If you were to make a list of celebrities who'd try to kill themselves, chances are Owen Wilson wouldn't have figured too highly – at least until the weekend, when Owen Wilson reportedly overdosed on pills and slashed his wrists.
According to widespread reports, Owen Wilson was rushed to hospital on Sunday after he apparently attempted suicide and was found lying next to an empty bottle of pills with his wrist slashed. Although nothing has been disclosed or confirmed so far, Owen Wilson himself has released a statement that appears to concur with the reports, asking the media to let him "heal in private." Meanwhile, speculation continues over what caused Owen Wilson – a critically and commercially well-respected actor with no prior signs of inner torment – to attempt suicide in such a depressingly shocking way. Just last week Owen Wilson continued to behave normally, agreeing to star in a Jennifer Aniston film about a lovable doggy who teaches a couple the meaning of love… oh wait.
Think of Owen Wilson and you'll think of his easygoing nature, his laid-back charm and his playboy reputation – none of which especially sit well with the reports that Owen Wilson was found by his brother at home on Sunday with slashed wrists and a bottle of empty pills by his side.
Previously best known for starring in Wedding Crashers, his romantic encounter with Kate Hudson, his slightly unconventional views about the Dalai Lama and that time someone flashed a boob at him during a premiere, Owen Wilson didn't appear to be the kind of actor who would try to commit suicide but, as Reuters reports, that is what appears to have happened on Sunday:
A fire department official in Santa Monica, California, a beachside community adjacent to Los Angeles, told Reuters that late on Sunday firemen and police officers went to Wilson's home and transported a person to a local hospital where he was treated. The official declined to name Wilson. Various news reports said Wilson was transferred to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in the Beverly Hills area, but hospital officials declined to comment, citing confidentiality… U.S. tabloids Star magazine and National Enquirer cited unnamed sources as saying Wilson tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrist and taking drugs. Star said he was discovered by a family member, who called for help.
While details of Owen Wilson's reported suicide attempt – eerily similar to the suicide attempt that Owen Wilson wrote for his brother Luke in The Royal Tenembaums – are still trickling out, Owen Wilson has released a brief statement asking for privacy while he is cured of whatever problems he appears to be having:
"I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time."
While pleas for privacy are generally met with a mass jamming of fingers into ears and lots of shouting "lalalalala," it's hoped that Owen Wilson will receive the treatment he needs in peace without overshadowing the release of The Darjeeling Limited, for us at least one of the most highly anticipated films of the year. And, aside from the total lack of any warning whatsoever that he was even the slightest bit suicidal, at least the pills/slit wrist combo of Owen Wilson's alleged suicide attempt is meat and potatoes enough not to warrant too much further reporting. So let's all be equally thankful that Owen Wilson is getting help and that he write '666' on his newly shaved head, call himself the Antichrist and try to hang himself with a bed or anything.
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Eben Foster says
Owen Wilson is one of the few cool celebrities out there. Besides co-writing the greatest movie of all time (Rushmore), his comments on the Dalai Lama were both hilarious and true.
FCS says
We should respect his request and ‘not’ speculate.
Hopefully he will heal with time.
FCS
Razor says
He was probably on his period. Or maybe he had a yeast infection. I only pray that the good doctors can reattach his balls.
Derek says
I sure hope he’s okay. I’d like him to help me produce a piliot for a television program about a boy genius who graduates from Harvard Law at 12 and is appointed to the Supreme Court by 16 years old! Owen and I could milk the funny outta that idea for YEARS! Then we’d move on to create the funniest, most influential television program of our generation, McLightning & Slishwhistle: Private Investigators. Man, I sure hope he’s okay. We have to get to work on this stuff.
Guy says
Ah, yes. Inevitably the comment about whining for attention. That’s hanging yourself in a rehab center when you know they’ll check on you. Overdosing after trying to cut your wrists in your private home with nobody there is not; that’s a deathwish. Clue number two? Nobody saw it coming. A person who is depressed and will commit often doesn’t transmit much at all, they don’t run screaming about, tell people they are going to, threaten it multiple times, and so on.
Real clues are giving away items, talks that border on closure, and frequently seeking time alone. It’s a pity true suicide attempts don’t garner the press that tantrum-induced paranoid drug addled ravings do.
Derek says
I’m serious. Helping a total unknown realize their vision is exactly what he needs to feel better right now. He needs to use his good fortune and talent and use it to enable others. Like the late, great Merv Griffen did. Merv was a very talented man. A very talented, happy man. Merv was happy because he made others happy. Merv was successful because he helped others to succeed. What a simple formula. I wish Merv had written it down on a napkin or something before he died.
Missy says
Derek, why would you post a great idea like that on the internet?
Someone’s going to steal it and all you’ll have to say is “I came up with that!!!”
jesse says
we really love you man……don’t forget it…..don’t hurt us please
you bring joy to our hearts in a really screwed up world,
you bring smiles to our faces when we escape reality,
you bring light into our darkest rooms.
Without you we would lose.
No one can take your place, ever.
Adam Gade says
Because it isn’t a great idea. Ever heard of Baby Geniuses? I and all Earth’s critics agree that was one of the worst movies ever. Well his idea sounds like a “Where are they now” special on T.V. and we all know they’re awful as well. Awful + Awful= Apocalypse.