NEWSJohn Stamos Insists He 'Didn't Want to Kill Myself' After 2015 DUI Arrest But Would Have Been Content Dying
Oct. 23 2023, Published 3:19 p.m. ET
John Stamos got candid about what he was thinking about after his 2015 DUI arrest, which ultimately led him to get help.
On Monday, October 23, the Full House star, 60, spoke to Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, and Lara Spencer on Good Morning America about writing his new memoir, If You Would Have Told Me.
"Thank you for not holding back," Roberts began. "In the first chapter you write about your DUI in 2015 that led to you going to rehab. You said at that time that you'd be OK...." to which the actor replied, "Dying!"
John Stamos credits his wife for supporting him through rough times.
"I didn't want to kill myself, but in my stupid foggy head I said, 'Well, if I die, it's OK, I've done everything ... I've got a sitcom, I've played with The Beach Boys...' what a fool," he continued. "No, it was hard. I set out to write a hero's story, I was like, 'I did this, I did that'... and it turned into a human story. Without truth, it's paralysis I think."
The two share son Billy.
From early on, Stamos realized he had to switch gears and tell his side of the story when putting pen to paper. "I started to read it. I was like, this is bull. That's not real. Why do it, I guess, is the thing? It's also a love letter to all the beautiful people that have been in and out of my life. I wanted to highlight that," he noted of the experience.
As OK! previously reported, the musician was arrested for a DUI in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2015 after the police was alerted to someone driving erratically.
The star reflected on his 2015 DUI arrest in his new memoir.
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He was ordered by Los Angeles County Superior Court to complete a three-month alcohol abuse program and attend 52 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, in addition to taking two hours of addiction counseling.
John Stamos' memoir comes out on October 24.
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Stamos recalled how that moment changed his life forever.
"I had to sober up. I was just drinking too much," he told People. "I just went low. I didn't go high. I just surrounded myself with people I shouldn't have been with."
"I had that DUI and I was like, 'I can't do this. I've got to straighten up,'" he recalled. "That's when I was confusing the universe because I'm not a bad person, but I was doing c------ things."
The handsome hunk, who is married to Caitlin McHugh, also never wants to think about sitting in handcuffs minutes after his arrest.
"It's hard for a lot of people," he said. "It's not that hard for me because it's still so fresh in my mind that all I have to do is look at that picture of me in handcuffs on that street. It just makes me throw up right now just thinking [about it]. Never again."
