BOOM! Ronan Farrow scorches Woody Allen and the Golden Globes tribute to him:

[Are_grits_groceries]

@RonanFarrow:
Missed the Woody Allen tribute - did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7 before or after Annie Hall?

That's gonna leave a mark.

[chervilant]

1. Woody Allen a child molester?

Why am I not surprised?

[6000eliot]

2. He's married to his stepdaughter!

[Orrex]

5. I don't believe that's strictly correct

He never adopted Soon-Ye; she's not his step-daughter.

Still fucked up and creepy, though.

[LaydeeBug]

9. But he *did* marry her adopted mother, making her his STEPDAUGHTER, which is what that means. nt

[Sheldon Cooper]

11. Technically, I don't think Woody and Mia ever married, and he

kept his own apartment in NYC, so they didn't co-habitate, either.

I don't think that changes anything, however - he was as close to a father as most of Mia's kids had, and he had an affair with Soon Yi when she was 16. So yeah, really pretty creepy.

[Orrex]

13. Yup. Let me say again that I find it terribly creepy, lest I seem to be advocating for him

Wiki says Soon-Yi was "around 19" when the relationship started in 1991, so we can make of that what we will.

Weirdly, he's been with Soon-Yi longer than all of his other marriages/partnerships combined.


Now if you excuse me I'm going to go bleach my brain.

[Bluenorthwest]

16. Soon Yi had an adopted father, her name was Soon Yi Previn, her adopted parents were Mia Farrow

and Andre Previn, husband to Mia. Woody and Mia were not married, Soon Yi was not 16, she had a legal adopted father, Andre Previn, whom Mia had married at age 23 when Andre was twice her age and married to Dory Previn, who would tell you not to trust Mia ever.
So Mia married Andre after Andre divorced Dory and Mia was 23. The two of them adopted Soon Yi. Who later got together with Mia's former and estranged boyfriend, when Soon Yi was 19. Mia says she never broke it off with Sinatra during any of her other relationships or marriages. Ronan, she says, could be either Woody's or Frank's son. She is not sure.
Quite a tale.

[pnwmom]

17. All Mia Farrow's children said he felt like a father to them

and they were outraged when he claimed there was never such a relationship.

[Orrex]

18. So you're saying that he was legally her step-father?

Look, I'm not defending his actions, because they strike me as repugnant in the extreme.

However, if we're going to discuss his grotesque behavior, we might as well get the facts straight.

[pnwmom]

19. No. What did I say that made it appear that way?

All Mia's other children felt that he had bonded with them as a father, and that as such it was inexcusable that he had gotten involved with their sister.

[Orrex]

20. Well, "felt like a father to them" is a pretty nebulous claim

At the end of the day, as long as Soon-Yi is okay with it, then that takes precedence over the other children who "felt that he had bonded with them as a father." If it's not an issue legally, then we can't really do much aside from noting how freaking creepy it is.

[pnwmom]

21. It is in no way a legal claim, as you asserted. And the fact that the young woman

never acknowledged damage from it doesn't mean she wasn't damaged, or that what he did was morally right.

[Orrex]

22. True, but she's been with him for more than two decades

That absolutely doesn't refute the possibility of damage--far from it, of course. But I'm reluctant to assume that she's damaged simply on the basis that she's the target of Allen's creepiness.

Then again, longterm proximity to his creepiness might very well be damaging in its own right.

[pnwmom]

23. From all accounts, she was damaged before she ever came to this country,

so she was probably especially susceptible to moves from a creep. But -- in purely material terms -- her life is much better than she could have ever had if she had remained in Korea, where she was taken from a neglectful mother.

[Orrex]

25. That's a good point. And I think I've reached the limit of my ability to comment on it.

What a fucked up situation from start to finish.

On the plus side, she'll likely get a big sum of cash when Allen shuffles off his mortal coil.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Oh my!!

Woody is still the putative father of Ronan. I guess Woody doesn't get any Fathers Day cards or invites from Ronan . (Not that he should.)

[Heidi]

4. Ronan Farrow's 2012 Father's Day tweet:

"Happy father's day -- or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law's day."

https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/214387078966951937

[dorkzilla]

6. Whoa! LOL! Oooooowch!

Pretty funny but accurate, I must say!

I think I'm one of the rare ones who can't stand Woody Allen or his films (except "Sleeper", that was funny). He's always given me the willies...

[Heidi]

7. It cracked me up, too.

Good morning, dorkzilla (great user name, by the way)!

[dorkzilla]

8. Thanks!

It just suits a big old' dork like myself!

Have a good day!

[Heidi]

10. Ha!

You have a good day, too! The day's more than half over here in southern Switzerland. :yay:

[dorkzilla]

12. I'm jealous!

About the Switzerland thing, not the day thing...if only...

[3catwoman3]

26. You are not alone.

I find him completely repellent.

[sufrommich]

14. I had to look up who Ronan Farrow is.

Had no idea he worked for the Obama Admin.,but have no doubt that he is Sinatra's son,the resemblance is striking.

[bettyellen]

15. it's funny, because in Hoboken over the years a few people have tried to pass themselves off as

his secret offspring. One as Mia and Frank's secret kid, but a whole generation older. In that light, this is hilarious.

[polichick]

24. Hasn't his mother always claimed Ronan was Woody's son until recently?