Andy Dick projects healthier image as he gets some fresh air outside halfway house after near-fatal overdose
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Andy Dick looked healthier than he had in years when he was glimpsed outside of his halfway house in Los Angeles on Thursday.
The troubled comedian, 60, was spotted as he enjoyed some fresh air outside the facility and made a phone call.
Dick's health appeared to be on the upswing following a scary overdose he suffered in December.
At the time, he was pictured slumped over against a building as his friends desperately tried to revive him.
Dick, who had a brief stay in rehab after the overdose, revealed last month that doctors had discovered multiple 'holes' in his brain in the wake of the traumatic event.
But the NewsRadio star looked untroubled as he stepped out this week in a black zip-up hoodie and matching sweatpants, along with a purple T-shirt and black Crocs.
Andy Dick, 60, looked healthier than he had in years when he was glimpsed outside of his halfway house in Los Angeles on Thursday
The troubled comedian, 60, was spotted as he enjoyed some fresh air outside the facility and made a phone call. Dick's health appeared to be on the upswing following a scary overdose he suffered in December after allegedly smoking crack with a man on the street
Dick was seen chatting with another person outside of the halfway house, before he took a seat at a bus stop.
The comedian previously said that he had smoked crack cocaine with a man he met on the street before his December overdose.
Astonishing footage surfaced showing Dick later slumped over by the sidewalk as his friends shouted his name and desperately tried to revive him, via TMZ.
Dick's life was allegedly saved thanks to multiple doses of Narcan — an antidote to opioid overdoses — that he was administered. He then spent six weeks at a Palm Springs rehab.
Notably, crack is not an opiate, and therefore Narcan should have no effect on an overdose caused by it.
Fentanyl — which can be covertly mingled with other drugs — is an opiate, so fentanyl overdoses can be treated with Narcan.
The drug, which has legitimate medical uses as a powerful painkiller, can also be smoked on aluminum foil, similar to the crack that Dick believed he had smoked.
In March, he revealed on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast that he underwent 'a CAT scan thing' after the incident and learned he had multiple 'holes' in his brain.
Dick, who looked relaxed in black sweats, a purple T-shirt and black Crocs, was spotted relaxing at a bus stop
Dick's representative later clarified, however, that the neural lesions did not result from the overdose, but were instead believed to have resulted from when the comic was punched years ago, according to Page Six.
The Daily Mail has contacted Dick's representatives for further comment.
'The issue with his brain is from the 2019 attack that almost killed Andy when an unprovoked attacker cold-cocked Andy while he was outside of the club he and Paris Dylan had just performed at,' the representative told Page Six.
'We are assured that his brain will heal,' the statement continued, noting that Dick — who has gone to rehab more than 20 times — had been 'battling his addictions for years' but is now 'healthy, sober and doing great.'
The 2019 assailant told police at the time that he punched Dick because the comic grabbed his genitals and winked at him, a claim both Dick and Paris Dylan denied.
During his new podcast interview with Howie Mandel, Dick confirmed that his heart stopped during his December overdose and that he was 'purple, not breathing.'
He recalls nothing before 'waking up in the ambulance,' he said, and confirmed that his substance abuse has had a lasting impact on his memory.
'And they did a CAT scan thing, or whatever they call it on your brain, and I have all these - there's about five to seven holes or something,' said Dick.
In March, he revealed on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast that he underwent 'a CAT scan thing' after the incident and learned he had multiple 'holes' in his brain
Dick's representative clarified, however, that the neural lesions did not result from the overdose but from the comic getting punched in 2019, via Page Six; pictured 2019
In late January, Dick announced that he had emerged from rehab after a little under 50 days and was staying at a sober living facility close to Beverly Hills, via TMZ.
The day after the overdose, a slurring Dick gave an interview about the incident, joined by the friends who had helped save his life.
Dick was said to have 'snuck away' and done 'something that messed him up' so that his friends had to conduct a 'group effort' to 'you know, save him.'
The comedian explained that he had come across a man close to his age and 'felt for him,' whereupon the man 'whipped out - sorry, but crack. And I'm like, you know what, I might need a little bit of that. I wanted to see what he was doing, and also, I don't mind doing a little crack every now and then,' according to TMZ.
In January, he told comedian Jamie Kennedy that the first sentence out of his mouth when he regained consciousness after the overdose was: 'Where's the vodka?' on an episode of the podcast Hate to Break It To Ya.
Through his years of rollercoaster addiction, Dick has racked up a string of arrests and faced varying legal problems, some involving accusations of sexual misconduct.
In 2022, he was found guilty of having groped an Uber driver four years earlier, for which he was given a 90-day sentence and made to register as a sex offender.
He was arrested in June 2021 for allegedly using a metal chair to attack a male partner, and that October for allegedly striking his boyfriend's face with a frying pan.
Through his years of rollercoaster addiction, Dick has racked up a string of arrests and faced varying legal problems, some involving accusations of sexual misconduct; pictured 2016
In December 2019, he was convicted of sexual battery for squeezing a woman's behind and was sentenced to two weeks in jail, but as a result of overcrowding, he ended up spending only one night behind bars.
In 2018, his estranged second wife, Lena Sved, obtained a domestic violence restraining order against him that forced him to move out of their home and stay 100 yards from her and their adult children, Lucas, 37; Jacob, 31; and Meg, 27.
Dick was also arrested in 2010 and accused of having taken hold of a man's genitals while he was drunk at a bar in West Virginia.
In 2008, he was arrested for allegedly exposing a 17-year-old girl's breasts by pulling down her top and bra, and was also found to be in possession of various drugs.
He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor marijuana and battery charges in connection with that incident and received three years' probation.
During a 2007 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, security had to yank him offstage because of his repeated unbidden touching of fellow guest Ivanka Trump.
In 1999, he was charged with cocaine and marijuana possession when police found the substances after he crashed his car into a traffic signal pole.
