Chris Farley's Battle with Addiction & How it Took his Life

Patrick Bet-David Podcast Episode 141. In this short clip, Kevin Farley discusses Chris Farley and his problems with addiction.
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[@jflack6]

I believe Chris Farley was the naturally funniest person I have ever seen on TV.

[@bmoredrew4724]

all of Chris's friends make sure he lives on even after death that says something about him just a genuine guy

[@nicobluewheeler6991]

I’m a huge huge fan of Chris Farley. I think the whole Farley family is great as well. God bless the Farleys!!!!

[@jordanbarnett9339]

Man im only 24 and i truly love farley he was incredible big man with an even bugger heart always hurt me to hear about him isolating himself

[@jonathanvazquez2831]

Jesus is waiting for you with open arms🙏🏻

[@Mordechai420]

I like that he said turn to god. Imagine that. A celebrity giving God the glory.

[@michaelbettisworth8938]

As a person in Recovery I can say these guys are spot on with everything. Especially the part about the need for the addict to find a higher power of some form.

[@SwimDeeep]

It’s mainly just a bit of structure and discipline and a group with common beliefs. 12 step can be amazing meeting with ppl holding you accountable.

[@finerbiner]

It is the understanding that you are doing something very destructive that you can not control. Admitting you are not in control often involves surrender to a higher power but it is not a requirement. Keep up the good work and congratulations on being sober.

[@SalAcceturra]

There is only one!

[@pacopaco897]

My cousin died in his 30'sfrom alcohol If He needed help. My door was always open. But he chose not to. I guess he wanted to keep that part of his life away from me. I miss him to this day.

[@kevinmeeks5169]

Or you can just put the shit down. I got 5 years and no dummy business about a higher power lol. Just something else ppl have been tricked into believing 😂😂😂

[@ppg4667]

Chris Farley is on Will Ferrel, Adam Sandler status of funny and his generation was deep of talent/competition... Chris Tucker, Ron Schnider, David Spade, Chris Kattan, Mike Meyers, Martin Lawrence, Jim Carey.

[@BirdFromYakiVegas]

Yeah them '90s comics man were just a different breed 👍🏼

[@ShinobiDrip999]

Chris Farley is waaaaayyyy funnier than Will Ferrel and Adam Sandler lol. Will Ferrel I don't think is funny at all...

[@timidbeauty2355]

@@ShinobiDrip999 Yeah, me too.

[@DH-xh3pg]

I think Norm MacDonald was the funniest but Farley was a close second…

[@loydchristmas23]

Did you just put Chris Kattan in a list of funny people with Chris Farley?

[@lemaitrethemonk]

Please Forgive my language. Addiction AIN'T NO BITCH! It is not easy to deal with a mind that is lost or has become lost. Check on the people you care about and most important, CHECK THE PERSON IN THE MIRROR.

[@mr.christopher79]

you cant help anyone who is not willing and ready to help themselves

[@joeyboes3529]

addiction is so real, also PBD is such a great friend

[@brookswalker6859]

Heal your soul first. Belief in a higher power is the driving force in my life. Chris’ brother is right about god first. You have to let stuff go. Sacrifice and responsibility are very important in life.

[@fujidenzo_kid4147]

Man, 1997 is just a bad year for a lot of people. I lost my mom that year.

[@cedricmayfield7058]

97 was a very bittersweet year!

[@XxThePhantomFreezexX]

tha famous line "since March '97 we never liked those green suburbans" wuz a reference to tha vehicle Biggie wuz shot in

[@abstraction6212]

Well thats the year i was born. Does that make me evil in some way?...

[@Phoeberuthless]

@@abstraction6212 Same

[@Korey5050]

@@XxThePhantomFreezexXFact’s

[@scottmarwood7654]

Hollywood is a cesspit through and through. I loved movies when i was young. But was oblivious of all the nonsense that goes on. Now knowing what goes on there. I havent really supported it for years.

[@jameswheat4225]

This was really good.

[@miltoncat]

I always thought that if Chris had found a woman who loved him for himself- not for the money or fame- he probably would be here now. A relationship that he wouldn’t risk by doing drugs.

[@winstonwillhelm]

Or he could have just not done speedballs and focused on the liquor and whores.

[@stevengmovies3519]

No he didn't need a woman... He needed self love. In my opinion Chris Farley had insecurities that lead him to drugs. Chris was a genius at Comedy and he needed to see that for himself. Self love 💞 and self respect then come the woman ...that's just my opinion on what I believed that was going on

[@jfromstate8581]

@@stevengmovies3519yea it was bigger issues … he had no problem getting woman from stories I’ve seen online

[@livierussell9221]

I feel the same way about my brother.. my bubby wanted love.. no matter how much I loved him he wanted his own family… I know he needed to love himself but I still wonder if he would have had love it would have been different

[@devlinjackman3335]

Woman and kids gives a man a reason. From my experience at least.

[@ElJefe1986]

Pat showing some love to Nipsey Hussle 🙌🏾

[@eddie1975utube]

I did not expect this to turn into a church sermon… I hate religion but if it helps people get over something as terrible as drug addiction then go for it!

[@420Yako]

Every Death is not our home. I am a former straight edge Atheist who experienced the afterlife. Jesus is God Almighty amen ❤❤❤❤

[@eddie1975utube]

@@420Yako elaborate?

[@RIP-RichPiana]

Walk the line is all time 🔥🔥🔥

[@burbankfrank7536]

People need hope and faith and each person will find their own 🤜💯🤛💨💨💨💨

[@brooke9297]

Has Chris Rock never seen a broke addict? His brilliant idea of cutting off the work would never have worked for me and it never worked for my brother. Chris did better than ever for 3 years when Lorne Michaels really helped get him clean and got him going with his film career. He stayed clean for something like three years until another film flopped and people stopped hiring him…. did they not know about that or something?

[@DukesMusic84]

The best way to handle addiction is to learn from people who have been through it themselves. People of this generation, if you think you above having these conversations, addiction is gonna happen to YOU or someone close to you someday. In America now you can't avoid it.

[@aurtherbrunt241]

How sad is that.

[@High007]

Respect

[@NathalieLazo]

Hey YOU, incredible person reading this...The truth is you are confident and good enough already with who you are, where you are at and what you have right now to have the success you want in life. Don't let others define what “success” is for you. Get up, learn that skill and go after it! I believe in you so much! Have an awesome day! - Love, Nat ❤️

[@420Yako]

May Jesus Himself bless you your family friends and especially your enemies amen ❤❤❤

[@joe56984]

When I was a kid I loved Chris Farley, I really had no idea what issues he was dealing with. I’m now 38, it’s crazy to think he was only 34 when he died.

[@harryknutts8428]

some people get too much money at the wrong time

[@supernintendochalmers6628]

damn dude. you're a good podcaster. Very interesting to listen to. 👌

[@InvestBetter.]

The winning formula is to trade the really bad drug for something lighter, easier to kick, and keep weening them off. Most people can't quit drugs cold turkey. One of the best ways to kick drugs is to get locked up, if you can be sent to a prison where drugs aren't constantly moving in and out.

[@MsFreshadenu]

I still think about this guy in braces doing that boy band spoof. So good

[@AuntBunny8]

Kevin is right. Godless society is making it all worse.

[@bossman8824]

me and the boys sitting at a funeral real shit smh praise god

[@andy15881588]

I quit brutal alcoholism that was going to take my life at some point. I didn’t need “God”. To each their own, and I understand people are religious, but not everybody needs “God” to quit a substance.

[@p40tomahawk41]

Yeah that's really good support and help by taking his pills and sending him into instant withdrawal maybe if you knew what it was like and how dangerous it is to cool turkey painkillers you wouldn't have been more of a danger than helping

[@brooke9297]

Yesss! People think it’s helping and it’s a heroic tough love, but it causes needless and dangerous suffering. These guys are really buggin’ me. I don’t know any treatment pro’s who would recommend doing that or recommend forcibly taking away someone’s livelihood when it’s clear that this livelihood was what was actually keeping him clean for years and that the brokest of broke people will still find drugs (especially when they can’t get work and feel like their life is over). These dudes are spreading dangerous misinformation pretty carelessly.

[@thisisme7984]

🙏

[@anthonyturkey2064]

It does require some sort of spiritual healing I was a hardcore heroin addict for over a decade and I did the rehab and AA was huge but I didn't go to church or look for God I've been sober for 4 years now

[@lewhite99]

I don’t fully understand. You sound like a man of faith. You made great statements such as how we need God and the problem with our country today is people turning away from God. Totally agree. But you said you attend a Catholic Church and you don’t get it. I am a.Baptist and I fully understand every service every week. If you’re not growing spiritually then you need to change church. Not disrespecting you just trying to help. God Bless

[@frankespinoza9]

crazy his brother looks like him

[@jamesnapier955]

Chris could have played fatty Arbuckle life story ...miss you Chris

[@smokingzombiefilms]

Wanted to do the Belush. 33 year old exit speedballing…

[@tooruoikawa8985]

We saw how stopping someone from working doesn’t help. Bam MAEG era is still in a bad place if not worse and it tore apart his support system. Tough love works but you have To be around to give it.

[@brooke9297]

Exactly. And Chris did great in the first three years of his film career - and then when people stopped hiring him after a film flopped, he fell off the wagon. Have they never heard of broke addicts? Seems weird that so many people think that would’ve worked, considering it happened and it had the opposite effect.

[@Apolopium]

107,941 overdose deaths reported in the U.S. in 2022, ALONE. A vast majority of whom were a 'celebrity' to someone in their life. "Drugs are bad, mkay." -Mr. Mackey

[@rainmaker3274]

"da da da" THE!!

[@johnhenwood3469]

Totally disagree with locking him down for a year... Nothing helps except your own convictions...I'm an alcoholic , been in rehab a few times.... It's all about habit and hard to beat...Hard stuff...

[@johnhenwood3469]

True True educated support from loved ones is the only way , not gawd or Suppression can help , only the individual...

[@420Yako]

It is an I pray that God will handle all our struggles. ❤❤❤

[@jro3213]

The guy in the red shirt was NOT doing the friend a favor. He should have compromised and allowed him to have just one or two pills to take the edge off (allow him to stop crying), instead of 5 or 10 or whatever he would have taken. The withdrawal from opiates is the worst feeling of any drug, you can't just make someone go cold turkey like that

[@sleetywah7763]

Drugs are a problem because people have to hide to do them. If Chris didn't have to hide he might still be around and so would my brother.

[@aaronsaiz2498]

He didn't die at 27 he was in his 30s he totally got that wrong

[@tonygibson5171]

Ya I can’t believe you took his pills right when he was gonna get a fix. Addicts are much more a danger to themselves and other in those situations.

[@abstraction6212]

And wow the Curse of Death 33?...

[@tonygibson5171]

Yep the curse of 33 - Chris and Jesus Christ. Not to be confused with Jesus H Christ.

[@salmonboy-oh2dd]

So did Howard Stern take the advice. I mean poor Artie Lange

[@scottsimon769]

Last 🤬 💩 🤬

[@onkelmarvin8360]

As grotesque as it is, you can actually see Chris Farley lying dead in his bed.............right here on KZbin !!!!!!! That video should be deleted, and I really regret watching it, cause it brought me to tears......it`s an absolute disgrace........😭

[@JTShine]

Learn to let your guest speak - fuck man I hate when interviewers ask a question and then go on a huge spiel where they answer their own question by telling us a bunch of nonsense about their own life. It's like you just want to hear yourself talk.

[@JohnKilgore-dw6zq]

Farley didnt want help

[@Chingakyckaling]

Oh please, quit it with that bullshit. Maybe just maybe, the "help"people think they are offering isn't all that helpful. Their care is not caring, it's usually hurtfully enacted, tough love is bullshit too. Most people think that caring is wanting someone to get sober, but they usually don't give a shit how you treat them to actually get there.

[@chrissellers-ov7yo]

This guy is ballsonchin.

[@TheBlackHarrington]

Calling Artie amazingly talented is a stretch. Artie idolized and romanticized belushi and Farley, much of arties drug and alcohol use was him trying to be like them.

[@Eddiea2024]

"Bible study" "heal this guy" lmao.. yup, that worked.

[@anthonyturkey2064]

The gf advice is a terrible idea most likely they will send you back to addiction

[@richardmckrell4899]

Never knew Christ was really fat and on drugs too when he died. What are the odds?

[@tomathecatgato2813]

bible study haha, and hes telling others how to live...unreal the stupidity

[@Doyouevenart69]

Lol the part where they are talking about the age 33 and he goes Chris, Belushi…..and then Nipsey Hussle??? Like what the fuck?😂😂😂😂 that’s the most random person ever to include when comparing those two comedic LEGENDS