Comic Andy Dick has spoken out to followers after he was discovered unresponsive outdoors a Hollywood constructing.
The comedian, 59, sparked fears he might have suffered an overdose after he was discovered slumped over and unresponsive on the streets of Hollywood.
The actor was reportedly aided by pedestrians and witnesses who tried to revive the star.
TMZ obtained pics of Andy, unconscious, on cement stairs outdoors a constructing in Hollywood in the course of the day on Tuesday.
Dick has since spoken out, confirming to TMZ that he’s OK. He didn’t reveal any particulars concerning the medical incident.
A consultant for the Los Angeles Fireplace Division informed TMZ that they responded to the placement for an overdose involving a 59-year-old man who was not transported to a hospital.
Dick is greatest identified for his varied comedian roles and for showing in plenty of Comedy Roast specials and movies reminiscent of Zoolander, Dude, The place’s My Automobile and Worker of the Month.
He began his tv comedy profession as a forged member on the sketch comedy program The Ben Stiller Present within the 90s and had success within the noughties.
Dick had two short-lived tv collection on MTV: the sketch comedy collection The Andy Dick Present in 2001 and the fact collection The Assistant in2004.
In 2012, he revealed he had been out and in of rehab greater than 10 occasions.
‘I might at all times say that I didn’t have an issue with medicine and alcohol,” he informed Vice in 2016. ‘However I might drink after I was joyful, after I was unhappy, after I was anxious.
‘With out medicine or alcohol, I used to be depressed, pissed off, offended’
Dick has beforehand been convicted of drug offences. In 1999, he was arrested after being present in possession of cocaine and marijuana after crashing right into a phone pole.
In 2008, he pleaded responsible to misdemeanour drug expenses.
In2022, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail and compelled to register as intercourse offender after ‘groping an Uber driver’.
It’s additionally claimed that Dick must register as a intercourse offender, attend 52 Alcoholics Nameless classes, 52 sexual compulsion nameless classes and 12 psychological well being counselling classes.
The identical yr, he was additionally arrested for allegedly stealing energy instruments. The actor was reportedly charged with first-degree residential housebreaking after an incident in Santa Barbara.
Metro has contacted Andy Dick’s representatives for remark.
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