Ryan O'Neil's son fears his family may be priced out of rebuilding 'legendary' Malibu home after LA fires

Weeks aft Ryan O'Neil's location was destroyed successful the LA fires, his son, Patrick O'Neil, is reminiscing astir the sentimental memories made astatine the beachfront location successful Malibu. 

Patrick, the lad of the precocious Academy Award nominee, spoke with Fox Business Network astir however the abrupt nonaccomplishment of the location — which Ryan shared with longtime spouse Farrah Fawcett — has impacted his household and explained wherefore they whitethorn not beryllium capable to rebuild the "legendary' house. 

"The location that my dada bought and built from 1972 connected created truthful galore fantastic memories for maine and my family," Patrick said. "My sister Tatum, my member Griffin, my younger member Redmond, my dad, Ryan and Farrah. I mean, we're talking about, I met Steve McQueen successful that house. Van Morrison walked up the house. Brad Pitt, bushed him successful excavation successful that house. I mean, it was legendary. We had immoderate large times playing frisbee with my dada connected the beach. I'm going to support each these memories. I mislaid a batch of mementos. Those are conscionable things. But I'm going to support the memories. And I commune for each these radical that are suffering close now. I truly do."

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Patrick O'Neal (left) and Ryan O'Neal, pictured astatine the Farrah Fawcett 5th Anniversary Reception astatine the Farrah Fawcett Foundation successful 2014, shared galore memories astatine their Malibu home.  (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

O'Neal and Fawcett lived unneurotic successful the Malibu location for respective years earlier the histrion died successful 2009. The "Paper Moon" histrion died from congestive bosom nonaccomplishment successful 2023.

While Patrick's memories are everlastingly with him, he's unsure if he'll beryllium capable to rebuild the household home. 

"I'm not definite I'll beryllium capable to spend to unrecorded here," helium admitted. "I don't cognize astir insurance. How overmuch is it going to outgo to rebuild a location there? … We had two, you know, archetypal houses that were smaller adjacent to us. Are they going to physique elephantine large houses? And it's just, you know, I conscionable don't spot how, I don't spot that I person the means and the quality to rebuild and unrecorded successful Malibu anymore, sadly."

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Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neil lived unneurotic successful the Malibu location for respective years earlier the histrion died successful 2009. (Getty Images)

Despite the unfortunate circumstances, Patrick said his dada would person astir apt utilized wit to propulsion through. 

"My dada had a wicked consciousness of humor, truthful helium mightiness person made a gag to find a mode to get a laughter retired of the astir tragic situation," helium admitted. "He was very, precise strong. He astir apt would person been 1 of those that wanted to enactment successful the house. And, you know, we would person had to resistance him out, literally."

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Patrick O'Neil recalled gathering Brad Pitt, Van Morrison and Steve McQueen astatine their Malibu home.  (Getty Images)

"He was precise strong. He would person been resilient. He would person recovered a mode to rebuild for sure," helium added. 

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Ryan's daughter, Tatum O'Neal, confirmed the location had burned down via a societal media station past month. 

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"It’s the saddest ever truthful bittersweet I could cry," she wrote connected Threads. "My father’s location is gone Malibu gone."

Fox Business Network analogous Max Gorden contributed to this post.