Anthony Bourdain ‘never stopped drinking,’ ‘hated who he had become’: book
nypost.comAnthony Bourdain may have overcome his drug addiction but was never able to stop drinking — and hated himself for it, a new controversial biography alleged.In “Down And Out In Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain,” which will be released Oct.
11, author Charles Leerhsen spoke to The Guardian about Bourdain’s sad, final days.The American chef and TV presenter hanged himself in a French hotel room in June 2018.
Bourdain was allegedly heartbroken after seeing pictures of his ex-girlfriend, Asia Argento, dancing with another man in Rome.“He became someone that he hated.
By the time he realized that, he was too physically exhausted to straighten things out,” Leerhsen told the outlet.“He thought it simpler to seek what is famously called ‘a permanent solution to a temporary problem,” he added. “Recovery, you might say, was one of the few things he couldn’t go all the way with.”The Post has contacted Bourdain’s former assistant for comment.
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