It turns out Bourdain talked about suicide a lot

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May 2005 Interview with 8 Days Magazine “If I had to make a show called The Naked Chef, I'd
hang myself.”

March 2012 Interview with Food Republic: “I'm not Michael Pollan. I'm not out there addressing
sustainable agriculture in this country in a serious way. A silent room for five minutes, I may as
well hang myself.”

May 2013 Parts Unknown, Season 1, Episode 4 (Quebec): “At no point in my cooking career
could I have worked with one of these (an electric stove) without murdering everyone in the
vicinity before hanging myself from the nearest beam.”

August 2005 No Reservations, Season 1, Episode 2 (Iceland - Hello Darkness My Old Friend):
“You wake up, feeling like you're not sure whether you want to curl up into a fetal ball, start
crying, projectile vomit, or hang yourself in the shower.”

November 2005 No Reservations, Season 1, Episode 9 (New Zealand): “Generally after these
events I want to hang myself in the shower stall, and tonight's no different.”

January 2009 No Reservations, Season 5, Episode 4 (Azores): “Oh boy, just saved from a
poisonous blowhole-inspired bout of depression and self-loathing by the healing powers of
pork. I determine not to hang myself in the shower stall of my lonely hotel room.”

July 2009 No Reservations, Season 5, Episode 13 (Rust Belt): “The painful story of my life and
less than distinguished career ended up as five episodes of a sitcom on Fox, at the end of which
I'd pretty much wanted to hang myself in the shower.”

January 2010 Milwaukee WI Riverside Theater appearance: “If I had to be him for five hours, I'd
hang myself in a shower stall.”

March 2015 Peabody Awards Interview: “I said 'No. I'm just not going to do it. I can't do it. You
know, I'll hang myself in the shower stall if I do that for a week'.”

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