Just days after former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland was discovered dead in his tour bus, his ex-wife Mary Forsberg is offering a stark warning to the public—"don't glorify this tragedy."
Forsberg, the mother of Weiland's two children Noah and Lucy, penned an emotionally-charged letter to Rolling Stone, offering alleged intimate new details about her former spouse's life behind the curtain.
"The outpouring of condolences and prayers offered to our children, Noah and Lucy, has been overwhelming, appreciated and even comforting," she introduced her letter in Rolling Stone. "But the truth is, like so many other kids, they lost their father years ago. What they truly lost on December 3rd was hope."
Weiland's public struggle with substance abuse—he faced multiple drug and alcohol-related arrests and several stints in rehab—had a significant effect on his role as a father, according to Forsberg. However, she argued the public failed to see how grave his addictions were.
"In reality, what you didn't want to acknowledge was a paranoid man who couldn't remember his own lyrics and who was only photographed with his children a handful of times in 15 years of fatherhood," she said. "I've always wanted to share more than anyone was comfortable with."
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