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Soon Yi PREVIN's 1992 Statement on Her Relationship With Woody

posted 7 years ago by prometheus1816 (1060)
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http://www.newsweek.com/soon-yi-speaks-lets-not-get-hysterical-197958

Please don't try and dramatize my relationship with Woody Allen. He was never any kind of father figure to me. I never had any dealings with him. He rarely came to our apartment before his own children were born. Even then, he never spoke and the truth is I never cared that much for him. He was always preoccupied with work and never talked to me. Not really to any of us. Only when Dylan was born did he start visiting regularly and then only to play with the baby. My own father is Andre Previn, who came to visit pretty often and took us all out frequently. When I first got friendly with Woody, he and Mia were finished with their romance and were just friends. I think Mia would have been just as angry if he had taken up with another actress or his secretary. Mia was always very hot-tempered and given to rages which terrified all the kids. They can't speak freely because they're still dependent on her. But they could really tell stories and I'm sure one day will. It's true Mia was violent with me and I have conclusive proof, but I hope she and Woody can somehow head off a custody trial. [Farrow declines to comment on the charges.] The business of him molesting Dylan is so ridiculous that I won't dignify it with a comment. Why Dylan repeats her story is another matter, and a sinister one. I was not surprised that Mia made a videotape of Dylan saying these terrible things as I think the motive is obvious, but I was stunned that the tape would somehow find its way to the TV news. I have a terrific relationship with Woody and realize it's full of dramatic overtones, but it's really quite simple. It revolves around conversations, film talk, sports talk, books and art. He's very quiet and hardworking and finds it amazing and ironic that our relationship is of such interest to people. I don't think Mia should go on adopting children and I think that all her adoptions should have been a warning signal to Woody when he met her. I don't think you can raise 11 (and soon she will have 13) children with sufficient love and care. Take it from one who's lived through it-it can't be done. Some of us got neglected, some got smothered. Anyhow, there's problems. I could say many devastating things about Mia, but I will only do it if I must in a court. From the beginning of their conflict, which I know Woody broke his neck to avoid for the kids' sake, I have refrained from commenting, but when Mia brought up child molestation and then had her sisters and mother and kids and friends parade out in public and do her dirty work for her, climaxing with that tape of Dylan being given out, I felt I had to speak at this point. I'm not a retarded little underage flower who was raped, molested and spoiled by some evil stepfather-not by a long shot. I'm a psychology major at college who fell for a man who happens to be the ex-boyfriend of Mia. I admit it's offbeat, but let's not get hysterical. The tragedy here is that, because of Mia's vindictiveness, the children must suffer. I will always have a feeling of love for her because of the opportunities she gave me, but it's hard to forgive much that followed.

Further, a blog post by a former friend of Mia Farrow, talks about the allegations:

http://thecommonills.blogspot.ca/2014/02/mia-and-her-brood-drag-whatevers-left.html

It mentions the abuse Soon Yi and her Korean-born brother Moses suffered under Mia's insanity of favouring the "White" kids over the "Brown" ones. Disgusting behaviour by this woman.

Shocking still, no one mentions Mia's brother John Villers Farrow's conviction for actually molesting and raping to little boys under the age of 10.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2478439/John-Villers-Farrow-Mia-Farrows-brother-jailed-sexually-abusing-2-boys.html

[–] [email protected] (5854) 7 years ago

Interesting how Soon Yi refers to her as Mia and never "my mother".

I never understood how the press always insisted that Woody Allen was her "adoptive father". He was no such thing. He never even lived with Mia farrow and her children. The couple obviously had a close professional relationship and they were a romantic couple.

Mia Farrow had an affair with Andre Previn and became pregnant while he was married to someone else. She had a longtime affair with Woody Allen. It's hard to believe that he was a father figure to her many children. And later she admitted that Ronan is most likely Frank Sinatra's son. Seriously!

She's free to live her life as she chooses. But I have trouble looking upon her as some saintly Madonna figure who was a wronged woman.

[–] prometheus1816 (1060) 7 years ago

I'd refer to Mia as my Momster, sooner than gift her with even calling her by her first name.

The press likes to glom onto the most salacious part of the story, not the truth. They banged that "adopted daughter" mantra for so long they can't get out of that rut. So now everyone who doesn't know the truth believes it true. Farrow didn't seem to quick to cut ties with Allen despite the initial allegations. It seems she signed a release to allow her image to be used in a Golden Globe tribute that was dedicated to him shortly after the initial allegations were filed. Plus she continued to want to work with him, attending costume fittings for a film he finally recast with another actress.

Andre Previn's wife was Dory, and shortly after the affair was revealed, Dory had to be admitted to the nut house because she had a breakdown. As for whether Ronan was Sinatra's.... Not likely. Sinatra's widow Barbara stated that he had many health issues that left him sterile. Other reports from his daughter Tina said Sinatra had a vasectomy so he couldn't possibly have been Ronan (Satchel) father.

I agree. She's clearly a nutcase and continuing to demean her daughter by making her believe Allen abused her is just wrong. Farrow needs to shut up and stop with the dog and pony show, fess up and allow Allen out from under this cloud of suspicion. He's losing respect among actors and actresses who should know better.

[–] [email protected] (5854) 7 years ago

Those last few details about Frank Sinatra make the story that Mia tells even stranger.

If he was sterile or had a vasectomy, why would Mia Farrow be advancing such a story? And why would she admit to sleeping with her ex-husband who was married to someone else WHILE she was in a relationship with Woody Allen? Huh?

She doesn't come across as an innocent victim here, just another woman who sleeps around and collected a menagerie of children which she couldn't raise properly.

I know a lot of single people adopt kids, but really! I just don't think a single person can properly give enough attention to over a dozen children. What was she compensating for?

[–] prometheus1816 (1060) 7 years ago

But then Mia has always been strange. She had a strange upbringing including not being the sole focus of her father's attention. He was an obsessive filmmaker and didn't have time for his children. That's why two of them turned out to be nutbars. I do not believe she and Sinatra "took up again". It was well known he hated her after she refused to leave "Rosemary's Baby" and do a film with him. He served her with divorce papers on the set. They never spoke again. One would think there would have been a paparazzi pic of the two of them later on in their lives. Mia just wants to hang her hat on Sinatra because he's, well.... Sinatra. Plus she has to live in the past, she has no life remember. I would love it if Allen filed suit against her for fraud for his having to pay child support all these years. But then the #MeToo movement would then accuse him of harassment.

Mia thinks she can be the new Josephine Baker who actually loved all her children. No one was left out. Mia, however, like Soon Yi said, "the children must suffer". Hell of a mother she is. (rolls eyes) As for what she's compensating for, lack of brains... proper intellect .... You figure it out.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

I'm sure there's a lot of truth to what she says, but starting a sexual and romantic relationship with the ex of your mother and the father of your adoptive siblings is more than "offbeat". It's really inappropriate and a form of betrayal.

I do wonder why they started hanging out in the first place after the break-up, if she and Woody didn't have much of a relationship and hardly even talked.

[–] prometheus1816 (1060) 7 years ago

How is it inappropriate when you never really "knew" him outside of hearing about him from Mia? What betrayal? If anyone betrayed anyone here it's Mia who betrayed Soon Yi, Moses and the rest of the kids that aren't her favourites like Ronan.

Soon Yi told you why they fell in love, you're just choosing to see the ick factor and not the things they shared in common like their love of sports, film and other esoterica. There was nothing wrong with what Woody and Soon Yi did. Nothing. However, there is everything wrong with what Mia did in making Dylan believe she was molested. It always astounds me when people hate Woody more for an accusation of child abuse, rather than the proven charge of brainwashing your child into believing something terrible happened to her.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

It's inappropriate to start a relationship with the ex of your mother and the father of your siblings, especially if the break-up was not amicable. And Woody going after such a young girl IS icky.

"If anyone betrayed anyone here it's Mia who betrayed Soon Yi, Moses and the rest of the kids that aren't her favourites like Ronan."

That's Soon Yi's side of the story. No doubt Mia is batshit crazy, but it's interesting how she uses that to justify her own actions and take no responsibility in causing a rift with her family.

Seems you're ignoring the "ick factor" because you're a Woody Allen fan.

"It always astounds me when people hate Woody more for an accusation of child abuse, rather than the proven charge of brainwashing your child into believing something terrible happened to her."

I didn't say that anywhere, don't be such a fanboy/girl.

[–] [email protected] (1732) 7 years ago

"ick factor" DOESN'T MEAN SOMEONE NECESSARILY MOLESTED HIS EX'S EIGHT YEAR-OLD! We're talking
apple and oranges.

The Allen/Soon YI thing is ANCIENT HISTORY. Furthermore, they clearly make a better couple than Allen
and Mia, WHO WERE NEVER MARRIED.

And to the previous poster, you are wrong. Sinatra and Mia buried the hatchet long before his death. In fact,
Farrow often attended his latter day concerts.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

Okay, it seems you have emotional issues. Not once did I mention child abuse. I simply stated that I found it weird Soon Yi tries to deflect from her own actions by stressing how insane Mia is. What she and Woody did is more than just "offbeat".

[–] TinaKimo (888) 7 years ago

Soon-Yi was abused by Mia. Why would she have in respect for her to not date an ex of Mia? You do know that love just happens, right? No one has control over that.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

So no respect for her siblings either? Also missed the part where she said she did love Mia?

I know that you can keep your pants on. There are more than 7 billion people in the world, simply move on! And like I already said, why was she even hanging out with the ex of her mother when she hardly even knew him? Seems like trailer trash behavior fit for The Jerry Springer Show.

[–] TinaKimo (888) 7 years ago

You can love someone and not respect them. And if you think it's trailer trash, well Mia is the trailer trash that raised her!

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

I'm not the one who brought up the word respect. But if you really love your family, you don't want to tear it apart.

Just because Mia did many wrong things, doesn't absolve Soon Yi of anything. They're both adults who have to take responsibility for their own actions.

[–] TinaKimo (888) 7 years ago

Soon-Yi didn't tear her family apart. Will Mia ever take responsibility???

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

Soon Yi certainly played a part in tearing her family apart. That's what happens when you pursue the ex of your mother and the father of your siblings.

I doubt Mia will ever take responsibility, but this was an interview with Soon Yi, so I didn't comment on that.

[–] TinaKimo (888) 7 years ago

No she didn't. Mia tore the family apart by being vindictive, abusing the kids and smearing and beating the crap out of Soon-Yi. It starts with the parents!!

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

Then blame Mia's parents! Right??? Let's not put a criminal in jail, but his or her parents! Right???

Don't be so ridiculous. Mia would've had no reason to be vindictive if Soon Yi hadn't started a relationship with Woody. You think a sane woman wouldn't have been angry? You fanboys/girls need to get a grip.

[–] [email protected] (1732) 7 years ago

Respect for siblings? Moses Farrow refutes his sister's story, even stating that Mia coached all of
her children into stating Allen molested Dylan. He further states that the times she claimed she
was alone with Allen, HE was there with them. Also, Dylan's original reporting of the events
were loaded with holes.

Use your head. Child molesters don't molest a kid ONCE, then never touch them again (Dylan's
claim). Secondly, nobody else has ever come forward to claim Allen molested them, or sexually
harassed them. Ever. Of course, we're BOUND to hear from some disgruntled actress from 1975
who had one line in a movie, and now wants some attention or cash...right?

There is something called innocent until proven guilty. And there is no proof against Allen.

One doens't need to be a "fan" of his; only someone who has plain common sense.

[–] prometheus1816 (1060) 7 years ago

I love how these "types" love to call us names or state inaccuracies as if we were the ones saying them. I agree with all you stated. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what Mia Farrow did and is continuing to do. Nothing more than a domestic situation in which a mother claims abuse to get custody of the children, then proceeds to poison them against the father for nothing more than spite.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

I love how types like you can't read and put words into people's mouths just because of your obsession for a celebrity. No doubt you two are sockpuppet accounts as you both lack reading comprehension.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

The Dylan rape story happened AFTER Soon Yi began a relationship with Woody, so your point is moot. No reason not to think of her siblings before that time.

Use your own head and read my words. I did NOT address any abuse. That was not my point at all. It's just sad how you go on and on about that. It shows how crazy you fanboys are.

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Yes, now Moses refutes Dylan's story, but he supported her to begin with. Ronan continues to support her.

Did any actress from 1975 come forward and say Woody molested or sexually harassed her? If so, I don't know anything about it.

But if you're going to dismiss such a person out of hand by assuming they're motivated by attention or cash, the same could be said of Moses' change of heart. After all, he'd always wanted a father figure, and what better way to win Woody's approval and support than by claiming he was there when Dylan alleges she was alone with Woody, and let's not forget he'd have more to gain financially by aligning himself with Woody than with Mia. Woody has far more money, and power, than Mia does.

See how that works? The sword, it swings both ways.

From what I read, Woody's behaviour towards Dylan was inappropriate on several occasions, not just one. The court and a psychologist saw that, and he was only allowed limited visitations as a result.

I'm not saying I believe Woody molested Dylan, BTW. I don't know; I have questions and doubts on both sides, for various reasons.

We are not in a court of law. We are all just individuals expressing our personal opinions. Guilty until proven innocent only applies in a court of law. Thankfully we have no thought police and we're still allowed our opinions, outside of a courtroom.

[–] hminkema (13) 6 years ago

You are wrong. Right from the very start, back in 1992, Moses had told his nanny Monica Thompson that he believed the assault allegation was made up by Mia. It is in Thompson's testimony from 1993.

So Moses *never* changed his story - he just kept it to himself all these years. Who knows what Mia's other children are keeping to themselves? With the exception of Ronan (who is making a career out of exposing true abuser Weinstein), they have not really spoken out.

Three of Mia's other adopted children (apart from Soon-Yi and Moses, who are estranged, and Dylan, who has been a victim for 26 years any way we look at it) will never speak out: they are dead. According to Moses, they fell victim to depression, and turned to self-destruction. Their names were Tam, Lark, and Thaddeus.

Please read what Moses has to say about life in the Farrow Household. It is revealing. Unless you don't want to believe this abused child, of course, for the sake of maintaining your belief in another abused child.
http://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I don't know that Soon Yi was abused by Mia. Maybe she was, maybe she wasn't. If she was, then yes, she'd certainly be angry with her, and it would also give her motivation for wanting to hurt her by getting involved with Woody.

Sorry, I don't buy the "love just happens," "the heart wants what it wants" excuse for bad behaviour. I once fell deeply in love someone who was married, and knew they felt the same for me. The only sane, ethical thing to do was for us to stay away from one another. On their side, they had children and other family to consider. On my side, I had them all to consider, as well as myself. It wasn't easy, but it was the right thing to do.

[–] prometheus1816 (1060) 7 years ago

I have never been a fan of his films, nor really him. I just hate someone being labeled a child molester when they're not. And Soon Yi is allowed to have her "side of the story" since her mother went around calling her mentally retarded, another thing that pisses me off about Mia.

Again I'm not a fanboy. That was a general statement you idiot.

[–] [email protected] (1732) 7 years ago

Well, I AM a fan of his work, and have followed his career throughout the decades.

Child molestation doesn't hold water here.

Some might say, "Oh, you're a fan - NATURALLY, you want to believe he's innocent". Well, duh! I'd like to
believe that all these horrible accusations are untrue, if only for the kids!

I remain unconvinced that Allen ever molested Dylan Farrow.

As for Farrow....I think she is in desperate need of psychotherapy.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

No, I'm saying you're a fan who's so far stuck up Woody's ass, you're not able to actually read what I said.

[–] Wuchak (8732) 7 years ago

Some might say, "Oh, you're a fan - NATURALLY, you want to believe he's innocent". Well, duh! I'd like to
believe that all these horrible accusations are untrue, if only for the kids!
I remain unconvinced that Allen ever molested Dylan Farrow.

I'm NOT a fan of Allen -- although I favor some of his movies (e.g. "Match Point" & "Midnight in Paris") -- and, based on the data, I'm convinced that Allen never molested Dylan. (Bob Dylan, maybe, but not Dylan Farrow).

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

Good thing I never labeled Woody a child molester then, eh?

I'm an idiot?! Haha, you sound just like Mia! 😆

[–] [email protected] (1732) 7 years ago

Bravo!!

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

"Bravo" for not labelling Woody a child molester? Or "bravo" because you are actually Mia???😆

[–] [email protected] (1732) 7 years ago

The "Bravo" was for Wuchak - you know, the poster with common sense (that wouldn't be you).

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

If you're responding to another one of your sockpuppet accounts, then don't reply to MY post, you complete and utter moron.🤣

I wish I could tell you "bravo" for finally comprehending what I was saying!

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

"It's inappropriate to start a relationship with the ex of your mother and the father of your siblings, especially if the break-up was not amicable. And Woody going after such a young girl IS icky."

How this isn't patently obvious to anyone is beyond me. Not to mention, on Woody's part, getting sexually/romantically involved with the very young daughter of his long-term GF is inappropriate in the extreme. At least Soon Yi was very young and inexperienced, and may not have fully understood the impact of her actions. Woody didn't have that excuse.

Mia may not be the poster child for mental health, but neither is Woody.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

Indeed. But apparently to some brainless posters around here it means that you're accusing Woody Allen of being a child molester.😑

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I have no idea if Woody molested Dylan or not. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. No way for any of us to know with certainty, because there's some evidence for either argument.

But to knee-jerk by assuming anyone stating the obvious is therefore accusing him of being a child molester is ridiculous.

[–] Stratego (30500) 7 years ago

Exactly. I didn't even mention the abuse. Weird folks around here.

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Even on the old IMDb WA board, most of even his die-hard fans were sensible enough to admit his behaviour with Soon Yi wasn't defensible.