New book coming out “The Last Days of Chris Farley”
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Hot Momma
The late Chris Farley, comedian and SNL star tragically overdosed in Chicago on Dec. 18, 1997 at the age of 33. Chris’ brother Tom Farley and Tanner Colby are coming out with the book “The Last Days of Chris Farley.” The book quotes several of the actor’s friends, who saw the tragedy coming way before it happened.
Excerpts from “Last Days” will run in May’s Playboy, which hits newsstands Friday. One thing the book makes clear is that Farley’s friends tried to give him tough love but still couldn’t save the comic actor from himself. Former “Saturday Night Live” star Chevy Chase recalled how he tried to get to Farley while preparing for a reunion show:
“Look, you’re not John Belushi. And when you overdose or kill yourself, you will not have the same acclaim that John did . . . You’ll be a blip in the New York Times obituaries page, and that’ll be it. Is that what you want?”
Ouch!
Farley’s sidekick David Spade said he’s still taking heat for failing to save his Tommy Boy partner: “I got a lot of s - - - at the end about ‘Why weren’t you there for him?’ But being that close, I dealt with it all the time. And in that situation, before the guy’s dead, he’s just kind of an a - -hole. Truth is, you get a junkie who’s wasted all the time and moody and angry and trying to knock you around, you say, ‘OK, you go do that, and I’ll be over here.’”
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