“Bourdain freely acknowledged that part of the reason he continued to work at such a frantic pace might have been a fear about where his mind might go if he ever sat still,” Patrick Radden Keefe wrote, in 2018.
“Bourdain freely acknowledged that part of the reason he continued to work at such a frantic pace might have been a fear about where his mind might go if he ever sat still,” Patrick Radden Keefe wrote, in 2018.
I get that thinking.
Same
Gosh, I miss seeing his show. I was shocked when I heard of his suicide.
Bourdain - my Idol!!!
It was amazing how his character could create such unique and amazing experiences for everybody. You can't duplicate that. So sad he carried such burdens with him.
He was a good human. Such a loss…
“Work.” lol. Had he paid off fewer sexual harassment claims I might care.
👏👏👏
Miss him.
I was so happy when this abuser of women, children and animals died.
His voice was so calming. I was surprised by his death, but after I thought about it, he did seem depressed at times.
Bourdain inspired me to travel internationally. His quirky and irreverent personality belied his strong appreciation and respect for other cultures, and his adventurous approach to food encouraged me to do the same. Miss him a bunch!
Cool. Trump is still a pedophile though
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Asa general rule celebrities mean nothing to me. But damn, Tony Bourdain’s death HURT and I still get so sad when I see mentions of him.
I miss Anthony Bourdain, we could sure use his comments on World affairs right now. 😢
I miss him too but don't wish this on any empath. this is hard on everyone but 'empath hard' is an entirely different depth. and the world could not care less about that.
I miss Anthony
Oh how I miss that man, his irreverent humor, and all that amazing food and people. A beautiful human.
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S02 E03 m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDsw... Traditional Palestinian Meal
We miss you Tony.
I’m so angry that Kissinger outlived him. What scum.
I miss him. 💔
Do not we all...
Love and miss you. Love your books. They make me laugh.
I miss Tony Bourdain.
Miss him.
One of my favourite books ever was Kitchen Confidential ..just brilliant!
:( Robin Williams, death hit me hard, then when I got back up Bourdain’s death knocked me back down. I went to some dark places
Who doesn't do this? Staying productive and busy provides structure.
Brilliant man. I miss him.
Also - he used Paxil to quit smoking. Suicidal thoughts are a side effect of Paxil. www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug...
Bourdain hated vegans and heaped huge amounts of ridicule on people who choose not to be cruel. He was horribly cruel to innocent animals. I’m glad he was miserable enough to off himself.
Oh dearie me.
You seem fairly miserable yourself. Have a cookie.
Season five episode five with his brother Chris. New Jersey shore….a favorite. Real journalist, always learning. Cinematographer Zach Zamboni was amazing.
He died being upset about his kid girlfriend leaving him, despicable ANTHONY. What a bitch way to go out, “I can’t handle seeing her in the press with another man!” You’re Anthony Fucking Bourdain, she’s a kid, stfu. You’ll move on. Nope. Dead. Sad. Went out like a common man with a drinking problem
I stopped honoring him when I read the details of his last week, died a jealous little man.
He was a smart kid in a bad environment who managed to survive and find his passion. But he was always a bitter, sarcastic man, and a lifetime of carrying those heavy burdens always takes it's toll. Don't be too hard, we are all dismal failures at something.
I’m just afraid that now, when my obit gets published, it will definitely say, “…he was a bitter, sarcastic man.”
Well best I can do so far is "... he was a bright, discombulated dot hovering above a bigger dot." Best cure is to leave bitterness at home with the babysitter and explore all the silly, ridiculous ideas you never dreamt possible.
Nice piece. Be sure and read Patrick’s book Say Nothing. www.powells.com/book/say-not...
He was a depressed guy who just didn't want to live!
I remember celebrating my 40th birthday in New York City at his restaurant, Les Halles, it was definitely one of my favorites !
Why did he kill himself?
From what others who worked around him felt, he was more involved with his girlfriend than she was of him. They had agreed to an open relationship but he was giving her more control over his life and the night before he died he saw a picture of her with another man and made a foreboding comment. I
had noticed he was drinking more in the episodes and I had always sensed an underlying feeling of unhappiness and depression mixed in with periods of great happiness and he was caught between the two. Balancing a home life and travel and neither satisfactory for very long periods of time
I just remember him for his ignorance over organic food being more expensive but having no qualms about bourgeoisie food being off the charts because you're paying more for art.
That’s is sad. He was such a fascinating human.
Definitely manic and wonderfully entertaining.
I miss him like crazy. Tony you are missed and loved.
This was a really good biography. Bourdain is greatly missed.
Anthony Bourdain shows a unique mastery of humanity, leadership, management, and communication here.. & it’s enough to make anyone cry in realizing that he was taken from us, what a profound loss… Pt1
Man if Anthony Bourdain ran a tech company he'd have wiped the floor with all of us
I wish I could have worked for him and I’m no chef!
Is that a huge boner? 🤣
Or animal exploitation/cruelty for profit. Depends on your priorities how you view it I guess
Release the Epstein files and listen to their victims
So sorry he’s gone☹️
Man I still miss him.
What I saw in those episodes was a man pushed by his producers to the breaking point. He was exhausted and they just wanted the money, because without his banter they were nothing, just a camera. Shame shame.
not just his producers - the world, consumers, the masses...we have devolved so much that we view most celebrities as property and not human. unless they give themselves entirely to us however and whenever we want, we 'cancel' them. it's disgusting.
Since a little boy I found myself at the dark edge, so dark you can no hope. So dark there, I was lucky every time. I was blown away when died. If 100 people were lined up he would have been one of the last people, we can read people like us. He hit so well he must have been living in hell. 😞
😔
I watched his travel show growing up and loved it.
I miss him.
💚💔💙💔💚
The grind kills. Less work to distract more work on one's self.
weird because I think he was pretty much the same guy, I didn't see him reinvent himself. He always had a dark side and was a former addict. A younger woman humiliated him so he killed himself. That's it. We're lucky to have had him as long as we did.
Sorely missed 🙏🏻
My condolences. After 60 years of tests, meds, therapy etc. I finally got a diagnosis which explains people like Bourdain, my family and me. It's called "hyper-mania." Our brains have no off switch and either we use it for good or we crash. We're workaholics by necessity. 🙏 may he find peace
That restaurant honors that table.
as they should :)
Yes, they changed their name and keep the table in a glass booth!
Sometimes the greatest people are fighting battles we never see. I miss Bourdain's voice, humor and his ability to connect as a human with anyone any where.
RIP Anthony. We miss you.
And let us koto forget that his travels gave us the best piece of foreign affairs analysis of all time: "Once you've been to Cambodia you'll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands"
This is how I feel about what musk has done to South Africa.
On the same scale?
I’m not keeping score. He blocked food for people facing famine & medicine for dying babies & innocents. Fired everyone working to save lives & stop disease spread. Destroyed all the systems. Knowingly left innocents to die horrible slow deaths around the globe. All of this is on him.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
I've never been to Cambodia but I'll get a stick and help you 🥹
Sadly too late
He has a grave site. Dig his ass up and go to work. Or just do a local eating challenge (preferably chili) and stop by to take a dump.
Not just Cambodia... the entire southeast Asian region is still recovering from what kissinger did.
Or my favorite (and which I share), "Vietnam grabs you from the moment you arrive, and never let's you go"
I LOVED TO TRAVEL WITH BOURDAIN! OMG! THE PLACES THAT HE TOOK ME TO WERE FUCKING AWESOME! I WISH I COULD HAVE MET HIM!
#rip
Such a nice thing for neurotypicals to be able to do... Just not think of something because you're actively doing something else... Meanwhile my neurospicy ass gets to think dark thoughts and remember regretful things even when I'm active in any other way...
Forever missed. Complicated human, like all of us. Let's focus on what he gave the world, not how he exited this planet. He brought the world into our living rooms and educated us on our shared humanity. What a gift.
I’m not sure where he was going with that but I do know that being idle or worse boredom are very dangerous to an addict. He was pretty open about his addiction issue. I really miss him and took his death quite hard.
He openly and without shame admitted he slept with prostitutes. Maybe that will help you get over him.
This quote hits hard. It's a powerful reminder that sometimes the relentless pursuit of success isn't about ambition, but about a deep-seated fear of what happens when you stop. A truly human perspective from a legend.
I Miss him all the time. I rewatch all the shows every winter! And thank him For the gifts he left us…
Ungrateful selfish bastard who abandoned his own daughter.
Remarkable and memorable. Blessed and cursed (lamentably). His epigrimatic shows were filled with the inimitable Bourdain wit, charisma, knowledge and intellect that made them all fascinating. I was flattened by his abrupt tragic demise. Surely he is holding court in Elysium.
I miss this guy.
Sadly, he's been replaced by those who eat with their mouths open, only say "ummmm" to all foods, are boring as heck, appear to be selling something and cannot compare to Bourdain - heroin or not.
Heroin, depression, and getting sober: Anthony Bourdain was always open about battling demons - suicide www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Amazing man.
aw dude.
That’s such a powerful and haunting observation tho. It really captures the way some people use work or constant movement as a buffer against darker thoughts. Bourdain’s honesty about that struggle makes his story all the more human, a reminder that outward success doesn’t always quiet inner battles
Epstein what?
He seemed like such a great human. Rest in peace.
Is this what happens when you die, but the PR contract still has money in the account?
From the first moment I took a trip to a far away land,met the local most interesting people,imagining vividly the smells of the food enjoyed by Anthony Bourdain & Friends while laughter & priceless conversations are shared. I felt like he never met a stranger 🥰🫶🏽🥰
At times, an individual stumbles on something special/unique at a moment propice--an acting role, an invention, a song, etc. I read KC a while back. It was just a New York bloke writing about his life and cooking--unvarnished, frank, and authentic. It was the one of a million sperms hitting the egg!
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump AGAIN calls for Senator Chuck Grassley and other Republicans to stop abiding by the “Blue Slip” tradition, which have allowed a MASSIVE delay on Trump’s nominees. “‘Blue Slips’ need to go, bad for the Republican Party, and our Country!”
Such a loss.
Sitting still scares the shit out of me! If I am not around other people, I feel alone and I dont like crowds. I always feel like the only thing that I can do to slow my brain down. The ways to do that are not good for me or people close to me. It is terrible to live like this! I can't work 24/7
Could not bear to look at him again after watching him laugh and joke as a terrified goat was pulled off the back of a truck by guys who were going to cut its throat.
Miss him 💔
I miss this guy.
Basic drug addict sh*t: don’t stop, you may have a feeling. Heroin addiction isn’t a joke, drinking alcohol after heroin addiction is not living sober
Also, thinking there is only one road to recovery for the whole human race is not living in reality
Love anthony. Miss him
One of a kind.
Same! I’m 63, a software startup founder and I think about “retirement “ and fear the next phase every day. Last week my stress test showed a blockage. Fun fact times!
Addiction is a terrible thing. Because all you do is keep replacing it with other addictions.
I've found so many unfeeling subhuman garbage people in this thread. I seriously just blocked eight commenters for their ridiculous unwashed asshole opinions. Good stuff.
Burn in hell Anthony Bourdain.
I find that very believable. Trying to outrun the demons that haunted him. My first thought when I heard he had died was that he had a relapse and died of an overdose. I’m still mourning his death
Being alone with your thoughts, and no distractions, is a breakdown waiting to happen...
One name: Àsia Argento
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I do miss him.
I'm grateful that Anthony and team shared his journeys, and experiences from NY to all over the world! A legend! 👌🌎
He saw too much through the years.
They say the same thing about Miyazaki. Maybe Van Gogh was the lucky one.
I get it.
🙏🥹
He could play Epstein in a biopic.
He coulda just taken his knife and slit the throat of some animal he needed to complete his "exotic" dinner.
Miss this guy.
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Any excuse
Very sad story.
OH, the merry-go-rounds so many have in their heads ... and hearts ...
i still miss him 🥺
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I believe it. He commented that he was so lonely even traveling everywhere & meeting people, being with his crew. He was such an amazing interviewer. I'm so sorry for how he felt. I never missed a show. His book, Kitchen Confidential was such an interesting read.
You just don't know, do you? 😔
I miss him still. He was a great gift - too soon gone.
During a Discovery Channel press trip, I had the chance to dine with him in 2005 at his restaurant in NYC and speak a little in French about his family origins on Southwest France. 20 years later I live in the area ! This book was published by a guy who played with him and his brother as children.
Sus death
I just love everything he did.
Rewatched earlier seasons of Archer recently. In the ep with Bourdain basically playing himself he has a line “if you can’t turn that into promo gold then you should honestly consider suicide.” Hilarious episode, and Bourdain loved doing it, but this line hit me.
Anthony Bourdain freely and unashamed, admitted slept with prostitutes. So I don’t give a damn want he thought or did.
And they didn’t even put him in the village stocks for public shaming, what’s this world coming to
🎯That behavior certainly deserves to be publicly shamed.
Don’t even get me started on how we’re suffering witches to live
Boy….loved by so many…really miss him…😔
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I reach you brother
He told us as much.
Yeah. Having had it myself, I think part of what happens with people like this is they twist themselves into fantastic shapes, to avoid the pain of their condition. And it turns out, sometimes, as in Bourdain's case, those shapes can be beautiful and useful.
Burdensome and beautiful in a truest of truthfulness sense and simplicity the raging yin to a calming yang.
Yes, but the twisted shape can also be horrible, pathetic, and dangerous. Look at Trump.
But, Trump is a malignant narcissist who will NEVER die by his hand. Like #Epstein These people had different mental disorders.
I miss seeing that man. He was a once in a generation talent and a genuinely good human being. His lunch with President Obama was the pinnacle of his career success. Such a core memory moment.
Sad he took himself from us adoring fans. Love where he took us. 😊❤️
Such a loss😪
from NAMI How to Talk (and Listen) to Someone Experiencing Suicidal Thoughts www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-B...
I miss watching him
I'm sorry he's gone; he was an object lesson in how we can push forward, on all cylinders, in spite of personal burdens - and, while part of me is still pissed off that he jumped ship, I won't blame him for it. Now he knows what we do not. Sail on, Tony.
He also said something like, depression is always there, waiting to get you alone.
Oh gosh.
True as Gospel.
😢
💔💔💔
He’s in the group of people whose deaths felt like a personal loss even though of course I had never event met them - includes Phil Hartman and David Bowie. Rewatched some Parts Unknown and No Reservations - like a Time Machine to when America was actually respected.
I don’t think anyone could ever encapsulate the human experience like bourdain. Every moment fork his death forward is a loss for future generations
also nobody could possibly know and everyone’s still guessing and grifting about this guys suicide
I was recuperating from a very bad accident, and I would watch his show during the night when I couldn't sleep. I cried when I heard the news of his suicide. It was like we had become friends in the early morning hours. He kept me alive.
I miss this man, I truly do.
I miss him so much. No bullshit, just interesting, heartfelt commentary. And he visited and reported on countries that nobody else did. His comments on Kissinger were epic.