If we ever become "high profile," and also develop a drug habit, we probably won't make our drug deals on the mean streets of New York City. Especially since the mean streets of New York City have become Disney-fied and there are cops on every corner.
Why Tatum O'Neal decided to do this is beyond us.
Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal, who chronicled her recovery from drug addiction in a shocking 2004 memoir, was busted Sunday for buying crack on the lower East Side, cops said.
The 44-year-old daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal was nabbed after she was spotted handing money to a street dealer - three blocks from where she lives on East Broadway, police said.
A stunned O'Neal initially told cops she was "doing research for a part," a police source said. When cops searched her and found two bags of drugs - one with crack, one with regular cocaine - and an unused crack pipe, she changed her story, sources said.
"I've been clean for a long time," the teary-eyed actress pleaded as she asked cops to give her a break, sources said. "Today was the first time I was relapsing, but you guys saved me! Can you let me go?"
That would totally be our excuse, too, Tates — "doing research for a story." Except, haven't you done enough research already?
[NY Daily News: Tatum O'Neal in crack bust]