Pink Reveals She Had an Overdose in 1995: ‘I Was Out’
The ‘Just Give Me A Reason’ singer opened up about her experience with a deadly mix of drugs very early in her career, during her ’60 Minutes’ interview.
Pink shared her harrowing experience with a drug overdose in a new interview with Cecilia Vega for 60 Minutes on Sunday, October 22. The “Raise Your Glass” singer, 44, opened up about her last experience using drugs at the beginning of her career. Pink, whose real name is Alecia Beth Moore, shared the experience after speaking about having a tumultuous home life in her teen years.
Pink detailed that her parents regularly fought at home, and she said that at that time, she also began using, before overdosing in November 1995. “I got into drugs. I was selling drugs, and then I was kicked out of the house. I dropped out of high school. I was off the rails,” she said. “Thanksgiving of 1995, I was at a rave, and I overdosed. I was on—oh boy—ecstasy, angel dust, crystal, all kinds of things, and then, I was out. Done. Too much.”
After she shared the story, Cecilia pointed out that Pink “almost died,” and the singer said, “Yeah.”
This isn’t the first time that Pink has spoken about that night. She shared the story about quitting after Thanksgiving in 1995 while introducing her track “Sober” on VH1 Storytellers, but she didn’t reveal that she had overdosed. “The DJ woke up and said, ‘I’ll give you a guest spotlight on Friday nights if you never touch drugs again.’ It was Thanksgiving of ’95 and I woke up the next morning and never did another drug ever,” she said.
Shortly after getting clean, Pink was signed to a record deal with a group, but eventually went solo and skyrocketed to fame on her own. Since then, the mother of two has become one of the biggest popstars in the world, with countless hits to her name.
Pink is currently in the midst of her Trustfall tour, but she, unfortunately, had to postpone a handful of her tour dates after she was diagnosed with a respiratory infection. She announced that she’d need to push back shows in Tacoma, Washington and Vancouver, Canada earlier in October.