Pink shares that she nearly died from an overdose as a teenager
The "So What" singer also said that the experience helped kick start her music career
Pink may be known for flipping through the air in high-flying concert stunts these days, but she recently opened up about surviving something much scarier as a teen.
In a vulnerable interview with 60 Minutes, the “TRUSTFALL” singer spoke about getting into drugs as a reaction to living in a volatile home as a child. “I was kicked out of the house. I dropped out of high school. I was off the rails,” she shared.
This all came to a head on Thanksgiving day in 1995, when the singer says she overdosed on a combination of “ecstasy, angel dust, crystal, all kinds of things” at a rave. “I was out, done, too much,” she said, and responded “yeah” when the interviewer asked if she almost died.
Pink has spoken about this incident in the past, including during a 2012 interview with Shape Magazine (via People) in which she said she “remember[s] getting up off the floor in the morning—and that was the last time I ever touched a drug again.”