Anthony Bourdain's family and friends slam unauthorized bio that includes late celebrity chef's final texts
28.09.2022 - 18:17
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Anthony Bourdain's loved ones are slamming a new, unauthorized biography that details the late celebrity chef's struggles with his rags-to-riches success in the culinary industry, and shares final messages purportedly sent before his death by suicide in 2018. According to the book written by Charles Leerhsen, "Down and Out in Paradise," Bourdain regularly communicated with his estranged wife, Ottavia Busia-Bourdain. Ottavia and Anthony were married for 11 years and separated in 2016, but were still legally married at the time of his death.
"I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job," Anthony wrote to Ottavia in excerpts of the book reviewed by The New York Times.
"I am lonely and living in constant uncertainty." Per The Times, the book has "already drawn fire from Mr. Bourdain’s family, former co-workers and closest friends." The final days of Anthony Bourdain, pictured in 2017, were revealed to be somber in text exchanges released as part of new, unauthorized biography. (Slaven Vlasic) Bourdain's brother, Christopher, refuted the allegations made in the book and claimed multiple emails were sent to the publisher in hopes of rectifying errors.
"Every single thing he writes about relationships and interactions within our family as kids and as adults he fabricated or got totally wrong," Christopher told the outlet. He also called the bio, "hurtful and defamatory fiction." In response, The Times reports that publisher Simon & Schuster responded, "With all due respect, we disagree that the material in the book contains defamatory information, and we stand by our forthcoming publication." Representatives for Simon & Schuster did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Part of the
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