Piers Morgan interview David Cassidy

In a web exclusive interview Piers Morgan welcomes David Cassidy for a revealing and emotional face to face conversation

[rblauson]

What a genuine honest guy. He deserves a lot of props for being this brutally honest with himself and the public.
He was so famous when I was a kid. RIP David.

[Silvana]

It takes a huge person to have the guts to do an interview and humble himself. Speaking as the child of abusive parents, one with perhaps an undiagnosed mental condition, I have great respect for someone who takes responsibility for their actions, no matter at what point in life.

[Spartanm]

Hard to watch, undeniably brave. This was a man who had touched the sky and fallen down hard, but not given up. Bravo. RIP David.

[HoursaDay]

Heartbreaking to see him so broken. He was amazing. RIP sweet soul.

[glamgal]

I saw David Cassidy in concert three times and appreciated his talent and the way he interacted with his audience. I felt sad when I heard that he was diagnosed with dementia. I could see that from this interview, David was trying to be strong and accepted his alcoholism. He was quite emotional at times. Rest In Peace David; you’re remembered with fondness and joy.

[deeray]

For the life of me, I couldn't understand why family and friends didn't want to be around me when I drank... I thought I was fine. I quit drinking 20 years ago and during that time, my son started drinking, heavily. It opened my eyes as to why people didn't want to be around me. It is totally unbearable to be around my son. Like I was, he's not mean, it's just the sloppiness, staggering, slurred speech, and constant talking about nothing. When I quit, it was because I woke one morning and decided, I’d had enough. I have not had the desire to drink since. My son refuses to go to AA or rehab, so, the best I can hope for is, like me, one day he will wake up and decide he’s had enough.
RIP David Cassidy

[maggsdaly]

This makes me cry, I got to know him the year after this interview.he had no idea how unwell he was . I miss him so much . He helped his friend Danny get sober then ends up exactly the same with alcohol, he was the nicest man I’ve ever talked to . Xx

[malcolmschnauzer]

How I loved David Cassidy ❤ He was part of my childhood. Whenever you know that one of your childhood television/music idols is still alive, it makes your world a little brighter. Unfortunately, when you grow older, your world begins to get dimmer. RIP David Cassidy ❤

[tarnsand]

By all accounts Shirley Jones, David stepmother for the last 56 years; says David was a very quiet sensitive respectful boy and teenager. His father Jack Cassidy was a successful theatrical Emmy winning actor who was very talented but arrogant had little patience for his four sons and above all; was extremely jealous of David's early success. Jack expected perfection from all of his sons and David worked up to 18-19 hour days throughout his years on 'The Partridge Family' and singing career. Shirley's accounts of his days were exactly as he is describing here. I can tell when a celebrity is 'taking the piss' but any co-stars I've ever heard speak of David have nothing but good things to say. That he is very generous loyal and harder on himself than anyone else could be. His father was an alcoholic and David was very affected by it which probably hurtts him the most inflicting the pain on wife Sue and son Beau.

[tafamada]

He really poured his heart out to this interviewer RIP dear David

[marym.garcia]

A well spoken, talented and dear man. Sincere thanks for the gift of your shared talents. May Mr David Cassidy rest in eternal peace.

[designsonyouinparis]

One of the most underrated musicians, singer, actor, director, artist of out times. Dearly missed.

[desertwind]

You can't help but adore him. To fight the alcohol battle is huge. I have much respect for him. May he rest in peace....

[derdachsy]

An excellent interview! David appears very open and honest about his life. He was a heartthrob when I was a teen; I have great respect for him now.

[martinplatt]

You can see clearly here that David was and is a lovely man. Truly special who had super stardom in the early 1970s. I wish I'd met him. I'm sure I could have boosted his confidence. He was incredibly underrated as a musician and singer and became trapped in that 1972 - 1973 'teen idol' bracket. Just love this man. RIP x

[billgreen]

R.I.P. David. You were a class act and a good man!

[JoannaCubana]

Thank you David for being so honest about your struggle. Most of all, thank you for just being you, an amazing human being💟

[connietalent]

I love David Cassidy. He's been so honest and real in this interview. I really respect him for that.

[terencehennegan]

What a kind genuine authentic man he was. This interview seemed to be good therapy for him think he enjoyed opening up. Great man, great entertainer and a great singer.

[brendaannedufaur]

People never talked about the wonderful comic actor he was. He was so funny. His comic timing was so natural. In Partridge Family he just played humour so incredibly well. The pacing, his voice, it was like a character poking fun at himself. He was very talented not too mention so good-looking. He was wonderful. Piers is so annoying but somehow he got a great interview. David is so open. I admire him tremendously. I wish he had had more time being clean. We hear you David. You gave us so much. We wont forget you.