It isn’t like this A- list actor/musician not named Leto hasn’t had drug problems before.

Over a decade ago, he melted down on live television because of drugs.

What is ironic is he always gave the cast members of the long running show, who did drugs and had problems with drugs, a hard time over it and said they were weak.

I also don’t like how he is going to blame it all on the death of a friend.

He was doing them long before the death.

A- list actor/musician: Steven Van Zandt

Show: Sopranos

Friend: Tony Sirico

Steven Van Zandt Remembers His ‘Sopranos’ Co-Star Tony Sirico: ‘A Larger Than Life Character’

Steven Van Zandt is paying tribute to late actor Tony Sirico, who portrayed the menacing mobster Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri on The Sopranos.

Van Zandt, who played Silvio Dante on the classic HBO drama, took to social media to honor his Sopranos and Lilyhammer co-star, who died on Friday (July 8) at age 79.

“RIP Tony Sirico. Legendary. Silvio’s best buddy ‘Paulie Walnuts’ in The Sopranos, Frankie ‘The Fixer’s’ older brother Antonino ‘Father Tony’ Tagliano in Lilyhammer,” the actor and musician tweeted alongside a photo of the pair. “A larger than life character on and off screen. Gonna miss you a lot my friend. Deepest condolences to the family.”

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Sirico passed away at an assisted living facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., according to his manager of 25 years Bob McGowan, The Hollywood Reporter reports. A cause of death was not revealed, but the actor had been suffering from dementia in recent years. – Source

Steven Van Zandt: ‘Bruce Springsteen Is a Living Example of What Happens When You Never Do Drugs’

Steven Van Zandt made headlines last week when he lashed out at U.K. authorities for pulling the plug at a Bruce Springsteen show in Hyde Park that went past curfew. He later walked back the statements, but a few days before the now-famous gig, he spoke with Rolling Stone about how the band has been pushing limits on this tour. “No one is working harder than Bruce,” he said. “And if he wants one more song, we’re gonna go one more enthusiastically. We will stay there all night, until someone pulls out the cord.”

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A lot of people are surprised at his physical shape. You hear people joking and whispering at shows, “He’s gotta be on HGH or something! How else can he be doing this at 62?”

There’s nobody at 22! What are you talking about? [Laughs] No … he’s the opposite of a drug-created monster. [Laughs] He’s in good shape by not doing drugs. It’s something he doesn’t have to preach about. He’s a living example of what happens when you never do drugs your whole life. [Laughs]

I mean, I’m sure he’s taken a drink or two a few times in his life, but he was never a drinker either. And he eats right and he’s in the gym. Well, that’s what happens. [Laughs] Don’t do drugs. Don’t drink, eat right, go to the gym and you can rock & roll at 62, too. [Laughs] It isn’t rocket science. This is real old fashioned common sense. [Laughs] – Source

Springsteen’s Guitarist Admits He Was Addicted to Threesomes

Steven Van Zandt, a guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, writes in a new memoir that he had so many romantic trysts in the 1970s that he “developed a temporary addiction to ménages à trois.” In an interview with Page Six, the rocker explained that, for the era, threesomes were not unusual. “It was a real sexually liberated time. The seventies, there’s never been anything quite like it, honestly,” he said. “It was just a wild, wild time, and women were truly, truly liberated there for a minute. I mean, it was a really wonderful time to be alive.”

The book, Unrequited Infatuations, traverses Van Zandt’s earliest days with a then-unknown Springsteen through to his recent work, including his second act turn as Silvio Dante on The Sopranos. (Van Zandt’s wife, Maureen, whom he credited as having been the cure for his threesome “addiction,” played his onscreen wife.) The guitarist writes that the show’s creator, David Chase, originally wanted Van Zandt for the role of Tony Soprano. When the network balked at casting someone with no acting experience, Van Zandt recommended another actor called James Gandolfini after seeing him audition for another part. – Source

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