R&B singer Houston attempts suicide, then gouges eye out

[Hiroshi2]

R&B Singer Houston Gouges Eye Out After Apparent Suicide Attempt

Singer attempted to jump out of hotel window.

02.02.2005




Houston (file) Photo: Capitol

After being thwarted in a suicide attempt in a London hotel room, R&B singer Houston gouged his own eye out.

On Thursday Houston attempted to jump out of a 13th-floor hotel window but was stopped by his security personnel, sources close to

the singer said. He was moved to a lower floor and locked in his room, where he injured himself. Additional details are still coming to light, and photographs of his injury are circulating online.

The Los Angeles native, born Houston Summers IV, was overseas for a series of performances when the incident occurred. He scored a hit last year with "I Like That," which featured Chingy and Nate Dogg and was used in a McDonald's commercial (see "Houston Scores Club Hit With Help From Chingy, Nate Dogg"). His debut album, It's Already Written, was certified gold a month after its release in August.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Houston during this tragic time," a Capitol Records spokesperson said.

Los Angeles radio station KKBT-FM's K-Sly, who appeared in the "I Like That" video and is close to Houston's camp, said the singer had been under psychiatric care last year for manic depression. Another source corroborated that claim, adding that Houston had also struggled with PCP.

"I was told he wanted to commit suicide and stabbed his eye out," K-Sly said. "He was telling people he was Jesus and wanted to go home to his Father."

The singer is now back in Los Angeles.


— Rashaun Hall, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway and Joseph Patel

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/14...5/houston.jhtml



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Well, he's pretty much a one-hit wonder now...................that's fucked up.




I thought he was just a regular dude....................he's bipolar, on PCP................poor dude.



Now why can't somebody like Chingy have all that shit. Then we wouldn't have to hear his shit on the radio.

[Faithless]

Oh, how fucked up!

But this headline makes it all seem stranger --

Bodyguard: Houston 'Happy,' Closer To God After Gouging Eye

Depending on who you talk to, R&B singer Houston's eye injury is the result of either mental illness, spiritual crisis or just an accident.

"Houston is going through spiritual warfare right now," Houston's bodyguard Marco Powell said. "It's

like good versus evil. He grew up in a Christian family, and since he's signed his record deal he's been subjected to, in his own words, 'sins and devils in the business' like drugs, alcohol and all this stuff that he's not used to. He didn't want to be around that. He just wasn't happy with management — he just wasn't happy. He didn't know which way to turn."
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I would say that god forgot that he should have been watching over Houston and stopping him short of the gouging.

[TB4000]

I thought this was about Whitney at first, which would've made more sense.

[Shogun Empress]

This is good news.

I remember somewhere in the New Testament where Jesus says that if your 'right eye sinned, cut it out, because it was better to make it to the Kingdom of Heaven with no eyes at all than to burn in everlasting Hell. Or something like that.

I hope he does Christian records from here on out.

[Fireblade]

how is this good news?

[yuuteya]

Originally Posted by Fireblade

how is this good news?

yah really

[truMp]

PCP does things. DJ Ksly is hot, although she has nothing to do with the mentioned radio station.

[princess]

aw poor guy. :(

[Shogun Empress]

Originally Posted by Fireblade

how is this good news?

Because he cut out the offending eye.

[Faithless]

Originally Posted by Shogun Empress

This is good news.

I remember somewhere in the New Testament where Jesus says that if your 'right eye sinned, cut it out, because it was better to make it to the Kingdom of Heaven with no eyes at all than to burn in everlasting Hell. Or something like that.

I hope he does Christian records from here on out.

I hope that he isn't that stupid to take that bible passage literally.

BTW: Matthew 5:29.

[Shogun Empress]

Originally Posted by ChottoMatte

I hope that he isn't that stupid to take that bible passage literally.

BTW: Matthew 5:29.

PCP will do that to you. Thank you.

[kitty]

you think this is a good thing?!?

the man obviously needs psychological help. not people offering him accolades because he did something exceedingly stupid because the bible told him to.

[Shogun Empress]

http://www.allhiphop.com/dumbpix/HOUSTON.jpg

[deez nuts]

Originally Posted by Shogun Empress

Because he cut out the offending eye.

you listen to the star and bucwild show don't you?

[moJo]

Originally Posted by Shogun Empress

http://www.allhiphop.com/dumbpix/HOUSTON.jpg

thanks, i needed to see the gouged out eye UP CLOSE. a little warning would have been nice...

Originally Posted by Shogun Empress

This is good news.

you love attention, don't you?