Ronan Farrow, Michael Moore and Mia Farrow, via Twitter
We’ve covered Ronan Farrow, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s 24 year-old biological son, just twice. Ronan is a good-looking and incredibly accomplished guy in his own right. The first time we covered him was to announce that he got a high level position in the State Department. Ronan is just 24 now, and he graduated from Yale Law School at 21 and was named a Rhodes Scholar last year. He describes himself on Twitter as a “Writer, human rights lawyer and diplomat, most recently Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues.”
So he has an impressive resume and an important career. That doesn’t mean he’s immune to family drama, and his family drama is worse than most. The last time we covered Ronan the National Enquirer was reporting that he was “disgusted by [his dad] Woody [Allen] and his relationship with Soon Yi.” You surely know the background on this, but I’ll just quickly recap: Soon Yi was adopted by Mia Farrow and her ex husband, Andre Previn, when she was eight. (Here’s a link with more background on Mia’s family and her many kids.) When she was 21, it was revealed that Soon Yi was having a relationship with her mother’s then-partner of 12 years, Woody Allen. Woody and Mia of course split up, Soon Yi went on to marry Woody in 1997 and they’re still together. All of this has never sat well with Woody and Mia’s son, Ronan. He’s previously said of Allen: “He’s my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression.”
In a new tweet, Ronan repeated that same sentiment. It’s clear he’s still estranged from his dad, and he’s poking fun at that.
Can you imagine your dad marrying your damn sister? There’s no free pass for that, other then legally (which I guess is all that counts to Allen), because she’s adopted. Hollywood forgives a lot of things that seem unforgivable, don’t they?
General Wesley Clark with Mia and Ronan
photo of Soon Yi and Woody Allen credit: WENN.com. Other photos via Twitter
in one sentence he has slapped Woody in the face. Chapeau.
Yep, it was pretty perfect.
Yeah, he did. Kudos to him. I’m sure it’s still painful for him. I hope he knows we are all still disgusted too.
what a heartwarming salutation
that was a public set-down towards his creepy dad. Daddy deserves it, what a sick bastard he is.
eta: this was meant to be a comment independent of yours, corny. oopsie.
I love Ronan Farrow.
I know! It’s amazing he’s so accomplished considering what he’s been through. Clearly, he got his mother’s looks because YOWZA! I love that his tweet was clever and totally bitch slapped his Dad. Boy, are he and Soon-Yi gross together.
A pretty darn awesome statement from a pretty darn great guy.
Well, this should be enough to prove that not all sons are like their fathers.
Just ick! He’s clearly a spoiled snot who’s over entitled. Sounds a bit jealous to me as well.
Er… pardon me, but jealous of what?! Incest of the worst kind?!
Also, he is quite remarkable: he did more good work in 24 years than many people do in 60!
@Raven: Hiya Soon Yi. I get why you would want to throw shade on this remarkable young man but I suggest you spend your energies tracking your two adopted daughters or as you would call them “your love rivals”. You realise they are not that much younger than you were when Woody pounced, right? And he already showed that he doesnt believe in family bonds borne of adoption. Sooooo….
No one could ever think someone would be jealous of a sibling who was an incest victim unless they were a troll or a paedophile themselves.
Oh calm yourself. Its clear that Jars is mocking Mrs Woody Allen for believing that this is a legitimate relationship and not skeevy in any way. Its called irony. Is there any doubt that Mrs Woody Allen views her adopted teen daughters as rivals and not as potential victims. Those poor kids. Its so clear why he adopted girls.
Erm, are you talking to me, shayne? I was actually referring to raven being the troll, and so was speaking with Jars. So thanks for the comprehension lesson, but I can read English and understood J’s intention completely.
This!
Yeah, I don’t think I would have ever recovered from such sh..t. Still my friends keep finding excuses for their dearest woodie.
Ok, I might be alone in this and maybe someone can explain it to me, but I never got why he was so popular?
I’d watched a couple of his movies before I learned about the Soon Yi thing so I was never biased because of his personal life.
They all seem the same to me – privileged people talking talking talking about their lives, voiceover, someone cheats on their partner but it ends up okay because their partner was cheating on them as well, talking talking talking, voiceover. And he’s so prolific. How many movies can you make about the intricacies of privileged, selfish people’s relationships?
I tried to give it another go recently by watching Midnight in Paris and Vicky Christina Barcelona (because I love almost everyone who was cast), but I COULD NOT get into it. I’m not saying every movie has to be a big blockbuster with lots of action, but nothing ever HAPPENS in his movies. The only one I ever got into was Mighty Aphrodite which was only saved by Mira Sorvino being so charming, goofy, and utterly watchable.
/rant over
Yeah they’re pretty much like that but I can’t get enough of his movies! Not sure why I love them so but I’m very disgusted by him. Besides hooking up with his wife when she was a teen there were also serious molestation allegations involving as adopted daughter who was like 5. He had good lawyers and advisers…
I too thought he was overrated. I love film but I found all his work to be annoying.
The paedo thing didn’t affect my opinion of his work, just my opinion of him as a person – they both deserve to be binned.
well, he seems to be able to touch some very poetic notes of new yorkers…my friends can spend an evening conversing just in quotes from his movies, while I’m quietly getting drunk ’cause I was not able to make it through most of his movies but am too ashamed to admit it 😉
Agree. Watched Vicky Christina Barcelona because I felt I had to somehow, but it was somewhere between boring and half-entertaining, don’t get that hype at all.
If you get a chance, watch Born Yesterday (the 1950 version) with Judy Holliday and William Holden, it’ll DEFINITELY reveal Mira Sorvino’s hacky impersonation to be the piece of crap that it truly is. You won’t wonder ‘Whatever happened to her career, anyway?’ ever again.
Yeah, that’s pretty disgusting and practically impossible to fathom. I wouldn’t take to twitter with that sort of family drama though.
Love this guy. So glad he’s doing so well considering all the family crap he’s dealt with, and he still seems to have a sense of humor about it.
+1
He’s so purty….
That is pretty awesome he tweeted that.
+1
Woody Allen is right down there with Roman Polanski for most reviled man in Hollywood. Kudos to Ronan Farrow.
You’re so right about this.
I concur as well. When I read the list of actors that petitioned on behalf of Polanski I grew ill. There were eloquent and intelligent people on that list. Same with Woody Allen. I am inundated with actors talking about “bring so proud/fortunate to work with such a cultural icon”. My husband works in the film industry and has promised me that he would turn down the large payday rather than work for that sicko. I was never more proud of him.
Yes because having a consensual affair with the adult daughter’s of your girlfriend is exactly the same thing as drugging and rapping a 13 years old child…
Except Soon-Yi was around 14 when he started in on her. Also she is developmentally disabled so that makes him even more of a piece of crap.
@beanie: said who? the scorned wife, Ah…that must be true, then…
As to make believe that your daughter is mentally retarded (which SY is not) to defend your case that’s a low thing to do for a mother. Just saying…
Woody has admitted that she has a “moderate learning disorder”. In fact in his mudslinging interview with Time he said that Mia being the “evil mother” had considered institutionalising the girl in her early teens because she was so slow. Of course that only shows that her mental health was a concern long before the drama.
Mia in her replying interview with Vanity Fair said that they never thought the girl was completely mentally disabled, but that the learning disorder made the girl slow and very suggestible. Perfect for a clever manipulating predator.
Ew, I didn’t know that. Makes it indeed far worse. I always thought she was a bit cuckoo, but in an eccentric way, not that she was slow learning.
I think Mia Farrow looks younger than Soon Yi. I thought Soon Yi was 60+. I am shocked she is only 41.
Woody deserves a greeting from his son on Father’s Day, and he got one. Good for Ronan for reminding us what a great dad he has!
Did Woody think this would all go away?
one movie bombs at the box office: unemployed
marrying your step daughter: four oscars
ra**ng an underage girl: top hollywood executives do everything in their power to get you out of jail
you cant say there is no loyalty in hollywood. if you bring in the money and/or the awards people will support you no matter what you have done.
This is my ‘defense’ of Woody: Soon-yi was never his stepdaughter as he never married Mia or adopted Soon-Yiu. Heck, I don’t think they really ever lived together.
Other than that, have at him.
The nature of family bonds aren’t defined by contracts, it’s unnacceptable to have a sexual relationship with your gilfriend’s daughter
Before y’all go running to defend Woody Allen, read this link plz: http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1992/11/farrow199211.
Woody was allegedly rolling up on his seven year old daughter, and was having an affair with Soon Yi before she was eighteen, and Mia Farrow found out because Woody had explicit pictures of Soon Yi in his possession. He knew Soon Yi since she was ten years old, and in the article the children say how Allen would always be either looking up her skirt or having his hands on her hips.
Woody was with Mia since Soon-Yi was age 10. She grew up thinking of him as her Mother’s boyfriend. He moved in on her as soon as she was legal. It’s like grooming the kid.
So its ok to rape children that arent yours???? What the heck r you saying!
Not to mention Soon-Yi is known to be simple in the head. He wasn’t just taking advantage of a child’s trust, he is taking advantage of a mentally disabled person. Personally I think he’s moved on to the daughter they have together. If you see the pictures of the 3 of them together it is creepy as hell. I don’t know how he got away with molesting Mia’s daughter Dylan (when she was like, 5 or something). He is a predator and a pedophile and should be in jail.
I hate the “he’s not her stepfather” defence. Just because Woody and Mia weren’t married doesn’t mean he wasn’t a father figure. Not too mention how young she was and the child of his girlfriend. It’s disgusting all the way around.
I’ve been going round and round with a guy on another site re this. His point is Woody isn’t Soon Yi’s father and never officially lived with them, so it’s not a big deal. My point is that does not matter as Ronan and Soon Yi were raised as siblings and that’s what counts here not whether Woody is legally Soon Yi’s father.
In many countries and states having a child (Ronan) with a partner with whom you’re in a relationship with constitutes a common law marriage. In other words a legal marriage. So, yes Woody Allen is his own son’s brother in law. You can make excuses for it but those are the facts.
If it were anyone other than Woody Allen would you be defending him? It’s okay to carry out affairs with your girlfriend’s underage daughter as long as you aren’t married and she isn’t legally yours? Regardless of the Woody and Mia’s relationship status, it’s inappropriate, disgusting and not something any decent human being would engage in. I really have to question the morals of people who defend the man because he was WRONG each way you want to look at it.
It’s not so much that, as that many have skeletons in their closets and they form one front to remain untouchable to us peasants.
Thank God he got his mother’s looks!
I do not see ANY Woody Allen in him at all. He is the spitting image of Mia Farrow. It’s really incredible to see the two side-by-side…
I think the only similarity they have is their intelligence. That being said, you can be intelligent and be a pervert. Unfortunately, I like Woody Allen films, but he likely should be in jail and not allowed to make them. Ronan is awesome!
I saw Woody and Soon Yi walking down the street a few weeks ago. He looks so old, and she looks like his healthcare aide.
Diane Keaton said she chose bulimia over continuing a relationship with Woody. All things considered, I’d say that was the right choice. Who would’ve thought?
I thought the same thing when I heard that reported.
Woody is a sexual predator and a sick man, and i am ashamed he still gets to work and put out movies..smh
An to Ronan…damn @ the shade
The best part was when Mia Farrow retweeted Ronan’s tweet, adding the word “boom”.
I love that Mia gets in on that! I wouldn’t want a relationship with a pervo of a father like that either.
SHE DID? Haha. Too funny.
here’s the link to her Twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/MiaFarrow
Hopefully it shows up in the comment. She’s awesome!
LMAO! That’ so funny! Well, it looks like he inherited his wit and humanitarianism from his mother.
Haha! That is the best part indeed!
Ronan is more likely to be done in by his mommy issues than by his daddy issues. Really. If Mia were emotionally healthy and keeping out of it as she should, she would have just ignored that tweet. And if Ronan were healthy- he would just ignore Woody rather than taking public opportunities to make sure we all know how disgusted he is. Ronan may be quite bright but he is also still very immature for his age- his mother has had a huge hand in that. I had a dipstick dad myself but my mother let me decide about his dipstickiness on my own. Mia has been filling this kid’s head and heart with her own problems for a long time.
How do you know this?
Ronin has been considered a genius since he was a kid so he probably understood the basics pretty well. Mia didn’t have to badmouth Woody to turn Ronin off to his father, Woody did it all himself. The knowledge that your father is sleeping with your sister is pretty disturbing. Mia didn’t have to do anything .
Lol stop projecting. woody is horrible and it played out for the world to see. This was no simple mommy and daddy broke up situation. I wish more people remembered this mess. It was creepy.
Score! Farrow 1 / Allen 0…
+100
Oh Snap! Both Woody and Roman are horrible men and should be locked up. One got away with raping a minor and the other got away with incest. For those who support these men, I wonder how they would feel if it was their young daughter.
Is it possible to separate one’s personal life from their work? I know Woody Allen makes films, which isn’t your typical job, but if you didn’t know anything about him would your still enjoy watching his movies? Well, whatever your opinion is, you have to agree his son inherited his sense of humor.
If I found out my accountant was having an affair with his underage step-daughter, I would find a new accountant. Also, I only have so much time and money to spend on watching movies, I might as well spend it on someone I don’t find reprehensible. I’ll be equally as entertained at the end of the day.
+100 Chordy!!!
Woody’s face makes me cringe. With or without the whole pseudo-incest bit. Gah. Ugly and morally bankrupt.
I could never understand how people found him attractive. Every so often I’ll hear someone say he was so sexy in Annie Hall… REALLY?! Even as a character, come on. The guy wore black socks during sex.
I cannot stand Mia, and their son’s attitude comes directly from her alone.
Really? That’s odd. She has raised all her children to hold their heads up high and carry on doing good works for others.
Ronan is a genius. A Rhodes Scholar and lawyer who works for human rights with the federal government, all by the age of 24.
Mia is inspirational. 13 children and 9 grandchildren and a legacy. She protects her kids and went to bat for all of them when Woody used her family as his piece of a** stable.
There was enough evidence to prosecute Woody on sexually molesting another one of the kids, Dylan, but it was dropped because it was so freakin’ traumatic after DAD started sleeping with his daughter and laying nude pics around his pedophile pad.
Well, the son got his dad’s genius. That much is obvious.
But Mia is all over that Tweet. She treats that kid like her greatest accomplishment. She tags along with him and triumphantly gazes into photos like “it’s all me! Look what I’ve done!” She’s such a co-dependent, clingy mom. I don’t think it’s healthy for boy-genius “besties” with his martyr-complex mom.
Satchel and Woody don’t have a relationship because Mia has filled his head and heart with venom since he was a tot.
Mia may have adopted Soon-Yi, but it’s obvious the girl didn’t feel any love or attachment to her. Hmmmm…The other daughter ended up on drugs and dying of AIDS. So, it isn’t like all is perfect in Mia’s blended family.
Woody is creepy, but clearly Soon-Yi is still into it this many years later. But Mia is creepy, too, with her martyr-complex and delusions of sainthood.
From what I know the ‘evidence’ that you speak of was a story conveyed by one of Mia’s and Woody’s children, a story which was so inconsistent that the doctor involved in the case concluded that the story, well, the outline or the basic idea, must either have been suggested to the child by Farrow or that the child made it up due to living in a very unhealthy home.
As for Soon Yi, the girl was already quite old when adopted by Farrow and Previn – she was 8. My point being, it’s very likely that Soon Yi did not have a typical daughter-mother/father bond with her adoptive parents, let alone with her adoptive mother’s boyfriend who from what I know didn’t even live with them.
Mia Farrow seems like a delusional idiot to me. I was absolutely horrified when I found out that the way she dealt with the Woody-Soon Yi affair was to adopt 6 children in the space of three years. Crazy bitch. What kind of person who is in the middle of a very public and very nasty legal battle with the father of some of her children, which must have made for a horribly unhealthy home environment for the children, and who already has 7 children in total, goes and adopts 6 more in such a short time frame? I’ve got to give it to the likes of Angelina Jolie, she has at least made sure all of her adopted children have had plenty of time to fit right into the family, in other words, to adapt to their new environment and forge bonds with the other members of the family, before going on to adopt more.
Farrow’s martyr-complex is also absolutely revolting. I saw her testify at the trial of Charles Taylor and she was ridiculous. The lawyer tore her a new a**hole basically and even Naomi Campbell appeared more consistent and articulate than her.
As for her retweeting Ronan’s tweet, two of her children have died for heaven’s sake, one of them, the one who was adopted at the same time as Soon Yi, died of AIDS they say, and both of them died young, I would have thought that would have really put things into perspective for Farrow. I can’t imagine having two of my children die and still yap about a relationship that ended 20 years ago on the internet.
Oh my gosh, we have a stable of honest-to-goodness pedophile supporters. Do laws change based on our personal feelings towards the celebrities involved? Does it stop being sexual abuse if you didn’t know the abuser as well as do some other victims? If she had been adopted when she was five instead of eight, that would’ve made the difference amd that’s why everything is Mia’s fault? Why? You don’t have to like anybody, but you can’t say that people don’t have a right to justice because you find them irritating.
Good for him! Woody is a fist class ass.
Very handsome btw – Does he look like Frank Sinatra to anyone else???
He looks like Mia too but thank god not his bro-in-law.
Oh my gosh Patricia! Did you write “fist” class ass on purpose? That’s one priceless pun!
Egads that Soon Yi is seriously unattractive and looks so pompous and entitled in that pic, like she’s the “Incest is Best” poster child or something.
Ronan is so, so darling. Clearly he has been hurt by his father’s blatant lack of propriety.
I wish Mia would cut her hair short again, she could still so pull that off. She dated Sinatra, what was their age diff?
My gawd they live in a strange bizarro mundo.
HAHHAA…Fist Class. Awesome.
She was married to Frank Sinatra for two years. 30 year age difference.
Well I hate to disappoint you but I did mean to write “first”. Worse yet I can’t even figure out what “fist class” would mean. I hope it refers to punching. I could agree with that.
Mia and Frank were married from 1966 to 1968. There was a 30 yr age difference! She was 21 he was 51!!!
Ronan looks so similar to a young Sinatra – not the fat, bald, old one. Really interesting
allen has not made a decent movie since this happened. maybe there is such a thing as karma.
creeps me out that his kids with soon yi are both adopted. especially, since he was accused of child molestation with his other daughter….
Disagree. Midnight is Paris was a charming and critically-acclaimed movie. The best part was that he wasn’t in it to speak of.
i found it to be a very poor facsimile of his early work.
I loved Midnight in Paris. I watch that movie all the time and am looking forwrd to the Rome movie.
I loved Midnight in Paris. Not a fan of his work otherwise, and personally I think he’s icky.
ITA. Liked “Midnight,” and also really enjoyed “Manhattan Murder Mystery.” That’s about it though, didn’t like “Annie Hall,” and whenever I say that to people they look at me like I’m insane. Otherwise, I think he’s a creep. It’s unusual that he’s stayed with Soon Yi for almost 20 years, but it was wrong of him to get involved with his partner’s adopted child, and wrong for the child/young woman to get involved with her mother’s partner. Gross.
He should have been disallowed from adopting innocent children. He maybe found one consensual orphan who obviously didn’t understand the bond between child and parent, but to perpetuate that couple’s values is cringe-worthy.
It creeps me out too Jackie. He’s gotten away with molesting one daughter, what’s to stop him from molesting his other daughters?? And word is Soon Yi is a bit slow, she may not have the wherewithal to see what’s (possibly) going on there… And even if she did figure it out, is she healthy enough in her thinking to put a stop to it?
Oh God, until now I didn’t realize he and Soon-Li adopted their own daughters. That is really disturbing. I’m afraid to hear their stories. Wonder if CPS ever checks in on them.
Agree with you, OriginalKitten. I’m a longtime fan.
Mia not only was married to Frank Sinatra (same age difference as Soon Yi and Woody) — Frank was a family friend and so knew Mia as a child. How is that less ick? Soon Yi has repeatedly said that she never thought of Woody in parental terms- Mia and Woody even lived in separate places. He was her mom’s boyfriend but not her father. Andre Previn was her dad, not Woody (remember, the guy who cheated on his wife for Mia?). It was pretty clear that Soon Yi made her own decisions, and one of them was to run away from Mia. Not the only child in the family to do that, by the way. Mia’s accusations about child molestation started up during a custody battle and Woody was actually cleared of the charges legally and medically. I think Woody was an idiot, but that’s quite different from being a child molester.
Mia has always struck me as quite the control freak with some distorted perceptions about reality. Each child in a family has a different history with the parent – Ronan was obviously her Golden Child, hope he survives it because that can be more of a curse than a blessing.
+1
All you have managed to say here is that Mia herself was a victim of similar predatorial behaviour. I agree.
But as Ronan says it best “My father married my sister”. Taking this beyond just predatory behavour into something that could only be acceptable deep in the hills of Kentucky. Or in Hollywierd.
As my hubby just said, if he was this kid, he would have purchased a shot-gun as soon as he turned 21 and taken care of business. Its a testament to Mia that her Ronan is able to joke about something so heavily laden with tragedy.
Listen, I am in no way defending Woody Allen but the outrage (or lack of outrage) directed towards him really just depends on one’s personal view of artists and their work. People who separate the artist from their personal life and chose to appreciate the art alone will always be ok with Woody Allen and the like. Those that cannot separate the two will always have problems with Woody Allen and the like. Like it or not, there have been countless artists throughout history that have led morally questionable lives. Those particular artists haven’t been expunged from art books because of their questionable behavior, nor has it lessened their influence and lasting legacy on the art world. Although arguably, it HAS tainted their legacy.
I morally oppose what Woody Allen did but it didn’t stop me from watching Midnight in Paris (and liking it).
Then you are supporting a pedophile. Its one thing to seperate art from real life but not when in real life the person you are supporting rapes children.
Um, I’m pretty sure that Woody Allen was never charged and convicted of Pedophilia.
Do you have a link to prove me wrong? And you clearly didn’t read my post. I’m not endorsing Allen’s life decisions, I am endorsing his artwork. Just like if I ever had the chance to buy a Picasso (as if), I would be buying the painting because I like it, not because I’m ok with Picasso being a womanizer. The money that these artists receive from me is not from my support of their lifestyle, it is from my support of their creative talent.
to actually “qualify” as a pedophile (paedo???sp?), Allen would have to be attracted to children 13 or even younger (little children or even preteens). Whether we like it or not, he was not attracted to a little girl, but he cheated on his partner and mother of his children with a young woman, probably in her teens (Soon Yi), that would probably qualify as ephebophilia, but it is a crime only depending on the age of consent, which is arbitrary and different in many countries and even some states, and because allen was an adult beyond the age range) HE would have commmited a minor crime at that, not being a true “pedo”, but it was not proved that he was with her before she was legal=no crime. and the issue with the daughter with Mia was not ia was very hurt and she probably lied as well, even when what he did was beyond icky, she pushed thing farther.
I think the main issue here is that he cheated “whithin” the family, lots of pain and anger there, but at the end, not a crime.
I would like to hate some artists, but I cannot stop liking and being intrigued by roman Polanski’s works, and I love The Pianist, for example, missed watching Carnage at the theather. and I condemn him for what he did, but the girl /now woman has forgiven him already…
Allen is too NewYorker for me… I have no watched a complete movie of his, but now that his work is more international I would have to try… but I would not pay a ticket, I’d wait for a tv repeat.
Mia should encourage her son to move on. What he /and Mia did seems immature. Forget about him if he inflicted so much pain. Take the high road.
As much as I hate to admit it, Kim has a point here. By watching his movies I support Woody Allen’s lifestyle, just like I give the Kuntrashians money if I watch their show and buy mags with them on the cover. It sucks, but that’s what it is. I would buy a Picasso if I could, too- but at least he wouldn’t be spending my money as he’s long gone. So morally speaking, I SHOULD wait until the Kardashians have perished before I watch their junk. And no, I do not watch the Polanski movies out of that same reason. It’s not easy walking the walk.
Thanks for saying this. I agree. I can separate an artist from their personal life and I really liked “Midnight in Paris” and a few of his other films. I don’t really care about his personal life at all. Nor do I care about the personal lives of many long-dead artists who probably did things as bad as or worse than Woody Allen. If I like their work, I like their work, and that’s that.
I understand where you guys are coming from… I still enjoy Mel Gibson movies despite the fact I think he’s a shiteous human being.
I dont know if anyone’s mentioned this. But its not just that Woody married his sister. Didn’t Mia also find “provocative” photos of Soon-Yi in woody Allen’s possession. Photos of her at 12-years of age!
That’s not true, he did have photos of her, but she was not underage. Mia Farrow would have had his ass handed to him.
It’s been 15 years, they both made choices and they both seem perfectly ok with it. I think it’s a lame move from someone so bright.
Lame move is about right. So much for the diplomat part of his resume.
BS! She was under age and another child Mia & Woody adopted charged him with molestation. Not many people know of this. It was kept well under wraps.
WOODY ALLEN IS A PEDOPHILE! He didnt just all of a sudden/ magically become attracted to Soon Yi when she turned 18 and never before that! Get a clue!
Yeah but it was his dad. Just because Ronan’s bright, doesn’t mean he’s not human.
However it’s spun, Allen did something so creepy and wrong. It would’ve been bad enough for it to have been a mistake, but by staying with Soon Yi and marrying her, he effectively chose not to be a part of the rest of his family. That stuff stays with a child forever, no matter how old and accomplished.
If he wants to take a one sentence swipe at Allen on twitter, be it as a passive aggressive jab at him or simply as a way to make light of a painful situation, I think he deserves a pass. Heck, even if he wrote a whole essay on it and had it published in a magazine I wouldn’t begrudge him that.
I’m going to play devil’s advocate on this one because Mia Farrow has played it both ways: One one hand she played this whole spiel of how disgusting it was for Allen to have an affair with her daughter and how he was the father to her children (not just his children with her but his step-children); on the other hand, when she wanted full custody to push Allen completely out of the lives of his children with her she made it clear he was never an actual father or father figure to any of them in any way, they had completely separate apartments (he didn’t live with them) and she said he had very little (if anything) to do with any of the children. Basically, everything she said about Allen not being much of a figure in the lives of the children, let alone actually acting like a father to them was refuting her claims about how Allen was a father figure to Soon-Yi and how his romantic relationship with her was quasi-incestuous because of it.
I understand Farrow being royally cheesed at the relationship between Allen and her daughter but I don’t think Mia Farrow is quite the angel/saint she makes herself out to be and I can’t imagine there was ever anything even remotely functional about her relationship with Allen. As creepy as I think Allen’s relationship with Soon-Yi is, they actually seem to be working out as a couple so she obviously filled a void for a romantic partner that I’m not so sure Farrow ever came close to filling.
Nice to see he can have a sense of humor about it.
That would make their kids his nephews,ooohh…*backs away from that rabbit hole*
And his brothers/sisters! Oh snap!!!!
No, Woody’s new kids are his nieces/half-sisters. Just crazy.
He isnt trying to be funny. He meant it as a jab at Woody who he hates.
It was a jab, but it was also funny. That’s why Mia said “Boom”.
So, I love to piss my brother off by reminding him of the following:
His father married our bio mother.
Our bio mom’s sister (our aunt) adopted me.
Therefore my brother = my cousin 🙂
I hear ya. My grandfather married sisters (not at the same time, thankfully). So, my mother’s half-brother was also her cousin….
LOVE that he called Woody out on this!
Poor guy having to have an adoptive father/brother in law that is a pedophile.
Anyone who works with or supports Woody Allen openly supports pedophiles period! Woody is a very sick person and should be in prison!
Woody is his biological father.
Thats a very broad paint brush darlin, be careful how you paint people with it…
Smart, hot and witty. If he’s gay, that would be a terrible loss for the single ladies out there ^_^
I’m not defending this ass in any way, but Woody didn’t avoid jail because Soon-Yi was “adopted”. He avoided jail because she was never his child, adopted or otherwise. It’s not a crime to have a sexual relationship with your girlfriend’s adult daughter. He’s a pervert and gross but what he did was not technically illegal.
Farrow and Allen were never legally married from what I understand.
But it is a crime to have a sexual relationship with a minor, and it’s widely suspected that he began this relationship while she was underage. It’s also just gross to have a relationship with a girl you helped raise from age 10, whether she’s blood-related or not.
I don’t disagree that it’s wrong. Hell, just the fact that it so clearly hurt Ronan to the point that he is estranged from his father is a good indicator that this man is not a good person. I’m sure it would take something terrible to rip apart a father-son relationship. However, I do think it’s important to provide the facts instead of just being reactionary and screaming “Pedophile!” Besides, I’m sure most will feel the same way about him even after knowing the context of how he ended up with Soon Yi anyway.
to the originalkitten “I’m sure it would take something terrible to rip apart a father-son relationship”.
Yes and no. Sometimes, all you need is a very angy mother
I try not to judge anyone. But I’m tired of people saying it was just his ‘girlfriend’! They had at least one kid together (don’t know much about their lives) for crying out loud!! And Sun yi was raised as the boy’s sister. The fact that it’s legal (barely), does that make the whole thing better? It just sucks. If I was that boy, I’d be as sore as he is. But it’s not healthy to stay mad at people forever. What a crappy situation.
There is quite an age difference between Soon-Yi and Ronan. She was certainly in her late teens or maybe going into her twenties when he was about five years old. The fact that he still repeatedly says they were raised as brother and sister makes me feel he just picked up on Mia’s anger about the situation. Soon Yi was simply not around him much while he was being raised and not there at all by the time he would be forming and retaining his own memories. Again – the sensible thing for him to do, if he really wants to develop diplomatic skills, is to just move on, drop the anger, and just ignore Woody. But he seems too entangled with his mom’s feelings about it, and that just isn’t a good thing. And obviously Mia is keeping it up rather than encouraging him to just move on – since she can’t. She doesn’t even consider Soon Yi her daughter any more and has said so. Considering how moms stay moms even for murderers – that’s disturbing. I doubt that Soon Yi was incapable of consciously and willingly entering into a relationship with Woody (she was not underage, contrary to myth), although I imagine sticking it to her mom was a bonus. Having a learning disability does not mean lack of intelligence, and she sounds quite normal whenever I’ve seen her quoted.
Go Ronan!
ouch, burn
I will forever and always cosign Ronan calling out his disgusting, perverted father since nobody else has the balls to do it. Everybody is only concerned about getting in the next WA movie.
Also…this dude only adopted daughters. Is that only strange to me? How was he even allowed to adopt?
I’m sure that was Soon-Yi’s wish to have children. Also her children were adopted from cultures where most children available for adoption are girls.
I agree wholeheartedly Sour worms (great nic by the way). Ronan’s comment just serves to underscore the extent of the damage and pain Woody inflicted on the family by engaging in a relationship with Soon Yi. It matters not that he isn’t her bio Dad – he was a father figure to her and the other adopted children. I strongly believe he molested her when she was still a child (as does Mia and her other children) and I also believe his two adopted daughters are very much in danger of being molested too. Doesn’t it seem odd that he adopted… and two girls no less? It’s disturbing that Woody has gotten a total pass on all this – so good for Ronan for having the guts to call him out.
I’d vote for Ronan for President. Seriously. I follow him on Twitter, and that kid’s got the goods.
Hollywood may forgive but I never will. I will never see any movie he ever makes or has anything to do with. I don’t support pedophiles.
I can’t believe the excuses some people make for this disgusting narcississt.
Dont’ give me that sh-t about his art!
Sadly, rich people can get away with being pedophiles. R. Kelly pissed on underage girls and people still defend him. We live in a sick world.
^^ This.
Roman Polanski. Woody Allen. R. Kelly. Fatty Arbuckle. Jerry Lee Lewis. Michael Jackson.
Why does celebrity lead to the defense of the indefensible?
See: Chris Brown.
+ a million
Or even just saying ‘he wasn’t her REAL dad’ or ‘Mia made it up’ or whatever lame excuses are being made here.
A man took advantage of a girl in a vulnerable situation where they were supposed to have a trusting parent/child relationship. Splitting hairs over the ages or whatnot is repulsive. I’m sure if you take out the famous names and thought about that in the context of your own family life involving your own child you’d all be singing a different tune.
Isn’t Soon-yi mentally dimished in some way, or am I remembering incorrectly? At the time this all came out, I thought it was disclosed that she had a very low IQ, making her easy prey for this monster. Woody Allen is disgusting, and good on Ronan for calling him out on his despicable behavior while Hollywood whitewashes it.
Soon-Yi is far from stupid and certainly not a passive little wife. I remember watching a documentary on a tour W.Allen made in Europe with his band several years ago and it was really clear from the footage that she was the one wearing the pants.
I believe the rumor that she was mentally challenged was raised by M.Farrow at the time of the divorce. That’s why I have trouble believing that he ever molested a child (another rumor raised by M.Farrow at the time of the divorce that was never proven true by the police – even if WA was investigated for this)
That was the EPIC shade of the year!! lmao And then Mia’s reply is what made me flatline!!
Woody is sick. Does Ronan have a relationship with his dad?
He does not. He doesn’t use his given name of Satchel, he uses one of his middle names. Suspect Satchel was Woody’s choice in honor of Satchel Paige. He doesn’t use Woody’s last name either, and he is Woody’s biological child.
Ronan wins one Internets for that epic e-bitchslap.
I must be the only one here who loves woody, and couldn’t care less about his private life.
So being a pedophile is a “personal life” to which one is entitled now? You are a moral coward at best.
Yeah Kelly, you can safely say that you’re the only one.
I may be a big fan of his movies from the 70’s and 80’s, however that does not blind me to his very disturbing personal life, especially when there are allegations of child abuse.
the cult of celebrity can be sickeningly powerful.
What sickens me even more further is that he was able to adopt two girls with this son-yi chick. It is sickening.
Yes! That’s what I don’t understand either. He’s already proven that he doesn’t consider a non-biological child to be “his” child, so why let this creep adopt? I guess having a lot of money can buy a lot of things, even children.
PS: I love Ronan!
If you look at the pics of him and his daughters the other day, the body language speaks volumes. I wouldnt have the man around any children. He is disgusting and I dont care if he is a director or what. His actions speak volumes, and I dont condone them, and I dont watch his movies.
Look at the pics at dListed.
Ummmm, those pics of Woody with the girls freak me out.
What the eff is wrong with Hollywood? Between the Scientologists and the paedophiles at Disney, who in their right mind would want ANYTHING to do with that place?
Heavens to Murgatroyd. Souls for sale, to the highest bidder.
I don’t think anything that’s been alleged by Mia’s lawyers ever actually happened. I think Mia did a hatchet job on Woody’s reputation after Soon Yi left. She’s a hysterical, unbalanced, vindictive woman and by many accounts isn’t the mother Teresa figure she likes to portray. If I were Soon-Yi, then I too would have tried to run away from that household as soon as possible. Her and Lark (now deceased) were treated like “scullery maids” and people have said Mia used to punish them by giving Christmas gifts to all the children except for them.
It’s very easy to destroy someone’s reputation because once you create doubt in the public consciousness, it’s nearly impossible to remove it.
“Hysterical, unbalanced and vindictive”? I wonder how you would react if you found out your long-time partner was screwing your daughter?
I’m also a fan of Woody’s works (and Mia too). I don’t know about his personal life, so I go to Wiki. People call him a pedophile, so I have to know. Soon-Yi was 21 when they get together (at least, this is what they say). And for the rapist thing? Do people know that rape is when this is not consensual?
Anyway, for them as a couple, I don’t know, I personally don’t think this is an incest, he didn’t adopt her, she was the girlfriend’s daughter, sure this is ick, but at least, I don’t know, can people get over it? I just don’t think this is our business. She’s over 40 now and they have children. I don’t know the full story, but I don’t think people here neither.
For his son, I really don’t like people washing dirty laundry in public, the e-slapping, especially on Twitter (in 140 limit characters), it always comes to me as childish.
the child molestation allegations were toward his young adopted daughter, not soon yi.
I remember reading a lot about this when the story broke. People forget that Woody “accidentally” left nude pictures of Soon-Yi on a table or the mantle. That is how Mia found out. Sick and wrong. And also, no one was ever quite sure of Soon-Yi’s age as she was an orphan. I think some creative editing has been done regarding her age over the years. I may be wrong, but from memory, I believe she was under 18 when those pictures were taken.
He actually has his dad’s sense of humor. And I don’t think he has seen him since 1997, so maybe the tweet is strange way of trying to reconnect.
Not likely.
To my knowledge, Woody Allen cut his ties with his son as well.
To my knowledge, MF cut the ties between his son and his former lover at the time of their separation.
Dap: You have over a dozen posts on that is story so I think its fair to ask, do you relate in a personal way to this story? By that I mean, have you had a relationship with somebody so closely affiliated that it was frowned upon by those around you?
The facts are that the judge ordered supervised visitation for both Dylan and Ronan pending review. Woody was so incensed (pun intended) that he never even had visitations. The older kid was given a choice of whether to see Woody and he chose not to.
In any case, Woody has said many times that he never bonded with Ronan (the biological son). Even in his interview after the scandal, there were some serious Oedipal issues coming through with him even blaming the infant for the failed relationship with Mia. This, remember is HIS interview. This antagonism towards the boy is confirmed by interviews with people around that boy from baby sitters to the child psychologist.
Woody is a nutcase. We always knew this. We just didnt know how much.
Any Woody Allen fan knows he is a total pedophile. “Manhattan” anyone?????
Was Nabakov a pedophile? Or the screenwriter, producers, director, actors involved in the film? What about Taxi Driver with Jodi Foster playing an underaged, sexed up prostitute? The list truly goes on..
I don’t blame him for tweeting that. I am sure it was very cathartic for him.
For those that are “confused” about why people call Woody a pedophile:
http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1992/11/farrow199211
I just posted about that without seeing your comment!
That really grossed me out and maybe it’s not all true, but I do believe some of it happened.
Regardless of the legality of the situation, it was definitely immoral. He had direct access to her from the time she was a child, she never had any boyfriends her own age, so it definitely reeks of a “grooming” situation. He kept her to himself and groomed her to be the lover (and eventual wife) he wanted. Because of the other child, Dylan, accusations, I would be extremely worried about him around children, especially his own two adopted children.
I’ve read that Vanity Fair piece. It was approved by Mia and arranged by her and her people in a bid to further discredit Woody Allen and make her case against him on the public stage. It was the act of a woman scorned. That article, like Ronan’s tweet (btw they were spending the day together when Ronan composed that tweet), is the way Mia likes to operate: manipulate public perception.
The Vanity Fair piece was her response to his Time Magazine interview. Remember, he gave the first interview on this issue. In fact, hes the one who went public with Dylans molestation charges and the Soon-Yi business. All this is confirmed by himself in the Time Mag piece. They actually ask him how this became public and he says that while in the process of hammering out a child custody deal, he spent the night at Mias house and sometime later Mia put a stop to the negotiation because of the Dylan accusation.
As a by-the way, he says that adopted children were not family but just a collection of kids. For that, I hope Woody Allen dies a painful death. Adopted children are valid members of a family you jerk.
I recently read an old article from the 90s on Vanity Fair’s website about his inappropriate behavior around his daughter Dylan. She was very young at the time and I guess they ruled that she made it all up, but there were witnesses to the way he acted and it sounded very off to me. I think this guy has some major issues.
The only reason Hollywood “forgot” about it is because he was established and talented. If it was a Kardashian or a Lohan, no one would have forgotten.
Good for Ronan!
I’ve NEVER forgotten what he did. He was unappealing to me before, but after that whole SY episode, he triggers my gag reflex like few others.
I’ve not watched a single movie starring him nor one written or produced by him since.
Good on the kid for an articulate and non-curse-word-filled “brother-in-law’s day” message, which I certainly hope cut WA to the bone.
I hear you bella – I tried to watch Mighty Aphrodite a while ago (once really liked it) and I had to fast forward through many of Allen’s scenes. All I see when I look at him now is a simpering, wormy little ped.
Soon yi better fix herself up before Woody leaves her for a 17 year old refugee
I have completely boycotted every WA movie since this happened. Talk about creepy and disgusting. It always bums me out when actors I like make movies with him. But Hollywood has no soul, not sure why I’m so surprised. Glad Ronan has an awesome sense of humor!
I don’t deny that Woody Allen is a disgusting hurt bag, and that his relationship with Soon Yi was fucking gross and inappropriate, but I don’t think he’s a pedo. Mia is every bit as fucked as him, and I honestly think her accusing him of molesting their younger kid was her trying to get back at him. The judge during the custody trial even said as much. That being said I do think it’s dodgy how Soon Yi is listed as being born in 1970, because I could swear that when the trial was going on she was a teenager and was underage when the bad shit was going down. Anyone have any insight who can qualify her real age?
i feel bad for those poor kids adopted by Mia and Woody. Both of them are fucking nuts.
Ronan is awesome! I wish he’d marry me (and no, I’m not related to him in any way I can assure him).
Calling all male hipsters! Woody is your spiritual grandfather. Now go shave your heads, burn your wardrobes, and join a fight club.
After seeing Crimes and Misdemeanors when it first came out, I concluded Woody Allen is an amoral, evil man. Mia Farrow was loony back in the day she manipulated Sinatra into marrying her by chopping off all her hair. Mia and Woody are two of a kind.
Now his son is manuevering into politics as a neo-Kennedyesque figure. It will be unpopular to say on this site– his philosophical ideas are as bad as his father’s. In all of this family drama, the one person I liked was Mia’s mother, one of the loveliest screen actresses in Hollywood!
I think it has been 15 years since this went down, and while, clearly his son has every right to disown him, isn’t a little petty to be airing his distaste in public? If he still is dealing with it he should fly to Paris and confront his father personally. Also I love how all the posters get on their high horse when these sort of stories come out. There are much worse things in life and Hollywood that are still going on right now.
Sometimes, hurt runs deep.
Lucky Ronan – he got his looks from his mother’s side of the family! He also got his personality and smarts from her. I met Ronan earlier this year and he is really an exceptional young man. I find myself secretly hoping that he runs for president one day. He’s got the brains, and at the rate he’s going, he’ll have the resume in the not-too-distant future, regardless of his family’s history.
Well, I think everyone covered the range of possible reactions to a Woody Allen story. Not going to bother to chime in with my two cents on that. Just want to pipe in to say that he is one of my favorite writer/directors. I loved Radio Days, Manhattan, Annie Hall, Midnight in Paris, Vicky Cristina Barcelona… there was also a neat one starring Sean Penn as a jazz player, although I forget the name of that one. Didn’t care for Match Point at all though.
The pictures of him closely hugging hs adopted/collectible daughters gross me out: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2160473/Woody-Allen-gives-daughters-hug-Beverly-Hills.html
One is wearing daisy dukes and it looks like you can see the other one’s bra on a side shot.
That’s not a fatherly hug, folks.
Ronan has looks and brains..lucky guy in that respect. The Woody Allen thing is DIS-GUSTING! I wish I didn’t like Woody’s movies so much. I try not to give the freak any of my money now – so I watch his movies on cable.
Mia looks like Ellen Burstyn’s character in Requiem for a Dream in that top picture.
I get that he is hurting but a good politician never does his bleeding in public. Bad move kid.
Woody Allen is a brilliant and deeply flawed artist. I suspect that he himself would agree with that characterization. How soon before the movie based on his life comes out? 3…2…1…
Ronan’s eyes look like that of Sinatra.
He looks like a young Paul Newman
OMG….Just saw a pic of Ronan on Watch What Happens Live. I would bet my right arm, left arm, left leg, right leg, kidneys, etc. that he is definitely the son of Frank Sinatra. I saw Frank Sinatra in him immediately before I even made the Mia/Frank connection. It was spooky for me frankly (no pun intended). Why have we not heard a lot more about the probability that he’s his son?
scrolled up, omfg i see it… he’s the image of a young sinatra… so maybe that’s why woody never liked him? because maybe he knew? even though that declaration was changed also… mia said woody abused satchel and then later somebody else said that woody was a doting father to him, he’d hold him up and they’d say how much they loved each other… then one day he said “i’m supposed to say i hate you” this was after the split… who knows really…
Oh, snap!
Wow, way to keep the hatred thing going, what a lovely peace maker. Hate your adoptive sister any, since you’ve in effect extended that tweet to her as well.