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Upthevibe

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12. John McEnroe has turned out to be AOK in my book....He's a Progressive, I think he does

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 12, 2017, 01:58 AM

Jun 2017

an excellent job when he's doing the announcing for various tennis tournaments, and he ended up raising 4 or 5 kids by himself because the mother of his children at the time (Tatum O'Neal) had a horrible drug problem. At least that's my understanding. I think about what my "reputation" would be had I been rich and famous when I was young and had cameras following me around and O.M.G.!

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