'SNL's' Darrell Hammond Discloses Crack Addiction, Departing NBC 'in a Straightjacket'

Saturday Evening Live castmember Darrell Hammond discloses a disturbing crack habit, cutting themself and alcoholism in the new memoir, God Should You're Not Available Online For, I'm F--ked.our editor suggests Russell Brand Draws Mixed Responses From 'Saturday Evening Live' Debut'Community' Enrolls 'Saturday Evening Live's' Taran Killam Hammond -- who increased to fame impersonating Jesse Trump, former leader Bill Clinton along with a raunchy Sean Connery on Risk -- creates, "I stored a pint of Remy during my desk at the office. The consuming settled my nerves and quieted the disturbing images that sprang into my mind ... when consuming did not work, I cut myself." VIDEO: Emmy Roundtable: Comedy Stars Hammond -- who spent a long duration of any castmember on the program, 14 seasons and 270 looks -- states he used to be obtained from NBC "inside a straitjacket." When his wife found visit him at NY Hospital, "I did not recognize her," he adds. He creates he was hooked on cocaine in 2002, however in 2009 -- throughout his 14th and final season on the program -- "I'd the brilliant idea I ought to try crack." He wound up investing amount of time in a crack house in Harlem. He visited rehab that same year. This Year, he introduced he was hooked on vicodin and decreasing from the high while carrying out at comedy club Caroline's in NY City. He joined treatment again. "I'd began adding an obscene quantity of cocaine to my binges ... I needed to let the creativity flow about how exactly Used to do it without others increasing in popularity or allowing it to hinder the job. A minimum of an excessive amount of,Inch he creates. VIDEO: Emmy Roundtable: Comedy Showrunners He hasn't heard what his former co-employees consider it yet. "I do not have anything bad to say of anybody there," he informs the NY Publish. "All of them really went far above the phone call for me personally.Inch After beating his substance abuse, Hammond starred this summer time in Sag Harbor as Truman Capote in a single-guy play Tru. He's also involved with Will Ferrell's Funny or Die website. Related Subjects Saturday Evening Live