Stephen Fry attempts suicide.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Stephen Fry has revealed he had to be brought back to the UK to be "looked after" last year after attempting suicide while filming abroad.

In an interview for Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, Fry said: "I took a huge number of pills and a huge [amount] of vodka."

The actor revealed his producer found him in an "unconscious state".

Fry, who has bipolar disorder, has discussed his struggle with mental health issues in the past.

During the recording with Herring, in front of a live audience at the central London theatre, Fry said it was the first time he had said in public that he is "not always happy".

"I am the victim of my own moods, more than most people are perhaps, in as much as I have a condition which requires me to take medication so that I don't get either too hyper or too depressed to the point of suicide."
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Please don't Steve.

[Rum]

Read the story elsewhere. Sad for a man of such gifts and talents to suffer so much at the same time.

[Bella Fortuna]

Horribly sad.

[orpheus]

Horribly sad.

+1. But as someone who also suffers from bipolar disorder, I am so glad he's open about this. Good for him - shutting yourself off is not a good idea; he'll be able to rally more support around him by speaking up....And good for others with this disease, since he's helping de-stigmatize it.

[hadespussercats]

He's a hero of mine.

I hope his team can get everything figured out. I don't want to lose him.

[Trinity]

Ditto, I adore the man. He is a beautiful person and my heart aches to know he suffers so.

[HomerJay]

Fry said it was the first time he had said in public that he is "not always happy".

But, as it mentions further down, he pegged it to Belgium when he was appearing in Cell Mates, with Rik Mayall.

[klr]

I thought it was old news that he is bi-polar and sometimes has drastic mood swings. I took it given - even if he never said it before now - that he's been to some dark places.

[mistermack]

I thought it was old news that he is bi-polar and sometimes has drastic mood swings. I took it given - even if he never said it before now - that he's been to some dark places.

He certainly has.
Belgium, apparently. Now it's starting to make sense.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

That does sound odd. He made a documentary where he described his bipolar condition and his attempts at suicide. Maybe he meant in front of a live audience?

[PsychoSerenity]

I thought it was old news that he is bi-polar and sometimes has drastic mood swings. I took it given - even if he never said it before now - that he's been to some dark places.

to a certain extent, but it's a shock to think it's something that has happened to him so recently. I suppose I hoped it was something that was less likely to happen as you progress through life. I hate to say it, but I do think there's a not insignificant chance that it will get me eventually.

[cronus]

Probably forgot to take his smarties as prescribed, or at all. Anyone know what his med regime is meant to be?

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Probably forgot to take his smarties as prescribed, or at all. Anyone know what his med regime is meant to be?

Bugger! I knew I shouldn't have let my subscription to Celeb Psych-Meds Monthly expire!

[Cormac]

I love Stephen Fry.

I think he is the only famous person about whom I feel a bit of a sense of awe, along with fondness, and a desire to look after him.

In my opinion, warts and all, he is a treasure to our age.

It will be a deep tragedy if he doesn't live a long life and eventually die peacefully in his sleep.

[mistermack]

I thought it was old news that he is bi-polar and sometimes has drastic mood swings. I took it given - even if he never said it before now - that he's been to some dark places.

to a certain extent, but it's a shock to think it's something that has happened to him so recently. I suppose I hoped it was something that was less likely to happen as you progress through life. I hate to say it, but I do think there's a not insignificant chance that it will get me eventually.

The way I look at it, the older I get, the less of me it will get. Life is an event, that lasts a certain length of time.
Suicide is losing out, every day I wake up. Pretty soon, what it might get won't be worth having anyway, so I'm well ahead.