![]() ![]() While this could have just been written off to rock star behavior, it should be pointed out that Manson is in his 50s, and he's been a professional musician for decades. While on tour in 2016, Manson's drinking became a problem three times while he was performing. ![]() In fact, Manson said that, consuming marijuana and vodka is "sober" for him. Regardless, it seems like Manson was admitting that alcohol was a problem and, instead of quitting drinking, he switched to vodka. That's kind of scary because, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Manson is worth $25 million, yet he was worried that drinking absinthe would put him into the poor house (especially considering he could probably get his own brand at cost). In 2015, Manson said that he had to stop drinking Absinthe, because too much of it makes someone "poor and crazy," and he didn't want to become poor and crazy. Then, after Harris and Klebold were dead, they couldn't be blamed and held responsible, and Manson unfairly became a target for people's outrage because many people found him offensive before the massacre. He used terrorist recruiting tactics to get Klebold, a depressed and suicidal teenager, involved in the mass murder. In fact, there is absolutely no evidence that either Harris or Klebold listened to, or even enjoyed, Marilyn Manson's music. Essentially, what the Columbine shooting came down to was that Harris was a psychopath who wanted to hurt and kill as many people as he could. According to Dave Cullen's exhaustive investigation, which resulted in the aptly titled book "Columbine," Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold weren't bullied outcast Goths who obsessed with Marilyn Manson. What's really remarkable about Manson getting the brunt of the blame is that, in the years since the massacre, we've learned that Marilyn Manson had no discernable effect on either shooters' lives. Due to the controversy, Manson was forced to cancel several tour dates, and he was picketed at the shows he did play at. According to some religious groups, and even some media outlets, Manson's music had somehow encouraged Harris and Klebold, two outcast Goth kids, to shoot up their school because they were being bullied. The massacre shocked the United States, and Manson quickly came to represent everything wrong with pop culture. ![]()
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