Travis From Blink 182 Said He Offered To Pay Friends $1 Million To Kill Him After His Plane Crash

Yahoo - Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker says he tried to pay his friends $1 million to take his life while he was recovering from a 2008 deadly plane crash that severely burned over 65 percent of his body. “I mean, [medical officials] had to take my phone out of my room because I was making these phone calls,” Barker, 39, told ABC News’ Chris Connelly in an interview to air on “Good Morning America.” “I would call friends of mine and go, ‘You know, I’ll deposit a million dollars into whoever’s bank account. Like, I’m done.’” 

Barker and the late Adam Goldstein, who performed under the name DJ AM, were the only survivors when a Learjet taking them home to California crashed on takeoff in Columbia, S.C., in September 2008. The two pilots, Barker’s security guard and Barker’s assistant were all killed in the crash. Goldstein died in 2009 of an apparent drug overdose. Barker says the pain he felt during and after the plane crash was “like hell.” “The plane’s on fire and my hands are on fire so I unbuckle my seat belt and I jump right into the jet, which holds all the fuel. I basically ignite my whole body in fire,” Barker told Connelly. “I’m so soaked in jet fuel, there’s nothing I can do to put the fire out.”

“I tell my children, ‘When you’re ready to fly, I’m ready to fly,’” Barker said. “So if my son came to me and said, ‘Dad, let’s fly to Hawaii,’ or, ‘Dad, let’s go to Australia,’ I’m in Australia.” “I don’t want it to be a handicap for them, and I dread it,” he added. “You know, I lose sleep over it, but if and when they say they want to do it, I’m going to do it.” Barker, who will turn 40 in November, says his commitment to his two kids also helped him put his wild, reckless lifestyle in the rear-view mirror and focus solely on drumming and being a dad.

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Here’s the link the GMA interview which I couldn’t embed here. Really chilling stuff. Travis speaking about the plane crash for the first time, recalling being on fire, and the pain of having 65% of his body severely burned to the point he wanted to pay a million dollars to die. I can’t even imagine. I obviously love the fuck out of Travis and I think I found the next book I’m going to read. I said the same thing about David Spade’s autobiography, but really, I think I have to read this.

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I kinda have to read it right? Like if he can live through what he lived through, I can figure out a way to put down Twitter for 3 seconds and read about it? Or at least get the book on tape. Baby steps.