Puddle Of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin has a long and sordid history of legal troubles stemming from alleged substance abuse issues. Earlier this week, Scantlin appeared on SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk,” where he discussed his issues and claimed that he doesn’t do that much wrong.
“My main goal: just stay out of trouble,” he said. “And I really seriously don’t really do that much wrong things. I really just don’t. But I’m like a big fish in the little pond. I call myself a Christmas dinner trophy for the po-po. I wonder how many times they’ve explained that they arrested me at their Christmas dinner, at Christmas day. I’m telling you, man. I’m just a big, huge trophy.”
He continued: “I’ve made some mistakes, but at certain points I could breathe in the wrong direction and get cuffed and slammed in a dungeon. Shoot, man. It’s weird. My whole thing, my whole motto is turn around and run for your life as fast as you possibly can, man. I’m talking about maybe like a girlfriend or something. If they hit the ‘psycho wall’, as I call it — turn around and run… Somebody’s gotta go down, and they usually pick me, ’cause I’m the trophy. But my motto is turn around and run as fast as you can and just run.”
Scantlin also addressed the revolving door of musicians he uses for the band and hopes that their lineup has finally solidified. “Right now everything’s solid, and I pray to God that no one leaves me again,” he said. “Please, dear God above, do not let any of these people leave. It’s hard to make — the transitions are a pain in the butt.”
