Ryan Guzman is opening up like never before and sharing, for the very first time, "the two biggest fundamental moments" of his life: attempting to take his own life and the tragic death of his good friend, Stephen "tWitch" Boss , who died by suicide. The 9-1-1 star made the revelation while on the latest episode of Tommy DiDario's I've Never Said This Before podcast, and it was during the very last question when DiDario -- staying on theme of the podcast's title -- asked the actor if there was anything he'd like to share that he had never shared before. The 36-year-old pondered the question before prefacing he had been hesitant about sharing that -- nearly a decade ago -- he nearly took his own life amid his own mental health crisis.
"I've been thinking about this for so long, and there's so many things that come to mind. One specifically. I've been hesitant to actually say it for so long because it's been years upon years," he said.
"About six and a half, seven years ago -- and I've never really said this out loud, especially onto a public platform -- I had my own mental health crisis and I tried, at one point in time, to take my own life." Guzman added that "luckily it didn't work" and "luckily" he got "a second chance, by the grace of God." But that life experience altered his perspective from that very day.
Video "And from that moment forward, I've taken each step as an opportunity to erase what got me there and build on what allowed me to live for," he added. "So, I woul.
