They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My parents separated it, and that let me know that TV life wasn't my normal life; that was my job and my hobby.
I was watching 'Wild at Heart,' and I can honestly say I did nothing for that apart from show up!
I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up - blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff.
When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
For about two years, I was a little wild. I was out partying, having adventures.
I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.
I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.
I came away from 'Saturday Night Live' feeling very well represented. I felt, and I still feel like, they let me do so much stuff that I wanted to do. Stuff that I almost didn't even know what it was.
What happened was, my parents after 'Circus Boy' decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back to normal school. It was the smartest thing they ever did.
I moved further and further away from mass entertainment. The sexual element became increasingly sinister and bizarre. Don't blame me! The bastards drove me to it! They all backed off after that!