SHORT TAKES : Tatum Jealous, O’Neal Claims

NEW YORK â€”  Ryan O’Neal says he and daughter Tatum have not gotten along well since he began living with Farrah Fawcett more than a decade ago.

Tatum, now 27, had been living with O’Neal since she was a child and her parents divorced.

“I had to make a choice between Tatum and this girl--and I chose Farrah,� O’Neal, 49, said in the February issue of Vanity Fair. “Tatum made me choose. I said, ‘That’s a bad idea. I sleep with this girl, Tatum. I don’t sleep with you.’ �

O’Neal, who with Fawcett stars in a new TV series, “Good Sports,� said of his daughter: “I picked her up, and I made her a movie star and an Academy Award winner and rich. And I loved her, too. And I never violated her or any of the possibilities. I took care of her. And then I finally found someone who was dear to me, and she couldn’t have it, she couldn’t deal with it.�

But O’Neal had some kind words for his daughter, who has two children with her husband, tennis star John McEnroe.

“I miss her,� he said. “She has a new life, a happy life, with her man.�