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Vic Vela @vicvela.bsky.social

Carnie Wilson told me in a 2023 interview that it was hard growing up with her famous and infamously troubled father Brian Wilson, the musical genius who led the Beach Boys. “He was definitely drinking alcohol, taking cocaine, pills and LSD. The household was so unpredictable.”

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jun 11, 2025, 6:31 pm • 11 1

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Vic Vela @vicvela.bsky.social

Seeing her dad’s spiral from drug use and mental health issues “was a horrible thing for a child to go through,” Carnie said of the brilliant but troubled Brian Wilson, who died today. Listen to my Back From Broken conversation with Carnie Wilson here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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