Pink appeared on' 60 Minutes' and recalled the near-fatal overdose she suffered in November 1995, months before signing her first record deal.
suffered a near-fatal drug overdose at 16 and more than a decade since she last spoke in detail about the pivotal moment. During a recent appearance on, the singer and songwriter reflected on the November 1995 incident, which occurred a few weeks before she signed her first record deal.
Pink began using drugs at a young age, having come from a punk background informed by a tumultuous home life. “I was a punk, and I had a mouth. I had a chip on my shoulder,” the singer explained of why parents were often reluctant to allow her around other children her age. “Basically, I grew up in a house where every day, my parents were screaming at each other, throwing things, hated each other. And then I got into drugs. I was selling drugs. And then I was kicked out of the house.
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