# Owen Wilson attemps suicide! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055 "2007-08-27T04:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/61 "2007-08-29T23:19:44Z")
> [@Owen Wilson](#): > > I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time. Cue the removal of Owen Wilson-related articles from Wikipedia by random nutcases who think Wiki is “the media”. [Really.](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cars_%28film%29&action=history) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/62 "2007-08-30T04:06:14Z")
[Link to article](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=65581) that says Owen Wilson’s friends were worried about his drug problem leading up to this and had urged him to seek help. You know you’ve hit rock bottom when **COURTNEY LOVE** is concerned about your drug problem. ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/63 "2007-08-30T11:06:07Z")
Have they said what kind of drugs he was on? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/64 "2007-08-30T11:45:12Z")
The ironic thing is, for Hollywood, he’s probably not as effed up as all that; it’s just that Hollywood is so effed up, it effs up normal people, while effed up people think it’s normal or something. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/65 "2007-08-30T12:26:05Z")
[QUOTE=Cazzle] You know you’ve hit rock bottom when **COURTNEY LOVE** is concerned about your drug problem. [/QUOTE] To be fair, that utter trainwreck appears to just be using this story to have a go at Steve Coogan, by whom she also claims to be pregnant (amongst other, weirder potshots). So I think we can safely assume that no matter what else is going on, Courtney Love is just being a dick as usual and we should pay her no attention. Also, were she an actual friend of Wilson’s, would she not be respecting his privacy as requested? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/66 "2007-08-30T17:52:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Have they said what kind of drugs he was on? Heroin and cocaine is what I’ve heard. > [@](#): > > To be fair, that utter trainwreck appears to just be using this story to have a go at Steve Coogan I’ve heard other people mentioning Coogan as well. Apparently he has a reputation as an “enabler” - a drug user himself who encourages the people around him to use drugs. And he’s been hanging out with Wilson recently. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/67 "2007-08-30T20:12:26Z")
A side question- does anyone know how common it is for a male to attempt suicide via slit wrists? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/68 "2007-08-30T21:10:16Z")
Why would it be important for Owen’s lawyer to deny any drug overdose? Is it more for getting future jobs and the insurance? I suppose it is odd to see a rep denying any drug overdose, but not denying drugs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055.md?page=3)