Kelsey Grammer Stressed Out

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By Nads | Thursday, July 24, 2008 | 12:28 pm | 4 Comments
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Kelsey Grammer says that the cancellation of Back To You contributed to his health problems and his heart attack. It was a very stressful time for me, and a surprise to me [that it was canceled]… “But you know, everything that doesn’t kill us – which it almost did – makes us stronger.” Very true Kelsey, we’re just glad you’re alive!

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4 Comments

  1. 1
    oywhatnext
    Posted July 24, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    “a surprise to me [that it was canceled…”

    Nah…this is just too easy. I’m not going to take the shot.

  2. 2
    Nads
    Posted July 24, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    oywhatnext…I never saw Back To You…was it horrible? It actually got good ratings, but it was during the strike time, so I’m sure that had something to do with it.

    I kind of want to say to Kelsey..what about all the other actors in this town that can’t even get a job, or are on a show that gets cancelled everyday?? I feel bad for him and glad he’s alive…but I’m sure the doctor didn’t say to Kelsey, “Kelsey, the cause of your heart attack was the cancellation of Back to You”

  3. 3
    oywhatnext
    Posted July 24, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    Nads – thats just the thing. I never saw it, you never saw it…I don’t know anyone who has ever seen it, talked about it, mentioned it…zip…nada.

    I think its hilarious that none of what you see below stressed him out enough to give him a heart attack but his lame show getting cancelled did!

    Born in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, Grammer moved to New Jersey with his mother after his parents’ divorce. In 1968, when Kelsey was 13, his father, whom he had only met twice, was murdered on the front lawn of his home in the Virgin Islands; in 1975, his sister was raped and murdered after leaving a Red Lobster restaurant in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Kelsey, who was 20 at the time and enrolled in the Juilliard acting program, stopped attending classes and was expelled. In 1980, his twin half-brothers were killed in a shark attack while SCUBA diving.

    In 1998, Grammer filed a lawsuit against Internet Entertainment Group, which Grammer claimed had stolen from his home a videotape of him having sex with a woman. IEG countersued Grammer, denying they were in possession of such a tape, and Grammer’s suit was eventually dropped.

    Grammer began drinking at age 9 and became a frequent abuser of alcohol. In 1988 he was sentenced to 30 days in jail for drunk driving and cocaine possession. He was again arrested for cocaine possession in August 1990 and sentenced to three years’ probation, fined $500 and given 300 hours’ community service. In January 1991 he was given an additional two years’ probation for violating his original probation through additional cocaine use. In September 1996 he flipped his car while under the influence of drugs or alcohol and subsequently checked in to the Betty Ford Clinic for 30 days.

    In the mid-’90s Grammer was accused of statutory rape by the parents of his child’s 15-year-old babysitter, but a New Jersey grand jury declined to indict due to lack of physical evidence.

    Sheesh!

  4. 4
    Donna Martin Graduates!
    Posted July 24, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    Back to You was a fairly decent show. Yes, it was an obvious re-tread of Murphy Brown, but still pretty entertaining and funny.

    The thing that really got me, tho, was that Back To You COMPLETELY ripped off the graphics and cool theme song of Hustle (a great British TV show about grifters and professional scam artists).

    I mean, it was such an obvious copy I’d have to guess that the Back To You producers *bought* the rights to duplicate (clone) the theme & visuals. Either that or perhaps litigation shut the show down…?

    In any case I quite liked watching Back To You and will miss it.

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