Anne Heche In Her Own Words: Why She Wrote ‘Call Me Crazy’ (Exclusive)
18.08.2022 - 16:43
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In the wake of Anne Heche‘s passing, many are looking for answers. Her 2001 memoir, Call Me Crazy, is now selling for hundreds of dollars, as many try to gleam more about the late actress’ life and last days. ET is looking back at our 2001 interview with Heche, in which she shared why she wanted to tell her story, in her own words.
“Everything’s out, everybody knows everything. It feels good. You know, that’s one of the reasons why I did this: to put closure on a time of my life that was a crazy time in my life, and to be able to move on and start a new beginning and a fresh, wonderful life and that’s what I’ve done,” Heche explained when asked why she wrote the memoir.
Heche, who had a strained relationship with her parents and much of her family at the time, said she has closure on her relationship with them, but more than writing the book to explore the trauma she experienced within her family, the Six Days, Seven Nights actress said she penned the memoir to help explain some of her “crazy” behavior.
“I have closure on it. I’ve written my story, I’ve told my story and I don’t have an emotional connection right now with my parents,” she said. I understand they did the best they could, but sure, it hurts when — it hurt. That’s why I write about it.”
In addition to revealing that she was sexually abused by her father, Heche detailed her three-year relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, and its demise, which lead her to have a mental breakdown hours after they split in 2000.
According to reports at the time, following their breakup, Heche parked her car on a highway in central California and strolled down the road into a desert for a mile, before getting to a stranger’s home. By the time police arrived, Heche had claimed she