Scooter Braun Had ‘Suicidal Ideas’ When His Marriage Fell Aside

Scooter Braun is reflecting on a darkish interval in his life.

Throughout an look on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast revealed Monday, June 9, the music govt opened up about experiencing suicidal ideas when he was on the prime of his recreation — and the foundation trigger.

Reflecting on his feud with Taylor Swift, that started when he bought Large Machine Information from Scott Borchetta which gave him management of Swift’s first six albums (she just lately purchased them again), Braun mentioned he was in a position to navigate his method by and it “could not transfer me.” His divorce from ex Yael Cohen, nonetheless, stopped him in his tracks.

“Dropping my youngsters 50% of the time modified every little thing,” Braun, 43, mentioned. “That one rocked me and woke me up.”

Braun recalled “the entire world” considering he was “crushing it” in October 2020 — however behind closed doorways his marriage was “falling aside.”

“I had a suicidal thought for 20 minutes the place I used to be like, ‘If my marriage goes to collapse I am not going to be with my youngsters on a regular basis. I am unable to management this. I am not going to be this good picture that I introduced to the world. And if I am unable to be this good picture then I do not wish to be right here,'” he recalled, including that he went to a “very darkish place.”

“After 20 minutes I say, ‘What the hell was that? That is not me. I might by no means depart my youngsters,'” he mentioned.

The next day, a pal prompt that he undergoes the Hoffman Course of — and the one opening was throughout his “busiest week of the yr.”

Braun mentioned he laughed on the thought — however determined to do it anyway. Since then, he claimed he was “by no means depressed once more.”

“I am on the prime of my recreation but I wished to kill myself final evening. One thing’s gotta change,” he recalled considering.

Braun later added, “Six years in the past, I used to be the most important supervisor and the proper marriage and every little thing I touched turned to gold and there was no destructive press about me ever. Six years later I am divorced, I do not handle anymore, I’ve had destructive press and I could not be happier.”

Braun, who helped information the careers of stars like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and Dan + Shay, introduced his retirement from administration on June 17, 2024.

In the meantime, in September 2022, Braun and Cohen agreed to joint custody of their three youngsters Jagger Joseph, 9, Levi Magnus, 7, and Hart Violet, 5.

Braun and Cohen tied the knot in 2014 and PEOPLE confirmed their separation in July 2021. On the time, a supply mentioned they have been “taking a while aside to type issues out,” including: “They love one another and simply want a while aside and can hopefully bounce again for his or her youngsters.”

Days later, Braun filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable variations, and one other supply advised PEOPLE they “determined to maneuver forward with the divorce,” including: “They’re dedicated to maintaining issues amicable for the youngsters. They do not wish to have a messy divorce.”

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