You've come on here and assassinated the character
of everybody involved in this situation.
And you've not asked one thing
about the origin of his addiction,
the path out of his addiction.
You've not focused one bit on saving that young man's life.
What you've done is attempt to manipulate the situation,
cover your own ass and derogate everyone around here
in hopes that you would be netified in the process.
I've owned everything I've ever done.
I said I beat myself up
every time I've done something wrong
and done whatever I did to change it.
The situation is, we have a parenting...
What have you asked about,
about finding a path
to health for Nick?
What have I asked you?
I haven't asked you anything about a path to health for Nick
because I got on and I was immediately attacked.
I came on expecting, if there was no attack,
it was gonna be fine.
The attack came, I'm gonna defend myself.
So I'm gonna say, I take my ownership.
There's a whole whack of ownership there.
The excesses in our family,
and my daughter took it right to the nine's,
she's entitled, she's belligerent and she just
does whatever the hell she wants.
They tell kids today that your parents can't
do anything to you and what they're meaning is
they can't sexually abuse you and they can't...
(audience laughs)
no, but that's what they mean.
No, no, when they're telling them about this,
no, when CPS went into the school,
they brought out little dolls and said,
did your dad touch you here, did your dad touch you there?
None of that ever happened
and so that's what they do.
What they don't tell the kids
is by the way, that doesn't mean your parents
don't have a right to discipline you
when you step out of line.
I asked you a few minutes ago if you ever
get tired of listening to yourself talk.
You said oh no, no, no, no, no.
I think if you'll watch this back a few times,
you might change your answer
(audience chuckles)
because the whole time,
you're derogating others, you've spent all that time
not talking about your son who's life,
in my opinion, is in danger.
And who's staying with me right now.
What's the point?
What is your point in saying that?
I'm trying to help him.
You're not qualified.
It's so high over your pay grade, you have no idea.
You're right but he wanted...
You are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
(audience applauds)
Yes I am, yes I am.
I can say the last three weeks he's been with me,
we've had an amazing time in the apartment.
He's been on drugs since he was 10.
Yeah I know that, oh no, 12.
So don't tell me about three weeks.
He was 12.
Don't tell me about three weeks.
This guy is seriously addicted to drugs.
Your son needs serious help.
If you don't make a serious shift in your dynamic here,
he doesn't have a chance.
So if you continue to do what you're doing,
you're doing it with the full knowledge
that you're doing it, throwing your son's life
under the bus.
So what is it that I'm doing exactly?
Well, I'll tell you what you're doing.
You're being controlling.
You're being manipulative, you're being narcissistic
and you are attacking everyone in your family
because you are so afraid that if you ever let go
of controls, that people are going to leave you
instead of stay with you.
So five years ago, I tried to leave.
I tried to leave five years ago.
I wrote my wife a 17 page letter that said,
I want to leave, let me go.
I'm surprised it was that short.
(audience laughs)
She begged me to stay.
I wanted to go and you know what the punchline was,
I am afraid to be in my own house.
If you learn some new ways to relate and to interact
with the same passion that you're embracing
the dynamics that you're now embracing,
I think you can be a powerful force for good
in your son's life.
Yep.
The most powerful role model in any child's life
is the same sex parent and that's you,
that you could lead this young man
out of this very dark place
but you have to be willing to say look,
I've got to take a leap of faith and trust somebody
and I'm gonna let you give us some guidance here
to save this young man's life.
I believe you can do it.
I believe in you.
I believe you can do that with him.
Yep.