Mike Epps has opened up about his past traumas, and using cocaine to cope.
During an interview with All The Smoke, the comedian opened up about his struggles with fame. Epps stated that he had “survivor’s remorse” after making it out the hood and into Hollywood.
The Indiana native expressed that he used drugs to treat the severe guilt of leaving his homies behind. “I’ve been on drugs, I’ve been through hell,” he told the podcast. “I did most of my movies on cocaine. All About The Benjamins. I used to sit in Ice Cube‘s trailer and be crying tears. He like, ‘Mike why you crying? You a king, ni**a. Wipe your face, man. Stop doing this sh*t to yourself.’”
Elsewhere in the interview, Epps claims he was passed over for the role of late comedian Richard Pryor because he refused to sleep with his widow Jennifer Lee Pryor.
“I was gonna play Richard Pryor man, and then his wife—I didn’t screw his wife, his ex-wife and she got mad,” Epps said on All The Smoke.
Lee Pryor reacted to the remarks in a statement to The Daily Beast. “That’s just low-rent,” she said, adding, “You’re just ghetto, Mike.
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