Metal Anarchy

During a recent appearance on the “One Life One Chance With Toby Morse” podcast, Jay Weinberg was asked about his 2023 firing from Slipknot. The drummer responded by saying he is “not quite yet really ready to talk about it.”

Weinberg said the following:

“Truth be told, I’m at kind of a point where I’m not quite yet really ready to talk about it, really. And that’s not to dismiss the conversation, but I’ve spent time, and spend time, just processing the entire experience. And the experience not being the last six months, but really the last 10 years [of playing with Slipknot]. And finally, in a way, processing all of that. And doing it in kind of what I would consider the responsible way.

I have a fantastic therapist who helps me. Before I speak on it, it’s important for me to do the right work of processing these events that you spend 10 years exclusively committed to one thing. There’s a lot to process that on the other side. And I think there is definitely a time where I’ll speak to my lived experience over those ten years — just not quite yet.”

He continued when asked if has written a book:

“Yeah, I write a lot. It’s one of the ways that I think is a responsible way of that processing, and that’s one of the things that, through therapy, has actually been — well, literally therapeutic. It helps you helps you understand moments, periods of time, long periods of time, and it kind of helps you just kind of contextualize that in the greater scheme of life, that you’re not able to when you’re kind of directly just consumed by it.”

He also added the following when asked if has undergone therapy like this before:

“At points. Here and there. But I think anybody who embarks on trying to prioritize their mental health and pursue happiness through really tackling these things, I think anybody who embarks on that kind of a journey for themselves can understand when you find different therapists or different approaches or whatever, sometimes it doesn’t work out. Sometimes it’s, like, ‘Oh, it’s not the way I really approach this or whatever,’ but I’m in a place where I’ve found somebody amazing where I actually feel — I’ve used this expression before but that pedal meeting the pavement of, like, ‘Wow, this helps me contextualize, this helps me process.’ And that’s huge. ‘Cause it can get a little bit demotivating when you’re trying to search for answers and search for help with when you turn over to trying to find somebody of, like, ‘Help me process this incredibly complex moment.’ It doesn’t happen overnight. And some people might find that to be a dejecting part of the process of. It’s hard to find a good therapist, but when you do, it’s a worthwhile pursuit. And it’s an invitation to anybody out there who’s in search of that, that even if it is difficult, if you hit those obstacles of, like, you don’t feel you’ve found the right person to talk with yet, they’re out there. It’s a worthwhile thing of searching for, if you need it.”

[via Blabbermouth]