John Wall Reveals His Near-Suicide Attempt [Video]

NBA star John Wall has dealt with some challenges in his life both on and off the court. In 2019, his beloved mother, Frances died of breast cancer. The now 33-year-old said his pain was intense, describing his mother as his “best friend.”

In the wake of her death, Wall said that he put a gun to his head, twice. He made the revelation his on The OGs podcast, hosted by former Miami Heat teammates Udonis Haslem and Mike Miller.

Though he has talked about this issue before, this is the first time Wall explicitly stated that his anguish led him to not just thinking about, but actually coming close to committing suicide.

“I put a gun to my head twice and a lot of people that are close to me, friends at the time didn’t know,” Wall said. He called losing his mother his “darkest moment,” followed by losing his grandmother a little over a year later.

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