Among the rest, the 2023 Oscars will definitely be remembered by the big winner Everything Everywhere All at Once, which received seven awards on a landmark night.
The list of attendees consisted of a number of legendary actors, including Morgan Freeman and Margot Robbie who walked the stage together to commemorate Warner Bros.’ 100th anniversary.
As always, Robbie looked stunning, and Freeman was certainly dressed for the occasion, wearing a dapper black tuxedo and rocking a fresh new bald hairstyle. However, what many people noticed was the black glove on his left hand. And as those unaware of the real reason for it believed it was just a stylistic preference, Freeman’s fans knew the actor was wearing the glove because of the bad accident he was involved in years ago.
Namely, back in 2008, Freeman injured his arm while driving home late one night when his car veered off the road and flipped several times before coming to an eventual stop in a ditch.
Paramedics arrived quickly and he was conscious but needed to be transferred to a Memphis hospital located over 100 miles away from the scene of the crash.
Freeman ended up with a couple of broken ribs and was forced to undergo a four-hour long surgery for his hand.
Though he mostly recovered, the Shawshank Redemption star was left with a lasting physical nerve damage in his left hand known as fibromyalgia. Unfortunately, his arm was left paralyzed.
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Back in 2010, two years after the accident, Freeman spoke to People magazine and shared how he never fully recovered from the injury. “If you don’t move your hand, it will swell up,”he explained. “Do you know you move your hand about a million times a day?”
Ever since the accident, he needs to wear a compression glove to keep the symptoms in check. Back in 2022, the actor was also spotted wearing a similar compression glove during the opening ceremony FIFA Qatar World Cup.
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Besides being known as the daughter of former President Josh Bush, Jenna Welch Bush Hager is also an American news personality, author, and journalist. She is the co-host of Today with Hoda & Jenna, the fourth hour of NBC’s morning news program Today.
During an episode of the show, Jenna revealed that she, her husband Henry Chase Hager, and her mother-in-law were out in a restaurant when they noticed that a woman started chocking. Thankfully, quick-thinking Henry jumped into action, Jenna told co-host Hoda Kotb.
“He gets up, he runs over, and he gives a woman the Heimlich maneuver,” she explained. “It felt like it was ten minutes,” Jenna elaborated. “Being on this show, I knew what to do. ‘Someone call 911!’”
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As he was performing the Heimlich maneuver, Henry was devastated that the woman in question couldn’t take breath, but then paramedics arrived and saved her.
“The Heimlich, how did he know how to do that or what to do?” Hoda asked about Jenna’s husband.
“Well, he was a Boy Scout,” Jenna said laughing and explained how her husband wasn’t just a Boy Scout but an Eagle Scout as well. When people approached Henry after the incident was over, and asked him whether he was a doctor, he answered, “No, I’m an Eagle Scout.”
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Jenna then shared that her father, Josh Bush, once saved a choking woman during a speech at an event where meals were served. She revealed that once he noticed the woman in trouble, Bush “jumped off the podium. Because he’s the only one who has the view of her.” Jenna claimed her father saved that woman’s life.
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Hoda said that it was amazing that the two most important men in Jenna’s life saved two different women from chocking.
Sadly, chocking deaths are fairly common so we always need to be careful.
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It goes without saying that Sir Elton John is one of the greatest and most influential musicians in the world of music.
His career spans many decades. Throughout the years, he has treated the world with music pieces which seem to become more and more popular as time passes by.
He is one of those superstars who took the world by storm and has remained on the pedestal for a very long time.
Elton’s love for music started when he was very young. At the age of just 4, he learned how to play the piano and knew that music was his calling.
“As a child, I got approval and love when I sang at family gatherings or weddings, and I felt safe and happy. Then I came off stage and, again, I had to deal with what was going on in my life,” the singer told CBC.
At the age of 17, Elton started performing with a group named Bluesology, and in 1967, he met the man who became his best friend for life and with whom he achieved great things and reached for the stars. The first ever encounter between Elton and the person behind almost all of his songs, Bernie Taupin, happened when they both saw an ad in a local newspaper for Liberty Records.
Bernie was the perfect lyrics writer, and Elton was the best at making music, so they made the perfect match.
Iconic Crocodile Rock, Island Girl, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Nikita, I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues and Candle In The Wind, among the rest, are just some of the songs the two worked on together. Pure magic, one would say!
Just a single look at Sir Elton John and husband David Furnish will convince you that you are witnessing one of the best love stories in the world of celebrities. The two met some 27 years ago and are going strong as day one.
The two share two sons together, Zachary and Elijah.
His family is the reason why he decided to slow things down after the devastating prostate cancer diagnosis he received in 2017. In order to prevent his cancer from spreading any further, the famous singer and performer oped surgery over chemo treatments. Once known for working at a 120-show-per-year pace, John said he found himself “24 hours from death,” and that forced him to reconsider his priorities in life.
“Effectively my kids made the decision for me. I didn’t like the idea of cancer hanging over me—us—for years to come: I just wanted rid of it,” he wrote in his 2019 memoir, simply titled Me.
Sadly, some ten days after the surgery, he began to develop agonizing pain resulting from a complication with his lymph nodes which caused them to leak fluids, as reported by Yahoo. He was on and off hospital for around two and a half months before doctors accidentally cured him. “A routine colonoscopy shifted the fluid permanently, days before my 70th birthday,” John wrote in his book, which was serialized in The Daily Mail.
Sadly, as he thought his troubles were over, he contracted a major infection in South America and was close to death.
“In a strange way, it felt like the time I spent recuperating was the answer to my prayers: if you want more time, you need to learn to live like this, you have to slow down,” the singer said. “It was like being shown a different life, a life I realized I loved more than being on the road,” John added. This made him make a decision to stop touring. “I want to be there for all of it,” he said of spending time with his sons.
We wish Elton John and his family only the best life brings.
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In less than two months time, a very special event will take place on the grounds of Britain. After more than 70 years, the nation would witness a coronation when Charles would officially be crowned a King.
However, besides Charles, his wife Camilla will also be given a new, more significant role, that of Queen Consort.
The much-awaited coronation is set to take place on May 6, which happens to be the birth date of Archie, Harry and Meghan’s son.
When late Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1954, over 8,000 guests were in attendance at the coronation, and 129 nations were officially represented. King Charles is now allegedly planning to significantly reduce that number on his coronation, according to reports.
The coronation, which is given the code-name “Operation Golden Orb,” will take place at Westminster Abbey, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
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The statement regarding this special event Britain hasn’t seen since June 2, 1953, when Queen Elizabeth became the head of monarchy, states that King Charles’ coronation “will reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry.”
Further, the statement reads that “The Coronation is a solemn religious service, together with an occasion for celebration and pageantry.
“Across the Coronation Weekend, there will be further opportunities for people to come together in celebration of the historic occasion. On Sunday, May 7 2023, a special Coronation Concert will be staged and broadcast live at Windsor Castle by the BBC and BBC Studios, with several thousand pairs of tickets to be made available via public ballot,” Buckingham Palace added.
“The Coronation Big Lunch, at which neighbors and communities are invited to share food and fun together, will take place across the country on the same date.”
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Camilla would be crowned with Queen Mary’s Crown, which is set with 2,200 diamonds and was worn by Queen Mary for the coronation alongside her husband, King George V, in 1911. The crown would be altered so that is honors late Queen Elizabeth. According to some, the headpiece will be replaced with diamonds Cullinan III, IV, and V, which belonged to the late Queen’s personal jewelry collection.
And as it is obvious that William’s oldest child, Prince George, will play a significant role during the coronation, it looks like Camilla is planning to hand roles to her own grandchildren too, and according to royal experts, this decision may anger many.
Camilla has two children, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes and five grandchildren; Tom’s two children, Lola and Freddy; Laura’s daughter Eliza, and twins Louis and Gus. They all call her ‘GaGa.’
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Daily Star reported that the Queen Consort asked her grandchildren to hold the canopy above her head as she is anointed with holy oil. And as this might sound cute, royal experts claim that this decision would mean Camilla would be taking a step too far away from royal tradition.
“I can’t help but ask myself after reading Spare, if much of the hype surrounding Harry and Meghan’s ‘will they/won’t they’ coronation plans is a buffer to distract from stories like dropping the word consort or including Camilla’s grandchildren… but not all of the King’s,” Schofield told the Daily Star.
She added: “The Royal Family’s value is in their traditions. Traditions and ceremonies that the world envies. When they sway too far from those customs, you will anger and disappoint a significant amount of people that feel like those actions strip away at the mystique.”
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Further, this expert claims that although Camilla’s popularity grew significantly over the years, royals fans won’t be happy to see her grandchildren being given roles during the coronation. “Camilla’s popularity may have increased, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there will be any interest in her grandchildren,” Schofield added.
“I think people have come to accept Camilla but likely don’t love and respect her the way they did Queen Elizabeth or Princess Diana. I also don’t think Camilla cares. She is perfectly content at where she is at in her life. She is happy with her heart.”
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So far, Camilla’s children stood out of the spotlight and it looks like they are happy that they are not a part of the inner royal sphere. Of course, with their mother becoming Queen Consort, this can easily change.
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One of the things that forced Harry and Meghan to step down from their royal duties and leave Britain, probably for good, was their desire to raise their children away from the public eye. As they constantly spoke of the need to lead a quiet life and be left alone by the press, many found it strange that the couple never really stopped exposing details of their privacy with the world. It all started with the now-infamous Oprah interview during which the Sussexes accused the members of the Firm of racism and mistreatment among the rest.
From that moment on, the couple, who now reside in sunny California, never stopped giving interviews. They secured a five-year $100 million production deal with Netflix, which released their documentary recently, and made deals with Spotify.
However, as much as they want to share details of their lives and speak of the members of the Firm, Harry and Meghan definitely don’t want to be talked about.
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In one of the latest episodes of the adult television series South Park, the Sussexes found themselves the subject of a number of jokes, and apparently, they were far from happy because of it.
This isn’t the first time the series to mock celebrities such as Rod Stewart, Tom Cruise, and Donald Trump.
The episode in question starts with a scene from the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and shows two characters, based on Harry and Meghan, walk past a candle that looks identical to the one talked about last fall, supposedly blocking Meghan from the cameras. Claims were that the royals had done it intentionally, and the scene in the series was clearly a nod to the Duchess.
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South Park is without a doubt one of the most successful series there are. It first aired back in 1997 and it’s still on.
In the episode, the writers also included the Sussexes all-tell interview with Oprah, but this time, their animated characters were shown visiting Good Morning Canada. Further, they mocked the royals for wanting privacy, but yet, they tend to be under the spotlight. Meghan’s animated character is seen holding a sign which reads, “Do not look at us,” while Harry says, “We do not want privacy.” When the host asks Harry’s character if he hates journalists, the Prince answers, “That’s right, we just want to be normal people – all this attention is so hard.” The two then storm off the stage.
When meeting a “brand manager” in the episode, he labels Meghan as a “sorority girl, actress, influencer and victim,” while Harry is branded a “royal prince, millionaire, world traveller victim.”
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The show then mocked the royals decision to leave Britain, and in the episode, instead of California, the couple moves to South Park, but the residents aren’t delighted because of that. “If we moved here, people would think we’re really serious about wanting to be normal,” Meghan’s character said.
One of the show’s characters, Kyle, then complains that the Duchess “bosses him around” and could be heard saying, “I’m sick of hearing about them! I can’t get away from them!”
Kyle also states: “They have this huge jet parked in front of my house and they keep on wanting me to buy their book,” referring to Harry’s all-tell memoir Spare.
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However, as much as this episode brought laughter at the viewers, Harry and Meghan seemed to be left utterly upset.
A person close to the couple revealed that Meghan has been “annoyed by South Park but refuses to watch it,” and added that she was “upset for days” and “underwhelmed.”
According to royal expert Neil Sean, the couple has been so unhappy with the episode that they are even considering suing the writers of the show.
“Their legal team are casting an eye over the episode to see what is wrong, and what could be turned into something more sinister. This appears to be their course of action rather than laughing it off, enjoying the moment and showing the world that they get the joke,” Sean told Fox.
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The couple’s spokesperson said that the reports of Harry and Meghan being angry of how they were portrayed in South Park are untrue. “It’s all frankly nonsense. Totally baseless, boring reports,” the spokesperson told The Guardian.
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The British people, as well as many others from every corner of the Earth, are eagerly waiting the coronation of King Charles which is supposed to take place on May 6, the same day Meghan and Harry’s son Archie was born.
The King and the Queen Consort have their hands full doing their royal duties ahead of the big day.
Britain hasn’t seen a coronation taking place for over 70 years, or since the time late Queen Elizabeth took the throne, so it doesn’t come as a surprise that the event would be a significant one.
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According to the media, the day after, on May 7, a special Coronation Concert will be held at Windsor Castle, which the BBC will broadcast. As reported by the Palace, the concert “will bring global music icons and contemporary stars together in celebration of the historic occasion.”
“Attended by a public audience including volunteers from The King and The Queen Consort’s many charity affiliations, the concert will see a world-class orchestra play interpretations of musical favorites fronted by some of the world’s biggest entertainers alongside performers from the world of dance. The performances will be supported by staging and effects located on the Castle’s East Lawn and will also feature a selection of spoken word sequences delivered by stars of stage and screen, it says.”
It is still unclear which singers and groups will perform for the gathered crowd, but rumors are that certain singers, among which Elton John, Robbie Williams, Harry Styles, and the Spice Girls had declined a spot on the bill at the historic show. Previously, it was reported that both Adele and Ed Sheeran said no to performing on the concert.
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“As far as lining up performers for the coronation concert, I wouldn’t panic quite yet,” royal expert Christopher Andersen, author of The King, told Fox. “Joss Stone is a friend of the younger royals and can usually be counted on. There is also a long list of American pop stars chomping at the bit to perform.”
According to him, some of the artists who were in charge of entertaining the public during the celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee will likely agree to be part of the coronation concert.
“They’d be crazy not to ask Madonna, who has a massive 40th-anniversary tour this summer, and I’m sure wouldn’t mind the opportunity to perform for the king,” Andersen explained.
“So, plenty of options. People are reading way too much into what really amounts to scheduling conflicts. It’s highly doubtful that anyone would turn down the invitation to perform at the coronation… It’s a singular moment in history, and, frankly, just too massive a gig!”
Among those who declined the invitation to perform is Australian music icon Kylie Minogue. “Kylie has been an honorary Brit for many, many years and admires the Royal Family and everything that they do. But she is also a passionate Australian and has read the room in a country that could very soon become a republic,” a source told the Daily Mail.
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Charles and Camilla, visited Colchester last week to mark its newly approved city status and something caught the attention of the public.
As the two were walking along the street, a number of people, who were apparently not fans of the monarchy and were there to protest, said things like, “Why are you wasting our money?” “Don’t you believe in democracy, Charles?” and “Answer your critics, Charles.” The King, however, ignored them and turned to the cheering crowd instead. He greeted them and shook their hands, but he was also seen giving a fist bump to a fan. Many found this amusing.
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Under the video shared on the official Instagram account of the Royal Family captioned “So wonderful to celebrate with Colchester today as they mark their new City status!” there were plenty of comments regarding Charles’ fist bump greeting.
“Loved how the King fist bumped someone in the crowd,” one person commented.
“Fist bump by The King! How wonderful!!” a second wrote.
“He’s such a cool cat,” a third added, while a fourth commented, “What a beautiful visit and celebration! Very much looking forward to the coronation.”
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When thinking of Hollywood, the first thing that comes to mind is the glam and the perfect bodies and faces of the celebrities whose lives seem to be picture-perfect. But as with every living person out there, these people deal with issues and face different struggles, most times, away from the public eye.
One thing is, however, certain, and that is that being different doesn’t always fit the standards imposed by societies so these people sometimes find it hard to fit in, especially in Hollywood. Luckily, that is not always the case, and the story of comedian Marty Feldman is the perfect proof of that.
This incredibly talented man was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease, also known as Graves’ disease, which made his eyes both misaligned and sticking out.
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At one point of his life, this condition seemed to be an obstacle towards the fulfillment of his dream of reaching for the stars and becoming a comedian, but luckily, despite his condition, Marty knew how to love and accept himself the way he was, and his self-confidence was crucial in pursuing a career in the world of film.
Being a Jew made things difficult for him while he was a student, and he even got expelled from several schools. Recalling that period of his life, Marty wrote in his autobiography, eYE Marty, “I didn’t do Bible class because I was a Jew. They didn’t know what to do with me, so they would just give me extra Maths. The Bible must have been hard work because God knows Maths was.”
Marty fell in love with comedy from early age and was determined to make it big. Eventually, his dream did come true, but the road to fame wasn’t an easy one.
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At one point in his life, while he was still very young, a comedy writer named John Law took an interest in Marty’s sketches and that led him to his first writing gig at the BBC called Educating Archie, and in 1966 he became the chief writer and script editor on the BBC satirical show The Frost Report.
“At the end of the show series, David [Frost] asked the writers to prepare a comedy special and write themselves into it,” Marty explained.
“The other three all had the experience, but somehow, they included me. I participated in the pilot film as a performer, and the show sold.”
He and Berry Took wrote scripts for the sitcoms The Army Game and Bootsie and Snudge. In addition to that, the two also wrote three episodes for the BBC comedy series Round the Horne, which at the time, the mid-1960s, had more than 15 million listeners per episode.
Up until he started working at The Frost Report, Marty’s appearance didn’t seem to be an issue, at least Marty himself didn’t mind the way he looked, but others didn’t think so.
Namely, comedian and talk show host David Frost threatened to leave the show in case Marty was given more airtime as he believed “the eyes will frighten people.”
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In 1967, Marty, together with Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and John Cleese, started the show At Last the 1948 Show. It was a huge success and it was from that show that Monty Python was formed.
In 1970, Marty got a lead role in Every Home Should Have One, and two years later, he landed a role in Young Frankenstein. His character’s name was Igor, but was ironically pronounced as Eye-Gor.
“First, I tried to find out where he was looking,” Mel Brooks, who cast Marty in the film, recalled about working with him on Young Frankenstein.
“His eyes stare in about 19 different directions. They look like hard-boiled eggs that somebody painted eyeballs on and didn’t paint them on right. So first, I’d get in the path of his vision and try to signal him down. Then I’d say, ‘Marty, be very good.’ He’d say, ‘All right.’ And he was. After Marty, there will never be another Igor. They’ll have to retire the part. He’s it.”
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Marty was aware that his looks were the reason he couldn’t be a leading star.
“If I aspired to be Robert Redford, I’d have my eyes straightened out, and my nose fixed and end up like every other lousy actor, with two lines on [the 1970 cop show] Kojak. This way, I’m a novelty,” he once said.
Marty even tried himself as a director, but both his films, The Last Remake of Beau Geste and the 1980 film In God We Tru$t, had bad box-office returns so Universal canceled his contract.
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When it came to his private life, he was married to Lauretta Sullivan and they had two children together. The two stayed together until his tragic passing in December of 1982. As the filming of Yellowbeard was wrapping up in Mexico, Marty suffered a massive heart attack due to shellfish poisoning. He was 48.
The great comedian was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, close to his comedy idol Buster Keaton.
“People recognized the love and humanity in him. He approached everyone as an equal; that’s why children loved him,” friend and fellow actor Henry Pollack said.
“Marty Feldman never liked funerals, so I guess he wouldn’t have liked this one. But he showed up anyway, didn’t he?”
“Marty Feldman was uniquely gifted,” Mel Brooks said. “There are too many complicated feelings that make it difficult, if not impossible, to express this kind of loss in words. I’ll miss him.”
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Tom Sizemore, best known for his role in Saving Private Ryan, has died at the age of 61.
Tom, who rose to fame in the 1990s, often playing supporting roles as tough guy, suffered a brain aneurysm on Saturday, February 18, a representative for the actor confirmed the news.
“He is in the hospital,” Charles Lago told the media shortly after the incident. “His family is aware of the situation and are hoping for the best. It is too early to know about [a] recovery situation as he is in critical condition and under observation.”
Tom collapsed at his home in Los Angeles and was transported to hospital soon after. At the time, his manager said the family were “deciding on end of life matters” after being told by doctors that “there is no further hope.”
Lago stated in a statement to Variety that the family ultimately decided to remove him from life support on March 3.
“It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore (‘Tom Sizemore’) aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank,” Lago’s statement reads. “His brother Paul and twin boys Jayden and Jagger (17) were at his side.”
“I am deeply saddened by the loss of my big brother Tom,” his brother Paul Sizemore said in a statement, as reported by Variety. “He was larger than life. He has influenced my life more than anyone I know. He was talented, loving, giving and could keep you entertained endlessly with his wit and storytelling ability. I am devastated he is gone and will miss him always.”
Tom had quite a career. Besides what is believed to be one of his biggest roles, that of Mike Horvath in Saving Private Ryan, he also played in “Born on the Fourth of July” alongside Tom Cruise, “Pearl Harbor” with Ben Affleck, and in the television show “Twin Peaks.” He worked as a writer and producer for various projects.
The 61-year-old actor had troubles with the law in the past. In 2003 he was convicted of domestic violence against then-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss, while in 2005, he was sentenced to several months in jail after being caught trying to fake a urine test. But he always spoke openly about his troubles, including his attempts to stay sober.
“I’ve been trying to get sober since 1991 … It became really big news much later than that, but I was trying to stop. I’ve had a problem for a long time. I had periods, long periods, of sobriety and I would end up relapsing,” Tom said in the past.
“I still go to meetings and work my steps, but I had reached a place in my life where I knew I had to stop,” he explained. “I couldn’t be arrogant anymore. If I wanted to reach a nice and pleasant old age, I had to stop. And if I wanted to watch my kids grow up, I needed to reach a place where I knew it was over.
“So far, it has remained over,” he once said. “I still have to do my daily inventory and show up.”
In 2010, Tom participated in the third season of the reality television program Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
Rest in Peace, Tom Sizemore, you will be dearly missed.
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