Tragic Details About Anthony Bourdain

Nov 18 2020

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Anthony Bourdain was one of the most beloved foodies on the planet. But his projects were less about food and more about the human experience, with his unique brand of storytelling made possible from honestly living a life marred with darkness. These are the tragic details about Anthony Bourdain. Much like the never-ending Jersey-ite battle between Taylor ham and pork roll, food was a form of rebellion for Anthony Bourdain. The chef had a rather traditional upbringing in Leonia, one that involved spending summers at the Jersey Shore and hanging out in diner parking lots. He only developed his adventurous palate as a way to rebel against his parents. In a 2017 interview with The Guardian, the chef admitted that it all began on a family vacation to France, his first time ever in the country. On that trip, both he and his brother were allowed to drink watered-down wine and smoke cigarettes on Sundays. One day, his parents left both of them in the car while they ate at a restaurant, and he pushed back by ordering oysters and various other dishes his parents found repulsive. Bourdain later admitted, "It wasn't about the food but about getting a reaction." In his 2000 Kitchen Confidential memoir, Bourdain revealed that eating that raw oyster was the thing that scarred him for life. He wrote in the memoir, "The food, the long and often stupid and self-destructive search for the next thing, whether it was sex or drugs or some other new sensation, would all stem from this moment." Watch this video for more tragic details about Anthony Bourdain. #AnthonyBourdain #TragicDetails An oyster changed his life | 00:00 Dropped out of Vassar | 01:32 Quit heroin cold turkey | 02:35 Was mostly broke | 03:47 Crack made him "bottom out" | 05:06 Open about his depression | 05:46 A troubled first marriage | 06:42 His second marriage fell apart | 07:48 Helped expose Harvey Weinstein | 08:43 He reached out for help | 10:00 Anthony Bourdain's tragic death | 10:55