Owen Wilson Update: The Sad Clown

Watercooler

By Nads | Thursday, August 30, 2007 | 12:03 pm | 5 Comments
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I’ve been getting a few emails requesting an Owen Wilson update…and for those of you who don’t know what happened…Owen Wilson tried to take his own life by slitting his wrists this past Sunday when he was found by his brother in his Santa Monica home. There have been so many allegations regarding his depression, such as: his heroin and coke addiction, hanging with the wrong crowd, his break-up with Kate Hudson and seeing her with a new guy…everyone has a theory, and everyone has been sharing it in the tabloids. Ah, friends. They can really make life worth taking living sometimes, eh?

Who really knows what the cause of his depression is? He obviously had hit rock bottom. The good news is that he is in stable condition at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles and has just dropped out of his next movie, Tropic Thunder, directed by Ben Stiller starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black . He didn’t have a big part in the film, but he was scheduled to shoot next week…and unless his sutures heal in his head and wrists…personally I’m glad that he’s not doing the movie. We’ve already sat through Dodgeball and every other paint by numbers comedy Ben Stiller’s put together. One more and I might be sitting in a hospital soon.

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But, let’s look back on some irony:

-In 2001, Owen co-wrote a scene in film “The Royal Tenenbaums” where his brother Luke Wilson attempts suicide.

-In his current film, “The Darjeeling Limited” that’s set to screen at the Venice Film Festival, before opening at the New York Film Festival Sept. 28th; he plays a character that attempts suicide.

-In 2003, he teamed up with Jackie Chan for a really dumb movie called Shanghai Noon.

Wait.

That doesn’t fit here, but wouldn’t it be cute if he imitated that plot and started hanging around Jackie Chan? Who’d wanna kill themselves with that little bundle of positive energy at their side? Name a better Wii opponent and I’ll give you a dollar.

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Time to bring in the big guns.

Who knew that Owen Wilson had the sad clown syndrome? Sad. I know that we’re all waiting for his comeback and we wish him a speedy recovery. For God sakes Owen…PULL IT TOGETHER. I kind of think your crooked nose is cute, so stop snorting things up it and make me laugh!

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5 Comments

  1. 1
    Mrs LT
    Posted August 30, 2007 at 3:06 pm

    Was it confirmed that he slit his wrists? If that’s true, it would be mighty ironic, because the first thing everyone heard was that he “slit his wrists and took a bunch of pills”, just like his brother’s character in the Royal Tenenbaums, when he was depressed from seeing the woman he loves with another man. That’s kind of why I took a grain of salt with that rumor.

    I wish him all the best, he’s a funny guy.

  2. 2
    chooch850
    Posted August 30, 2007 at 4:01 pm

    I just watched “The Wedding Crashers” last night and there was a scene where he’s in his apaartment all depressed reading a book called “Why Not Jump” or some-such title.

    Just because your famous doesn’t solve your problems….. we see proof of that every day.

  3. 3
    georgiababe
    Posted August 30, 2007 at 9:11 pm

    Exactly. Everyone that I’ve talked to about this (water cooler gossip, you know) has been saying things like “What’s HE got to be depressed for? He’s rich, famous and he can have any girl he wants!”

    Money doesn’t buy happiness. Here’s hoping that Owen can seek therapy and heal.

  4. 4
    GIFFORDSAZ
    Posted August 31, 2007 at 8:22 am

    well georgiababe, not every girl.. kate hudson got away….

    And thanks for the information… this is just rather sad to me and I did like Owen, the early years, but you, me, and dupree was rather predictable…

    I will always remember him in Zoolander.. how he stepped in to help when is counterpoint needed him…. let’s hope someone steps in to help him now….. really did he want his legacy to be..

    Actor, kills himself in home…

  5. 5
    Nads
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 10:07 am

    Upadate: He’s at home now resting on 24 hour supervision…Hope he can pull through…so tragic.

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