And now this.....
Joe Howard
28 mins ·
Wow! It's pretty funny that I sat at a lunch last week with Scott and Tommy Black and Scott was very upset at the fact that his ex moved the kids out if state and shut him out from them. He was upset and frustrated about it. We got into a "I miss my kids" conversation and he was visually upset by this. So much that I had to change the topic. I felt reading this that there were a bunch of cheap shots written and some untruths. Scott loved his kids and was totally upset by the situation between his ex and kids. The last thing he said was I haven't seen my kids in over a year and I love and miss them very much. Glasses came off and his eyes were red. Remember, there are three sides to every story. Scott is not here to defend himself so I had to at least share this. My heart goes out to his children.
I feel this was nothing more than a final opportunity for Mary, who wrote a book (basically) bashing Scott Weiland and made a good chunk of change from the sales of said book, solely, because it included the name "Scott Weiland" in it. There are and will always be two sides to every story. Media will post whatever they can for the clicks and attention. It's no secret Mary was awarded more than HALF of Scott's money — along with alimony and child support — from the divorce, she adds Scott was often late (gee, he must've been the first person in the world to do such a thing) with his child support payments and that Scott rarely saw the children.
Well, we've heard Mary's side. Let's ask Scott for his side of the story (because the world loves drama, right?). Ohhhh yeah, we can't ask him. Why? Because he died roughly four days ago! Great job, Mary — and great job with this — incredible, or impeccable timing, to get that last jab in on the man, all while plugging your book and taking a stab at religion/whatever his beliefs were. Beliefs that of which, were (truth be told) none of our business.
This was a letter from an ex, who sounds panicked. Maybe even bitter, after all, she threw a jab at his current wife. Mary wrote this, mostly to gain the sympathy of people, like us, who don't and will NEVER know both sides of the story (and to gain sympathy of the hardcore Bible thumpers, who will side with her, mostly because of the "atheist" remark). Her cashflow of whatever she was receiving, is now gone, mostly. So this was that attempt to possibly try go for another book deal.
It's hard to sympathize when you throw jabs at ones beliefs, and another's wife, all for the sake of attention. The only ones I truly feel sorry for in all of this, are the kids. Why? Because they're young. They've got their whole lives ahead of them. They're getting older, they... They're finding their voice and as they continue to grow. They had the opportunity to try and rebuild the communication with their Dad. Again, there's two (in some cases three and four) sides, to every story. WE, the fans, have no dog in this fight. This was and is not... IS NOT our fight. This was a private matter that should've stayed that way.
All Mary did here was open pandora's box, just to plug a book and toss some shade at Jamie, and it was definitely tossed way... Way too soon.
I mean, Scott's not even in the ground, yet. Poor timing. All of it.