Anjelica Huston recalls suicide attempt in autobiography

Bang Showbiz Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:15 AM

Anjelica Huston tried to kill herself in ''desperation'' over her boyfriend's mood swings.

The 62-year-old actress met photographer Bob Richardson in 1969, when she was 18 and he was 42, and they had a tumultuous romance, made more difficult by the fact he was suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

In her autobiography, 'A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London and New York', Anjelica writes: ''I never felt so fragile or vulnerable as when Bob became demonic and flew into a rage, or worse, when afterward he retreated into his shell.

''One morning, four days into one of these ordeals, I walked into the bathroom at the Chelsea

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Hulk Hogan contemplated suicide during family trouble

Bang Showbiz Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:23 AM

Hulk Hogan thought about taking his own life in 2007.

The wrestling legend hit rock bottom after he began to realize his body couldn't cope with the same ring rigors it used to, his reality TV show 'Hogan Knows Best' reality show - co-starring his wife Linda, and children Brooke and Nick - was cancelled and his marriage was heading for divorce.

Speaking on TV show 'Oprah: Where Are They Now?' he said: ''Everything got dark, everything happened at once. I was drinking alcohol very heavily. It just all kept piling up. I always wondered how could someone possibly take their own life, and so I got to that point where I said, 'You know what, maybe this would be easy. You know, maybe this would be an easy way to fix things.' ''

That year the former WWE star - real name Terry Bollea - had to support his son Nick after he was jailed for reckless driving after crashing his car, severely injuring his friend John Graziano in the incident.

Hulk couldn't take the ''negativity'' surrounding him but on one tough night it was the love of his fans that made him realize he could change his life.

He added: ''There was incident in Miami on New Year's Eve where I was with my family and a bunch of my friends at a table. And there's a bunch of negativity about the food being bad, you know the champagne didn't work, even though it was all consumed.

''And when I walked outside, some kid ran up and hugged me and was like, 'Oh I grew up watching you. I didn't have a dad, you're like a dad to me.' And there was another person that said, 'Hey Hulk, we love you.'

''And I went, 'Oh my God' - it was right then ... once I walked back inside again, I realised I couldn't take it anymore. I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. I got sick and tired of the hating, the negativity, the verbal abuse - just everything that I was hearing.''

Hulk and Linda eventually divorced in 2009 and he went on to marry Jennifer McDaniel. He also worked for 'TNA IMPACT' wrestling from 2010 to 2013.

Nick served eight months in jail for reckless driving, while John will require 24-hour a day care for the rest of his life as a result of his injuries.

Speaking about the accident in 2010, Nick said: ''I pray every day that I will be able to deal with it. It's still at this point it's too much to think about. It's something that I carry with me every day.''

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