Asia Argento Seemingly Reacts to Anthony Bourdain Ebook Controversy With Provocative Instagram Story

Asia Argento appears to have addressed the upcoming unauthorized biography about her late associate Anthony Bourdain. The e-book, titled Down and Out in Paradise by writer Charles Leerhsen, contains the previous couple’s remaining dialog by way of textual content messages.

On Thursday, Argento, 47, shared a photograph of herself carrying a T-shirt that includes a graphic picture {of professional} bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman. The Italian actress captioned the Instagram Story “Cease Busting My Balls.” In line with the e-book, Argento despatched the identical message to Bourdain the night time earlier than he died by suicide.

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In June of 2018, Bourdain handed away at age 61 in Kaysersberg, France, the place he was capturing an episode of his CNN  collection “Components Unknown”.

“Is there something I can do?” the movie star chef requested Argento throughout their dialog, included on the very first web page of the e-book.

“Cease busting my balls,” Argento replied. “Okay,” Bourdain texted again.

The TV persona was discovered useless in his lodge room the subsequent day.

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The forthcoming biography contains personal data, primarily extracted from texts and emails discovered on Bourdain’s cellphone and laptop computer. It additionally paperwork how he grew to become a well-known foodie after dropping out of New York’s Vassar School.

In line with Leerhsen’s e-book, Bourdain fought with the filmmaker throughout his remaining days abroad. He grew to become offended after seeing paparazzi pictures of Argento with French journalist Hugo Clément and left the set “a number of instances to speak to her on the cellphone.”

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“Issues escalated on Wednesday when by all accounts she informed him she not wished to be with him. Everybody was keeping track of him all day and night time as a result of he was extremely distraught. Extra screaming cellphone calls by the day. By Thursday he appeared to be higher and form of wished everybody to again off,” reads the excerpt, obtained by Folks. 

Argento revealed that she has not learn Leerhsen’s e-book, as per an e-mail to the New York Instances. 

“I wrote clearly to [Leerhsen] that he couldn’t publish something I mentioned to him,” she informed the publication.

Down and Out in Paradise comes out on Oct. 11