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Woody Allen's Son Rips 'Brother-in-Law' Pop

Ronan Farrow zings dad again for marrying sis

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2012 12:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Woody Allen and Mia Farrow's brainiac son has ripped his famous dad as "my brother-in-law" because of the aging director's marriage to one of Farrow's adopted daughters. The zinger came on Father's Day. "Happy father’s day—or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law’s day," tweeted Ronan Farrow. Mom followed it up with a one-word retweet: "BOOM." Allen and Mia Farrow had an infamous falling out after a years-long affair when Farrow discovered nude photos of her daughter Soon-Yi that had been taken by Allen. Ronan, 24, has been estranged from his pop for decades. “He’s my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law," Ronan has griped in the past. "That is such a moral transgression.”

Ronan, a Rhodes scholar, entered college at the age of 11 and was accepted into Yale Law School at 15. He's deferring enrollment while he serves as special adviser to the Secretary of State for Global Youth Issues and director of the State Department’s Global Youth Issues office. He was five when his parents broke up over his pop's affair with his sister. Allen, now 76, and Soon-Yi, now 41, have adopted two daughters. Click for more.

Ronan Farrow, long estranged from his famous dad, entered college at the age of 11.
Ronan Farrow, long estranged from his famous dad, entered college at the age of 11.   (Getty Images)
Ronan Farrow and mom Mia Farrow attend a Manhattan event last month.
Ronan Farrow and mom Mia Farrow attend a Manhattan event last month.   (Getty Images)
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mdc
Jun 20, 2012 7:26 AM CDT
First off he is your father married to your..."step sister". Sort of a big difference Mr. Brainiac than marrying a person that he actually "fathered". And yes, that is still on the weird side. On the other hand...20 years after he left your (very bizarre) mother...Mia Farrow...the fact that you are sending out childish zingers on Internet social sites might suggest that you sir...need some serious professional counsel...Oops forgot...you are a leader and example for today's youth! Wow...you might have a closer DNA connection to your father than you would like to recognize :-) Just saying!
Winston_Smith
Jun 20, 2012 2:48 AM CDT
If he really wants nothing to do with his father, then why send out the tweet? Dad seems to have moved on, he only talks about this stuff when he's giving an interview about something else and the reporter wants to ask about the topic yet again.
Winston_Smith
Jun 20, 2012 2:45 AM CDT
So, what does the "Secretary of State Global Youth Issues Office" do? Maybe they do engage in real diplomacy, but this sounds suspiciously like ivory-tower make-work stuff for somebody famous.
 

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