Ryan O'Neal has been lying to longtime lover Farrah Fawcett's aged father about the actress' health battle - because he wants the 91 year old to remain confident his daughter will beat cancer.
James Fawcett is awaiting the medical OK to fly to the ailing star's bedside in Los Angeles from his Texas home - and actor O'Neal fears he'll be shocked when he sees his sick daughter, who is losing her battle with anal cancer.
In a new TV interview, filmed to promote Friday night's (15May09) Farrah's Story U.S. news special, O'Neal says, "He (father) has big confidence that she will recover.
"He believes that and I tell him that too. I lie to him... I lie to her father because you're supposed to go before your children, so they say."
Asked, "Do you believe that?" O'Neal says, "No, I don't."
It was revealed last week that Fawcett's cancer battle is to be the subject of a U.S. TV news special next week.
Her two-year fight has been captured on video by best pal Alana Stewart and now the footage will made up a two-hour special, called Farrah’s Story.
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