Pete Wentz Opens Up About Bipolar Disorder And That Alleged 5SOS Feud — mtv.com

Whether it’s his confessional lyrics for Fall Out Boy or his long struggle with mental illness, Pete Wentz is never afraid to share. On Tuesday morning (Jan. 20), Wentz sat down for an hour-long chat with SiriusXM host Howard Stern to talk about how he emerged from a dark period, that time he pierced his junk, and an alleged feud with 5SOS that isn’t what you think it is. “I think I went through when I was in my 20s… I went through a lot of highs and lows,” Wentz said about a time early in his career where he struggled to keep it together and resorted to self-medicating to deal with what he later learned was bipolar disorder. “For me… you’re traveling on the road. Everything is available to you and you can get what you need to get, or not… People just want to keep the machine going. They don’t so much care how healthy you are… It wasn’t really until having kids, that’s the ultimate happy pill.”

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