Exclusive: Farrah Fawcett’s Best Friend Denies Affair with Ryan O’Neal

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4:58 pm, August 3rd, 2009

EXCLUSIVE TO GOSSIP COP

Farrah Fawcett’s best friend is fighting back. Alana Stewart called Gossip Cop to exclusively set the record straight about allegations made by Ryan O’Neal’s estranged son, Griffin, claiming that Stewart and Ryan O’Neal were having an affair.

In the July 27^th issue of In Touch, Griffin O’Neal said Stewart and Ryan O’Neal “were sharing a room together” and that Fawcett’s father walked in on them in a bedroom. Stewart called the story a “lie” and added, “It NEVER happened. Saying that is despicable.”

Stewart told Gossip Cop that Fawcett’s home had one guest room, and that’s where the “Love Story” star stayed alone. Stewart slept at home, but would come to visit her dearest friend every day.

“It’s inconceivable anyone would say that,” said Stewart, referring to the allegations of her hooking up with Fawcett’s longtime love. “I would never do anything before, during or after Farrah’s death. I was a friend of Farrah’s for 30 years.”

Stewart was also upset that Griffin claimed O’Neal “was using Farrah for her money and fame.” According to Stewart, “Ryan has plenty of his own money, more money than Farrah did.” Stewart said O’Neal, who’s made some smart investments, “has never taken a dime from her” and had “always been generous to her,” particularly the last few years.

The ex-wife of rocker Rod Stewart came to Gossip Cop because she wanted the world to know the truth, and “there’s no point in suing Griffin,” she said, “because it would cost tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees,” and there would be little to recoup from the younger O’Neal.

Stewart also recalled for Gossip Cop how “excruciating” it was for her to watch Fawcett die. She said, “I never gave up – until almost the end – that some miracle would happen.” As for Ryan, she said he was “heartbroken” as Fawcett passed away, and confirmed that had the “Charlie’s Angels” star lived a little longer, O’Neal and Fawcett “would have gotten married.”

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