There is no way to wake up to bad news, especially when it's about someone you know and admire. I woke this morning to read that someone I had spent some time with and admired tremendously has committed suicide. I spent 4 days in Newfoundland last October with Tony and Asia while filming the episode of Parts Unknown with my friends David and Fred from Joe Beef in Montreal. He was such a smart man and very funny and unpretentious about his mistakes in life. He was humble and had no problem saying that he was never a good chef. Tony was always very kind to me and not once did he treat me as someone that had done porn or that was beneath him at any level. He asked a lot of questions about my previous career and we laughed a lot. His girlfriend Asia Argento was directing his show and appeared in a few episodes and they seemed so happy. She is an amazing woman and my heart breaks for her. She had found who she thought was her soulmate. He loved his daughter and had made his entire goal in life to raise her with an appreciation of people and respecting cultures not her own. He was big into jiu jitsu and his health so this was something out of nowhere.
The US is seeing a suicide epidemic. Why? I don't think anyone who knew Tony saw this coming. I met him the first time in 2014 and when I saw him last October he seemed so happy and much more settled in his life. His divorce from Ottavia was hard on him because of his daughter. But he seemed in a good place and that's what makes this so sad and confusing.
When I started doing youtube videos about food & cooking I was already a fan of Bourdain. He was a masterful story teller & made food important & tied it into friendships & family & life. His voice will be missed. Absolutely heartbreaking.
The US is seeing a suicide epidemic. Why? I don't think anyone who knew Tony saw this coming. I met him the first time in 2014 and when I saw him last October he seemed so happy and much more settled in his life. His divorce from Ottavia was hard on him because of his daughter. But he seemed in a good place and that's what makes this so sad and confusing.
When I started doing youtube videos about food & cooking I was already a fan of Bourdain. He was a masterful story teller & made food important & tied it into friendships & family & life. His voice will be missed. Absolutely heartbreaking.