We couldn't believe the awful news when we first heard about Owen's suicide attempt on Sunday, and now stories about his past are popping up all over the place. Apparently Owen has a history of drug usage, and his friendship with co-star Steve Coogan has had a negative influence on his life. His face is all over the media this week, so we want to know - are you shocked by all the news about Owen?

















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I am so shocked. I mean of all people, Owen Wilson??
1It's really sad.
He seemed so happy!
It just goes to show, you never know!
He was masking his inner pain very well.
Tell your loved ones everyday how much they mean to you!
2I was really shocked...
3I think saddened by the recent news is more appropriate.
4Definitely shocked!
5Yes! Owen always seems so happy and he's a great actor. That's just it though; the people you least expect are the ones that are probably the unhappiest.
6Yea damn! He always seemed to be so happy!
7if you do sort of think about it, so many comics have passed due to a drug overdose...my hubby and i were actually saying how many 'funny people' might use thier humore to cover something more serious...like sadness, depression, issues, etc...it all makes me SO SAD...i just hope he snaps out of it and realizes to 'count his blessings' (right, booksandshoes!! wink wink!
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8I obviously don't know him, but it does make me very sad to know that someone else is suffering so much.
Strange thing, though, the suicide attempt reminded me of Luke's character in "Royal Tennenbaums". And the heroin/method allegations against Owen were also shared by his character in the same movie. Life imitating art, or art imitating life?
9I saw him in vegas once and his brother and will farrell and some other guys were all together but owen was all alone at a table. He seemed lonely.
Not to take away from the seriousness of the matter, but thats a HORRIBLE picture of kate hudson.
10I'm totally shocked!!
This is so sad... I pray he gets better well! I didn't see
this coming AT ALL.
11Shocked by the (alleged) suicide attempt, yes.
12Drug use and all that other good stuff, no.
We all have our moments of depression. It just seemed likely that he could've afforded to seek a different means of coping with them.
I'm totally shocked!!
This is so sad... I pray he gets better soon. I didn't see
this coming AT ALL.
13i'm shocked too...he seems so wholesome...
14im so so sad
i cant explain it
i cant believe it
i hope he gets well... please
does anyone has an address to write him? im from argentina but id love to write him a letter..
15I was shocked when I first heard.
16of course i was shocked! you don't really expect something like this from someone who always seemed so chill.
to be honest, i was pretty sure he regularly smoked weed and probably used coke here and there, but i didn't realize it was on such a massive scale! no wonder Kate got out of that relationship!
in either case, i hope he gets the help he needs because he really does like a good guy (except for his player tendencies...).
17i cant stop crying... cause im a big fan
18Yeah, I'm pretty shocked; like everyone said, he always seemed so happy.
19nothing that comes out of hollywierd shocks me anymore
20Usually I'm not shocked by these things, but Owen definitely shocked me. He's never really in the tabloids, and he seemed very happy go lucky.
21this episode in his life was a cry for help, hope that he gets the help he needs
22yes very shocked but if i think about it, so many "funny men" have destructive behaviors whether it be obesity alcohol or drugs...it is so sad.
23Yes, he could have afforded help, but maybe he didn't want it. Or maybe it's hard to find someone to trust. These people have a very strange job that opens them up to alot of personal scrutiny. I cannot imagine the difficulty of trying to find people you can trust as confidantes. And, being a creative person, he probably has a very deep emotional side. Speculation on my part, of course.
I've met a number of famous and not so famous people when I lived in L.A. and many of them seem very uncomfortable in their own skins. It's a sad way to live.
24I am kind of shocked you guys would make a poll. Obviously he has asked for privacy and Owen seems to be in pain.
Not classy poll.
25I was definitely shocked. Very sad, disturbing news.
26No but I'm shocked at the way the media, including Pop are handling it. Seriously, a POLL on a suicide attempt??
27not that I always thought Owen was happy but I never suspected drug use and this is the first i've heard of any relationship he had with Steve Coogan. this is the first i've heard of steve coogan in, like, 2 years and only then I heard of him b/c i was studying abroad in england and he's quite popular there.
anyway...i hope owen gets better and i wish that tabloid magazines would leave him alone and stop speculating...especially on what will happen with the movies he had signed on to do. uh, a little inapprop, no?
28I hope he gets better soon and is able to be a strong and healthy person. I really enjoy his movies and just hate the fact that he is going through some thing this hard. Best wishes to a great entertainer!
29I was away for most of the weekend, so this is a total shock to me. Isn't he supposed to be in that movie with Jen Aniston and all those other stars too?
30I can honestly say it was a shock and I never saw it coming!
31I'm still in complete shock! Poor Owen
32He's got talent and means something to people.. I hope he makes a speedy recovery.
33I really am in shock its like Owen Wilson of all ppl! i heart him and his comedic genius! *sniff sniff*
34It just goes to show you how little we truly know about these stars. They have inner turmoil just like the rest of us...i guess i just never figured Owen to be a troubled sort. He has always seemed so laid-back and cool...his movies are funny. It does suck that all this media coverage has outted a bunch of sad drug-related stories about him. I would have never guessed he was into the hard drugs...a little doobie from time to time maybe...but not heroin!! Crazy world.
35Yes...and get well soon Owen!!! We're pulling for you!
36Shocked, and very saddened. I hope he pulls through this.
37It's shocking and not at the same time. We see so much of celebrities, but it's impossible to know what is really going on in their heads; things like this happening are not really shocking in themselves, but compared to the side of the celebrity we usually see, can seem very much so.
I'm mostly saddened by all the news about Owen though. I've always liked him, and I hope he is getting the help he needs.
38I totally agree with someone who posed earlier that we wanted privacy....leave the poor man alone....he asked for privacy and already US Weekly and People have him plastered all over the covers. I mean what does that say about their character? Let him get better and then he will come forward when he is ready. This can be a very critical time for someone in this state of mind. He doesn't need people writing and speculating about what had happened.
39I'm shocked as well! He was always my favorite comedic actor.
40some of the funniest people i've ever known have also been the most damaged.
41***He wanted privacy....not We lol...I don't know him lol
42Super sad! Hope everything turns out for the better! Best Wishes!
43i was surprised at first, but when you think about the stresses of hollywood, the extreme lifestyles, the lack of privacy and the recent actions of other stars i realized i shouldn't have been. the media has so much access now and there a very few secrets, everything is public knowledge. the more horrible or shocking the story the more people want to hear about it. i'm hoping there is going to be a new trend toward moderation and getting treatment for mental health issues in an on going situation rather than a drive-by stunt.
44That magazine said: "his friends open up".
What in the Hel*! What kind of friends are those? Owen said he didn't want his business out in the street (in so many words) until he got his self together.
Man he needs to drop those so called friends. And since they knew for so many years, did they bother to help more than once or twice? Dam* nice friends he has.
Still praying on this end that you get better Owen.
45Yeah its kind of gross that they would make a poll out of this, the man asked for his flipping privacy, so back off!
46I don't think this is a subject that popsugar or any other gossip page should continue to discuss...He has asked for his privacy and I think we should respect that and leave the story alone.
47I think it is really, really awful for the tabloids to use this as front page news. It was even on CNN today. It is gross. I'm not commenting on any other posts about this topic.
48Stories on it don't bother me so much, although I think the covers are tacky and involving Kate Hudson in it is gross. But I expect gossip sites to have stories, comments, discussion, etc.
But a poll is seriously bugging me. Who's best dressed at the Teen Awards? Are Reese and Jake really a couple? And hey, did you see Owen Wilson's suicide attempt coming?
Tacky.
49Can't say I'm shocked, simply because this is hollywood and there is nothing shocking in that town. Especially the drugs, I think the majority of celebs are on crack to be honest. So sad
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