This is the heartwarming moment a woman living with Alzheimer's disease gets a surprise FaceTime from her favorite actor Ryan O'Neal after he learned she kisses his picture every night.
Erica Steiner's mother Robin has early-onset Alzheimer's and kisses the DVD box of O'Neal's 1970 weepie Love Story before bed, and wishes the actor 'good night'.
The veteran star, 79, reached out after Erica posted a video of her mother's nightly routine.
Footage shows O'Neal video calling Robin to say good night in person on October 23 in Westeros, Los Angeles.
Robin Steiner, right, who has early-onset Alzheimer's, had a FaceTime her favorite actor Ryan O'Neal, 79, after he learned she kisses his picture every night, thanks to a video posted by her daughter Erica
When the call begins, Robin says to O'Neal: 'I can see you, you're nice looking,' as Erica asks if she knows who the actor is.
Erica hands her mother the DVD case, and she looks between the picture and the phone screen to compare the two.
O'Neal, who played the romantic lead opposite Ali McGraw in the movie, asks Robin: 'Do you remember the movie Love Story?'
Robin replies: 'That's you?! No way! Now I'm going to cry.'
The trio laugh when Ryan replies: 'Me too,' and begin to get emotional.
O'Neal, who played the romantic lead opposite Ali McGraw in the movie, asks Robin: 'Do you remember the movie Love Story?' Robin replied: 'That's you?! No way! Now I'm going to cry'
Robin's daughter Erica posted a TikTok video asking if anyone knew Ryan O'Neal so her mother could meet him because she is his biggest fan
Daughter Erica jokes that her mother is in shock and doesn't realize who is on the video call, adding that saying the famous line from the movie may 'convince her'.
O'Neal responds by saying: 'Love means never having to say you're sorry.'
'I can't even begin to thank you enough,' Erica tells the veteran actor who was a huge hit in the Sixties thanks to his performance as Rodney Harrington in Peyton Place.
During the call O'Neal said the 'time flew by' and that it has been '50 years' since Love Story was released as the super-fan nods in agreement.
Erica has recently began sharing her mother's journey with the disease on Twitter and TikTok, after becoming her caregiver.
Ryan O'Neal played Oliver Barrett IV in the movie Love Story, and Robin kisses the DVD cover every night before bed
She first started posting videos around three months ago to show people a 'lighthearted approach to Alzheimer's disease'.
Erica posted a TikTok video of her mother's bed time routine where she kisses Ryan O'Neal's picture on the Love Story DVD 'good night'.
She then tweeted asking if anyone knew the actor so she could show him his biggest fan.
O'Neal's son Patrick saw the tweet and reach out asking how he could help make something happen for Robin.
Erica has recently began sharing her mother Robin's journey with Alzheimer's disease on Twitter and TikTok, after becoming her caregiver (pictured together)
Erica said: 'It's been a really exciting week for us both.
'Excitement isn't a feeling caregivers get to experience a lot and, even though her and I are great at making mundane things fun, this has been an exceptionally fun distraction from my otherwise exhausting day-to-day life as a caregiver.'
Heartthrob O'Neal, formerly married to Farrah Fawcett, played Oliver Barrett IV in Love Story.
The movie was a box office smash, making O'Neal a star and earning him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
The film won 10 awards including Golden Globe for the Best Motion Picture and an Oscar for Best Music.
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The story follows Oliver Barrett IV, played by O'Neal, an upper-class student attending Harvard College where he plays ice hockey.
He meets Jenny Cavilleri, played by MacGraw, a working-class Radcliffe College music student, and the pair fall in love.
The pair marry and are cut off by Oliver's family, and struggle to pay for him to go through Harvard Law School.
They then find that Jenny is terminally ill, and the tragic love story ends when she passes away.
