Urgent:Pink Alecia Rushed to the hospital in a critical condition
Pink is opening up about some difficult moments in her past. The singer has never been one to hold back, but in a new interview she went deep, sharing intimate details about her struggles with her parents and her “off the rails” partying that nearly killed her. Speaking to Cecilia Vega on “60 Minutes,” Pink, whose real name is Alecia Moore, explained that when she was younger, she had a “chip on my shoulder.”
She recalled that before she was expelled from her parents’ Pennsylvania home, she and her mother got into a physical altercation that ended with her mother falling down a flight of stairs. She called this her one regret in life. “Basically, I grew up in a house where every day, my parents were screaming at each other, throwing things,” she said. “They hated each other. And then I got into drugs. I was selling drugs. And then I was kicked out of the house. I dropped out of high
“And I recall my pal standing above me, slapping me across the face,” she remarked. Then he said, “Get up.” Do you want to sing? And my response was, “Yeah.” “Get on the microphone,” he says. So I stood up and began to sing. I was pulled aside by the DJ there, who said, “Come back tomorrow, and I will give you a guest spotlight.” However, you are not allowed to use narcotics ever again. And I have not done so since.”
