679C<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P3DBOZzQ76\">pic.twitter.com\/P3DBOZzQ76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People (@people) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/1676563214157373440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The isolation O\u2019Neal experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with chronic pain, played a significant role in her overdose and subsequent stroke, according to her son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had become very isolated,\u201d McEnroe explained. \u201cWith the addition of morphine and stronger medications, it was becoming alarming. COVID, chronic pain, and other factors led her to a place of hopelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In May 2020, a friend discovered the Oscar winner in her Century City apartment after the overdose, and she was rushed to the hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>There, she was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/aphasia-can-have-many-causes-an-expert-shares-what-to-know-about-this-complex-condition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aphasia<\/a> and suffered damage to her right frontal cortex, as revealed by McEnroe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt times, it was touch and go,\u201d he added. \u201cI had to call my brother and sister and inform them that she was thought to be blind, deaf, and might never speak again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t know where she was,\u201d McEnroe continued. \u201cShe couldn&#8217;t even express her fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the past three years, O\u2019Neal has been diligently working on regaining her strength, memory, and ability to read and write.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been through a lot,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-almost-died-actress-tatum-oneal-talks-near-fatal-stroke-from-overdose-and-path-to-recovery\/\" title=\"Actress Tatum O'Neal's Near-Death Experience: Overdose, Stroke, and Recovery\">resilient actress shared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McEnroe acknowledged that his mother still has a long way to go in her recovery, as the emotional triggers that led her to substance abuse are still present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been trying to get sober my whole life,\u201d the star of &#8220;Paper Moon&#8221; admitted. \u201cEvery day is a battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/tatum-oneal-almost-died-from-overdose-after-stroke-left-coma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O\u2019Neal<\/a> is a mother of three, sharing her children Kevin, Emily, and Sean with her ex-husband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood star Tatum O&#8217;Neal, battling drug addiction for years, shared her near-fatal stroke caused by an overdose in 2020. In a recent interview with her son, Kevin McEnroe, the 59-year-old actress discussed her arduous journey towards recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1964997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}