Anthony Kiedis narrowly escaped kidney failure last year
Posted on December 17th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Red Hot Chili Peppers front man Anthony Kiedis narrowly escaped kidney failure last year, according to several NY Post sources. Reportedly the former cocaine and heroin addict was a frequent patient at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai hospital last summer as he battled kidney disease. Kiedis’ drug battles saw him in and out of rehab for years, but the seven-time Grammy winner says he’s been clean since December 2000. He most notably spoke about his drug problem in a 2004 biography, “Scar Tissue,” where he pretty much said nothing got in the way of him getting a fix back in the day. The Chili Pepper’s last public appearance was in August, when he served as host of American Eagle’s NAMU music festival in Pittsburgh. During a press conference, Kiedis politely begged off questions as to why he wasn’t performing.
According to the sources Anthony’s health was pretty bleak and organ failure was a possibility. There was talk of how to get him on a transplant list, to cover all the bases, but that opened up a whole new can of worms because people with histories of drug and alcohol abuse are less likely to receive the organs they need. Up next for the back-on-track Kiedis: an HBO series based on his unconventional, rock ’n’ roll childhood.
Anthony has Hepatitis (can’t recall which at the moment) and has been very upfront about it. In “Scar Tissue” he talked about having an alternative therapy helping him. I’m sad to hear his health has declined