In an effort to encourage those battling mental illness to seek professional help, Pete Wentz revealed he attempted suicide at the start of his career. Pete, who joins Mary J. Blige and Billy Corgan in the Half of Us campaign aimed at cutting student suicide rates, discussed his battle with depression:
The darkest moment was when we had just finished recording our major label record and two days later we were going to go to Europe and I felt completely lost and out of control. At that point, I'd seen some doctors and they were Hollywood doctors so they gave me a cocktail [of prescription drugs] but I was kind of the drugstore cowboy, so I took the cocktail the way I wanted to take it.
I got in my car. I remember I was listening to Jeff Buckley doing Leonard Cohen's [song] "Hallelujah" and sat there and took a bunch of [prescription drug] Adavan in a Best Buy parking lot.
And I called up my manager because I was, at that point, completely out of my head with Adavan. And I was talking to him and I was slurring my words, so he called my mom and my mom called me and she came and got me and we went to the hospital.
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Too bad it didn't take, huh?
Is it bad that all I can focus on is the "Jeff Buckley doing Leonard Cohen’s [song] “Hallelujah”" part? Like, duh dude, just say Buckley, don't try to cred yourself up. Especially since that shit was on AI like a week ago. Every 13-year old fan of Dr. Dredd knows Buckley covered Cohen's Hellelujah.
I was going to say at least he had SOME good taste in SOMETHING. You ruined it Lisa. :{
true story, coot. i think his good taste in buckley was cancelled out by those glasses though.
Plus it was used in O.C. like billion times.
and vest* real men don't wear vest. oh wait, never mind.
That's just why don't listen to Buckley near pills. If, Lover you should have vome over doesn't make you want to jump off a cliff, then try Grace.
I guess he could have also gone with Death Cab For Cutie; I will follow you. It makes me want to grab something and swallow.
*come, I got all German for a second.
I just realized from this pic that Wentz ans Ashley Simpson have the same chin. Maybe that is why they love each other - they see themselves looking back. Chin love, yo.
"Drug store cowboy"? More like dime store douche bag
This suicide attempt brought to you by;
Drugstore Cowboy
Jeff Buckley
Adavan
Best Buy.
Oh fuck, beached whale, now I have "like a dime store douche bag…" stuck in my head. Pretty amazing, actually.
Kanye can do the remix.
Query: why does he look like a weird, frat boy version of Christian Siriano?
So he tried to kill himself by overdosing on a not very hardcore Benzo in a BestBuy parking lot? He didn't really want to die. Too bad, well no, not really I couldn't have handled the mourning for this douche. He also needs to check his Drugstore Cowboy remarks, they wouldn't pull that shit…and the reporter needs to check his drug spellings too! ;)
now it all makes sense. It was just on his lists of errands. Doctor and drugstore, check. Get Jeff Buckley cd and new ipod at best buy, check. Swallow pills in public parking lot where people can find me easily and call my manager, checkity, check, check.
i sincerely doubt at this day and age anyone would call on the manager or police. people are so oblivious to things. i would love to say things differently, but its not like he is a child left in a car. i'm sure most people would just shrug an adult off if they saw them slumped over in their car.
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That's probably why he called his manager. He must have realized he's not as cute as a 3 year old and you need to have a back up plan.
Poor Mommy Wentz, imagine the embarrassment of having to pick him up. I bet his guy liner was all smeared from his boohooing and you know he was dead weight for sure…I bet she was hoping he had really made the effort and had parked in a garage and left the car for his pathetic attempt instead.
Seriously are we supposed to feel sad for him he was just getting ready to tour Europe and had recorded for a "major label"? Oh my let me cry my diamond tears out.
Mae, in law enforcement when the police are called the call to the squads is to check the welfare of a "Slumper." LOL. Typically though they're just sleeping off a bender. :)
More deep thoughts. It's kind of like seeing your child grow up and find out for the first time that life is hard. Grow up Pete. Deal with it. What a pussy.