Steve Coogan blamed, by Courtney Love, for Owen Wilson's drug spiral

[Honey]

British comedien Steve Coogan has been blamed for the apparent suicide attempt of Hollywood heartthrob Owen Wilson.


Coogan's former lover Courtney Love yesterday said his hard-living party lifestyle had drawn in the actor and helped accelerate his downward spiral into drugs and depression.
Wilson, 38, has been recovering in hospital after reportedly slashing his wrists and taking a cocktail of pills on Sunday, apparently devastated over his break-up with actress Kate Hudson.
Miss Love, 43, who had an affair with Coogan after he moved to the US three years ago, said: "Under normal circumstances I would not comment but I care too much about Owen.
"I went through it with Steve. I was just out of rehab and he was right there with the drugs.
"I tried to warn Owen. I tried to warn his friends. I hope from the bottom of my heart that Owen stays the hell away from that guy."
Wilson has allegedly been battling an addiction to cocaine and heroin as well as struggling with depression. Rows about his wild ways were said to have contributed to the break-up with Miss Hudson two months ago.
While they were dating Miss Hudson, 27, reportedly banned visits from Wilson's friend Coogan, whose real life persona is a world away from his frumpy TV character Alan Partridge.
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Wilson's friends have privately placed the blame for Owen's problems squarely on Coogan, who has battled his own demons.
The comedien, who starred alongside Wilson in several films, has admitted to drug-taking and being a serial womaniser - traits which his new friend has also been accused of.
Wilson's circle of friends became so concerned about him that some - including former Cheers star Woody Harrelson - tried to intervene. Scroll down for more
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Kate Hudson with her new boyfriend Dax Shepard and her son Ryder earlier this month


Harrelson encouraged him to take a break from his party lifestyle at his home in Maui, Hawaii. A source told US magazine: "He went to Maui to kick his habit and was like a baby on the couch."
Santa Monica police recorded his apparent breakdown on Sunday as an attempted suicide. The actor was yesterday being watched round the clock by doctors at Cedars Sinai hospital in LA.
Yesterday he pulled out of filming for the movie Tropic Thunder directed by his friend and Starsky and Hutch co-star Ben Stiller. Scroll down for more
Ex factor: Kate Hudson was seeing leaving the set of her new film in tears after hearing of Owen's suicide attempt


The film is already six weeks in production and is just one of a number of projects the actor had been due to work on over the coming months.
Coogan, 41, who was also due to work on tropic Thunder, said the allegations he was implicated in the suicide attempt were: "unfounded, unhelpful and hurtful to all concerned."
Wilson first met Miss Hudson while filming You, Me and Dupree.
Their six-month affair ended her marriage to Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson and led friends to hope he would give up his playboy ways - to little avail. But the actor was said to be devastated when she was pictured, shortly after their split, cuddling her new boyfriend, comic actor Dax Shephard.

Steve Coogan blamed for Owen Wilson's drug spiral | the Daily Mail

Steve Coogan has hit out at ex-flame Courtney Love’s “unfounded” allegations that his lifestyle could have been partly responsible for actor Owen Wilson’s suicide attempt.

The Alan Partridge star, 41, released a statement today calling the reports “unhelpful and hurtful”.

Hollywood actor Wilson is recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after reportedly slashing his wrists following the end of his relationship with Kate Hudson.

He is also reported to have taken a cocktail of illegal drugs.

Love, 43, was quoted as saying that Coogan’s friendship with Wilson might have fuelled the 'Wedding Crashers' star’s alleged drug problems.


The singer and actress was quoted as saying: “Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t comment but I care too much about Owen.

“I went through it with Steve. I tried to warn Owen. I tried to warn his friends.”

A spokeswoman for Coogan said: “These accusations are unfounded, unhelpful and hurtful to all concerned.”

She added: “We are taking legal advice.”

</SPAN>IOL: Coogan hits back at Love's 'hurtful' claim

[WitchHazelEyed]

Wow. Courtney looks really good and she sounds sane. What planet am I living on?

[carrie2008]

I feel just as weird, but I actually think Courtney sounds sane too..!!!

[CherryDarling]

That's the best pic of Courtney I have ever seen, but I don't think it's recent, is it? She does sound sane, strange...

[MissVenus]

I love how everyone's so keen to help him with all their worldly advice now - after the fact... can't help but wonder about the motives of people hopping on the band-wagon of 'we told him so' that seems to be abundent right now...?

[DitaPage*]

Um, nobody makes anybody take drugs. How weak are these people? Unless they shove the needle in your arm, as far as I'm concerned, its your body, your decision.

And everyone does drugs in Holyweird. Itsnever shocking to read that so and so abuses drugs because it seems to be normal behaviour for celebrities. Janice Dickinson said that at parties drugs are like an item on the menu. They get passed around like after-dinner mints.

[Sassiness]

Originally Posted by StayYoung

Um, nobody makes anybody take drugs. How weak are these people? Unless they shove the needle in your arm, as far as I'm concerned, its your body, your decision.

True. But having problems and having a "friend" there with drugs, suggesting that you should try some doesn't help. Enablers do need to take some responsibility - not all of it, but some.

[A*O]

This is so weird because when Steve Coogan was living and working in the UK he was a funny actor/comedian/writer with shows on the BBC!!! Shock! He was a bit subversive I guess but still very mainstream and 'respectable'. I was shocked when I found out he was dating the living trainwreck Courtney Love, let alone the stories of drugs and debauchery.

[Sassiness]

yeah... everytime I watch 24 Hour Party People it puts a whole new perspective on it!

[The Lidless Eye]

Courtney's just bitter, 'cause she let him piss on her, then found out he was doing it to a variety of paid women too (according to one of my favourite BIs!). Is she good friends with Owen? Why is she commenting on this, other to take a swipe at Coogan (who is an arse)? Hypocritical bitch....

[darksithbunny]

I am still shocked that Owen is a coke and heroin addict!

[yaruar]

Originally Posted by The Lidless Eye

Courtney's just bitter, 'cause she let him piss on her, then found out he was doing it to a variety of paid women too (according to one of my favourite BIs!). Is she good friends with Owen? Why is she commenting on this, other to take a swipe at Coogan (who is an arse)? Hypocritical bitch....

I'm sure there was a BI about coogan a while ago intermating that he liked to play the Dummy to various ladies Ventriloquist, including Love...

Stuffed Partridge for dinner anyone?

[VenusInFauxFurs]

I can barely get my head around Steve Coogan dating Courtney Love, let alone the rest of it. The Alan Patridge Show.. and Knowing me, Knowing You..with Alan Partridge ..just slay me, I find them so funny.

I thought that Owen Wilson had been "a serial womanizer"-- before Steve Coogan was on the scene, anyway?

[Sassiness]

Originally Posted by darksithbunny

I am still shocked that Owen is a coke and heroin addict!

Nah... I'm not. There's been a lot of blinds in the last 12 months about an actor with a serious heroin problem, which from other clues many people deduced to be one of the Wilson brothers. Mind you, we all thought it was Luke, not Owen!

[VenusInFauxFurs]

After the Hole singer claims Steve contributed to Owen Wilson’s suicide bid….

Courtney Love has amazingly announced that she blames comedian Steve Coogan for Owen Wilson’s attempted suicide.
After reports suggested that drugs were to blame for Wilson’s problems, Kurt Cobain’s widow said: “Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t comment but I care too much about Owen. I went through this with Steve. I was just out of rehab and he was right there with the drugs.”
Love had a brief relationship with the hard-partying Alan Partridge star but does not have the best record with substance problems herself!
Coogan’s strongly refuted the claims saying in a statement: “My thoughts are with my friend Owen at this difficult time, but I do want to set the record straight and say that the allegations published today are completely and utterly false.”
His spokesman added: “These accusations are unfounded, unhelpful and hurtful to all concerned. We are taking legal advice.”
Tom Thorogood


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