Anguished final text messages of Anthony Bourdain revealed in new book

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Anthony Bourdain may have overcome his drug addiction but was never able to stop drinking — and hated himself for it, a new controversial biography alleged.In “Down And Out In Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain,” which will be released Oct. 11, author Charles Leerhsen spoke to The Guardian about Bourdain’s sad, final days.The American chef and TV presenter hanged himself in a French hotel room in June 2018.

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Asia Argento seems to have addressed the upcoming unauthorized biography about her late partner Anthony Bourdain. The book, titled Down and Out in Paradise by author Charles Leerhsen, includes the former couple’s final conversation via text messages.

Four years after Anthony Bourdain’s death by suicide, his final text messages to girlfriend Asia Argento have been revealed.

Anthony Bourdain's loved ones are slamming a new, unauthorized biography that details the late celebrity chef's struggles with his rags-to-riches success in the culinary industry, and shares final messages purportedly sent before his death by suicide in 2018. According to the book written by Charles Leerhsen, "Down and Out in Paradise," Bourdain regularly communicated with his estranged wife, Ottavia Busia-Bourdain. Ottavia and Anthony were married for 11 years and separated in 2016, but were still legally married at the time of his death.

A new unauthorized biography of Anthony Bourdain includes the celebrity chef’s rumored final text messages from the days leading up to his death by suicide in 2018.

"Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain," which gives some insight into the famous chef's state of mind. "I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job," he apparently wrote to his ex-wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain.

ex, Asia Argento — sent just a few hours before his tragic suicide in a French hotel room on June 8, 2018.Excerpts from “Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain” were published in Tuesday’s edition of the New York Times.The unauthorized biography written by reporter Charles Leerhsen will be released Oct. 11 and contains the texts as well as Bourdain’s online search history.Leerhsen describes the celebrity chef’s life before his suicide as “isolated,” with him “injecting steroids, drinking to the point of blackout and visiting prostitutes, and had all but vanished from his 11-year-old daughter’s life.”The book also chronicles his “last, painful days” when he saw photos of Argento, now 47, dancing with journalist Hugo Clément at a hotel in Rome, the last time they communicated.“I am okay,” Bourdain texted Argento, who he began dating in 2016, after he viewed the photographs.The book noted how the “Parts Unknown” star had searched Argento’s name online  “hundreds” of times after he saw the snaps.“I am not spiteful,” the text continued. “I am not jealous that you have been with another man.