Scott Weiland’s widow Jamie Wachtel Weiland has recently opened up about the late singer in a new interview with Appetite For Distortion. During the chat, she revealed that Scott didn’t get any of the respect he deserved:
“I feel like he really does not have the accolades and the respect and the recognition that he absolutely deserves. I feel like when he died, everybody was kind of, like, that’s tragic, but, of course, he overdosed, which he didn’t f*cking overdose, which I tried to get that point across. He didn’t. Because he had drugs in his system, the coroner had to rule it an overdose.”
She revealed the actual truth about his passing:
“But the truth is Scott died because the main artery in his left ventricle was 95 percent blocked. That came from 10 years of heroin use, that came from an entire adult life of chain smoking. His heart stopped.”
Scott Would ‘Lie’ About The Drug Use
During the same interview, Jamie revealed her late husband would lie to her about what drugs he used or if he used or not:
“Did he have trace amounts of drugs in his system? He did. Did I know he was using? No, I didn’t, because he lied to me, because I had caught him before and it would always be this huge fight and I would be furious at him. And to be doing this stuff, but to also to lie to me about it… And I remember even talking to the coroner in Minnesota when everything happened and saying, like, ‘How could he lie to me about this again?’ And the coroner was so kind. And he said, ‘I think he just really didn’t wanna disappoint you.’ But, yeah, I really wanna clear up, that was not an overdose — it was not. He was not using heroin. He did not overdose on drugs. His heart stopped because his heart had been through so much abuse because of prior drug use in his life and smoking and heavy drinking.”
Scott Was ‘Unstable’ With Drugs
In a January 2016 report from Billboard, it was revealed that Scott was dealing with hepatitis C, struggling with mental illness, and facing the fact that both of his parents had cancer in the final months of his life. Jamie told Billboard that Scott had been experiencing episodes of paranoia and intense mood swings caused by bipolar disorder. She explained:
“At one point, it was so bad I had to move out because he was unstable.”
They eventually found a medication to level Scott out. Jamie added:
“For the last couple of years, he was doing pretty great.”
Watch the interview below.