In a 1985 interview with Jet Magazine, Demond Wilson talked that real talk about his addiction to heroin and how he didn’t like his work on the show. Here are excerpts from that interview:
“I had had it after the third year of Sanford and Son. Nothing was real. When you first come into the newness of things, your first luxury car, your first Rolls Royce, your first Mercedes, your first house. All of those things seem exciting and thrilling.
But after they wear off, you’re faced with reality, and the reality is that your life is empty. I had worked all of those years, gearing myself for stardom but the thing that I failed to do was to have a life. I barely knew my wife and children.
Wilson explains his heroin addiction
I had gotten to a point in my life where I was spiritually low and I’d tried just about everything else…I had fallen away from the Lord.
Before I came to California, I was on heroin. When I came from Vietnam I was on heroin. I did a film in Canada for Warner Brothers called “The Dealing” and I was on it then. And…
Hmmm. He doesn’t watch the show (then or now). Does he cash the residual checks? I sure hope not. That would be wrong! (sarcasm). On a serious note, Sanford and Son was good, clean fun ad it had some real touching moments.
LuLu you’re crackin’ me up over here, but I do agree with you when you say that “Sanford and Son” was good, clean fun back in the day. As a matter of fact, that was one of my favorite shows and I still watch it when I get a chance. Thanks for joining the convo.’
Hmmm. He doesn’t watch the show (then or now). Does he cash the residual checks? I sure hope not. That would be wrong! (sarcasm). On a serious note, Sanford and Son was good, clean fun ad it had some real touching moments.
LuLu you’re crackin’ me up over here, but I do agree with you when you say that “Sanford and Son” was good, clean fun back in the day. As a matter of fact, that was one of my favorite shows and I still watch it when I get a chance. Thanks for joining the convo.’