Scott Weiland Teared Up In Final Weeks Discussing Kids: ‘I Miss Them So Much’

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Tommy Black and Scott Weiland’s friend Joe Howard, who had a long lunch with Weiland in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvia just a week and a half before his death, recently commented in an Alternative Nation story about Scott Weiland missing his children in his final weeks in response to Mary Weiland’s open letter. He was interviewed on The Cousin Joe Show on Thursday night to discuss his lunch with Weiland, as transcribed by Alternative Nation.

“We had the greatest conversation at the table, and when that subject came up, I could just tell the mood, his eyes were red, like watery, he was upset. I was just like, ‘So anyways.’ You know what I mean? It was cool, but that was a tough moment, and I didn’t even want to say another word, because it just got emotional quick. He’s a Dad, he loved his kids, and that’s the bottom line. He just told me, ‘I love them, I miss them so much.’ That’s it, I just changed the subject, and that was that.”

Weiland also discussed why his Lavish Studios was his happy place, according to Howard. “He goes, ‘When you’re in town, have you ever stopped by the studio?’ I’m like, ‘No, I haven’t.’ He goes, ‘That’s my happy place man, that’s my safe place, my studio. I love that place. Next time you come to town, you’ve got to come back.'”

He added, “That was like his universe, that studio. He loved it. I thought it was really cool that he had been doing this for 25 years, and when he’s talking about his studio and writing, he’s still as excited as ever. I really did ask him this question, it’s so funny: ‘Scott, at the end of the day, what’s the thing you want to be remembered for?’ He’s like: ‘My writing. Honestly, that’s something I’ve always enjoyed doing.’ He’s like, ‘That’s what I’m good at.'”

Howard responded to Mary Weiland’s open letter to Rolling Stone by stating that Weiland had told him he was upset that ‘his ex moved the kids out of state and shut him out from them.’ Howard has shared further comments regarding his lunch with Weiland with Alternative Nation.

I’d like to note that Alternative Nation isn’t seeking to back up the views of any party involved with this tragedy, nor discredit Mary Weiland’s letter. Scott’s fatherhood has simply become part of the news with the Rolling Stone article, and the responses of people who had talked to Weiland about the issue are part of the news.

Read Howard’s recent comments to Alternative Nation below.

“I posted word for word what he said during our conversation. That’s all. She didn’t make it easy for him and he wasn’t happy about it.”

He later said, “She made it tough for him. Her way or no way.”

“We were cool, we talked about the kids and he was getting upset… I didn’t dig I just listened to a very frustrated Dad. Scott was totally fine, not high at all. We had a great conversation. Not sure of what the situation with his ex or kids. Not my business, I just posted what he said that totally changed his mood. That was a cool lunch with rock n roll royalty!”

Howard originally stated yesterday, “Wow! It’s pretty funny that I sat at a lunch last week with Scott and Tommy Black and Scott was very upset at the fact that his ex moved the kids out if state and shut him out from them. He was upset and frustrated about it. We got into a ‘I miss my kids’ conversation and he was visually upset by this. So much that I had to change the topic. I felt reading this that there were a bunch of cheap shots written and some untruths. Scott loved his kids and was totally upset by the situation between his ex and kids. The last thing he said was I haven’t seen my kids in over a year and I love and miss them very much. Glasses came off and his eyes were red. Remember, there are three sides to every story. Scott is not here to defend himself so I had to at least share this. My heart goes out to his children.”

Mary Weiland released an open letter last night criticizing her now late ex-husband for being absent from their children’s lives over the last few years.

Mary said, “I spent countless hours trying to calm his paranoid fits, pushing him into the shower and filling him with coffee, just so that I could drop him into the audience at Noah’s talent show, or Lucy’s musical. Those short encounters were my attempts at giving the kids a feeling of normalcy with their dad. But anything longer would often turn into something scary and uncomfortable for them.”

She later added, “When Scott did move on to another relationship, I hoped it would inspire him to grow. I had often encouraged him to date a ‘normal’ girl, a woman who was also a mother, someone who had the energy that I no longer had to love him. Instead, when he remarried, the children were replaced. They were not invited to his wedding; child support checks often never arrived. Our once sweet Catholic boy refused to watch the kids participate in Christmas Eve plays because he was now an atheist. They have never set foot into his house, and they can’t remember the last time they saw him on a Father’s Day.”

Below is a photo of Joe Howard having lunch with Scott Weiland and Tommy Black.

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