There are many crazy Courtney Love stories, insane but true incidents that range from the bizarre to the pathetic. After an unconventional upbringing and a youth spent dancing topless and making movies, Love first burst into the music scene in the late '80s as the frontwoman of the alt-rock outfit Hole. She quickly captured the public's imagination with her babydoll dresses and brash, in-your-face lyrics. Love's celebrity increased once she fell in love with – and eventually married – Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.
Initially, wild Courtney Love tales only endeared her to the grunge audience that worshipped her and her husband as the Bonny and Clyde of rock 'n' roll. But beneath Love's occasional flashes of brilliance, a relentlessly public slide into addiction, bad behavior, and arrogance eventually destroyed any semblance of a positive image and career for her. And when you're talking about the craziest things Courtney Love has done, you can't leave her parenting off the table; she used heroin while she was pregnant, and reportedly hasn't been the most attentive mother since.
The numerous freakouts and repeated public appearances while under the influence have permanently marked Love as a laughing stock and punchline within the music industry. Facts about Courtney Love aren't easy to read, but they paint a strangely fascinating portrait of a complicated, controversial woman.
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She Threw A Lit Candle At A Woman And Dumped Whiskey On Her
In October 2004, Love went to the home of her ex-boyfriend Jim Barber and attacked a woman she found inside. Kristin King, the then-romantic partner of Barber, said she was sleeping in Barber's living room when Love entered. Seeing King on the couch, Love picked up a whiskey bottle and dumped it on King. She then threw a lit candle, sat on King, and dug her fingernails into King's skin.
"She was very aggressive, angry, just vicious," King said.
Love plead guilty to misdemeanor assault, was given three years of probation, and was forced to pay restitution to King.
She Killed Her Daughter's Pets
Frances Cobain, the daughter of Love and Kurt Cobain, filed a request for a restraining order against her mother in December 2009. It contained allegations that Cobain's cat died after being trapped in boxes of papers, garbage and other clutter hoarded within the household. Another one of Cobain's pets, a dog, died after consuming large amounts of pills casually left around the home.
The restraining order requested that Love have no contact with her daughter, her daughter's grandmother and aunt, or Cobain's dog Uncle Fester. The order was granted.
She's Rumored To Be Involved In Kurt Cobain's Death
Kur Cobain committed suicide on April 5, 1994, but rumors have persisted for years that he was actually murdered. What's more, many suspect Love may have been involved. Supposedly, Cobain was on the verge of divorcing her when she died. Love also had a lot to gain financially from her husband's death.
Love has repeatedly denied any involvement with Cobain's passing, though that hasn't stopped speculation. In fact, Tom Grant, a private investigator hired by Love when Cobain disappeared from a Los Angeles rehab facility shortly before his suicide, has stated, "Love was involved in a conspiracy in the death of Kurt Cobain."
She Used Heroin During Her Pregnancy
For years, Love vehemently denied she had used heroin during her 1992 pregnancy. The rumor had started after a Vanity Fair article quoted her talking about doing heroin "for a couple of months" while expecting. Love responded to the criticism by claiming her quotes were inaccurate distortions, and later threatened the author of the piece at an Oscars after-party in 1995.
Love eventually admitted to using heroin during her pregnancy, although she claimed that she had used it only once. The truth came out in Montage of Heck, a 2015 documentary about the life of Kurt Cobain.
She Attacked Her Manager's House At Three In The Morning
One early morning at around 3 a.m. in October 2003, Love forced her daughter Frances Cobain to accompany her to the Los Angeles home of her boyfriend and manager Jim Barber. Once they arrived, Love, presumably enraged by the presence of another woman in the house, began smashing windows, attempting to break in, and screaming that she would burn the residence down. Barber's children were present at the time.
Love was detained and taken to a police station, and determined to be under the influence of an intoxicant or drug. After posting bond, she was released. But Love's day didn't end there. Shortly after 6:30 a.m., Love was rushed to an emergency room for treatment of a potential drug overdose from Oxycontin.
She Caused $100,00 Worth Of Damage To Her Townhouse
Love was nearly evicted from a Greenwich Village townhouse in 2011. Love had accidentally started a fire in June of that year; a candle had set the curtains in the master bedroom on fire. Then, the owner got a look at the place – which Love had redecorated, in direct violation of the terms of her lease. Love had covered the building's hand-painted and glazed walls with wallpaper and blue paint. The landlord's attorney described Love's efforts as "tantamount to destroying a work of art."
At the time of her almost-eviction, Love was allegedly two months behind on her $27,000 a month rent. That's in addition to the damages she caused, which ran an estimated $100,000. Love ultimately prevailed in a lawsuit when it was determined that her rent had been paid.
She Was Detained By Police After Disrupting Airline Flights – Twice
Love was arrested at Heathrow Airport in February 2003. She had flown into a rage when an acquaintance was not allowed to accompany her into the first class cabin during a flight from LA to London. The disruption was serious enough to prompt the captain to request that law enforcement meet the plane when it disembarked. Love was lead off of the aircraft and into a waiting police car. In Britain to perform at a charity event, she was released after several hours questioning without being charged.
Love entertained a flight on Qantas in 1995 with similar antics. When asked to remove her feet from the window adjacent to her first class seat, Love objected and asked those in the vicinity if her feet were offending anyone. When threatened with arrest, Love responded by saying, "You are one mean f*cking stewardess." Upon arrival, she was arrested, strip-searched, and charged with intimidation of a flight crew and endangering an aircraft. After two days of airport detention, a court let her off with a $500 fine.
She Sloppily Crashed An Interview With Madonna
Madonna was being interviewed during the 1995 MTV VMAs. The interaction was pretty tame – until Love began shouting and hurling cosmetics from off camera, prompting interviewer Kurt Loder to ask if she wished to participate. What ensued was incoherent banter punctuated with occasional dismissive retorts from Madonna, who was clearly not pleased with the intrusion. Love didn't help herself by being visibly out of it.
She Lost Custody Of Her Daughter On Three Occasions
In 1992, when Love's daughter Frances Cobain was a newborn, accounts of Love's heroin use during pregnancy prompted LA Protective Services to briefly remove Cobain from her home. The child was returned after the investigation was dropped.
After Love was arrested in 2003 for attacking her manager's home, a nasty battle ensued in which the courts awarded temporary custody of Cobain to Kurt Cobain's mother, Wendy O'Connor. Officials noted Love's attempted burglary, overdose in front of her daughter, and suicide threat. It would take two years and protracted legal battles involving some of LA's most prominent attorneys before Love was legally reunited with her daughter.
Then, in 2009, Cobain requested a restraining order against her mother, and attempted to appoint her grandmother and her aunt as her guardians. She was successful. Love responded by attacking Cobain on her Facebook page.
She Flashed David Letterman
On March 18, 2004, Love made an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. During her segment, she exposed her breasts on camera at least six times, stood on the host's desk and offered Letterman a closer look at her chest, and then sang a few snippets of "Danny Boy." Letterman responded by saying "Very sweet of you. We are going to lose our liquor license."