Tragic Details About Scott Disick

The following references suicide, mental health struggles, and addiction. 

Scott Disick divides Kardashian fans as few can. There are those who can't stand him and have never really grasped his relationship with Kourtney Kardashian or why the family tolerates his behavior. It would be easy to write Disick off as a "talentless" (his words, not ours) reality star, weaving his way through life via a series of age-inappropriate relationships and rehab stints, but there's actually a lot more to Disick than just stuffing wads of money into waiters' mouths.

For every fan who thinks he's a waste of time, there's another who is charmed by his shenanigans (Todd Kraines or Art Vandelay, anyone?), rooting for Disick to come out on top. To those that love him, when you look past his drunken antics and serial cheating, there is a gentle soul who actually has not lived the sunniest of lives. Suffice it to say, Disick is a complicated man who is no stranger to tragedy.

Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian's relationship may be one of the messiest things to ever happen on the E! channel. Throughout their time together, Scott cheated numerous times, had various stints in rehab, and once forced Kim Kardashian, Kourtney, and baby Mason Disick to flee a hotel room. The breakup, which happened for the final time in 2015, was years in the making.

Kourtney (along with the rest of the world) was reportedly shocked to catch Scott front and center in the tabloids chilling with an ex in Monte Carlo while she stayed home with their three kids. Years later, though, during a reunion episode for the series finale of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," the eldest Kardashian sister clarified that the overt cheating wasn't the only reason she called it quits. "The infidelity, I only knew about it at the end, so I think the substance abuse was the deal-breaker," she explained, per Newsweek.

Though the two seem to get along well these days, Scott still has a lot of regrets about how things went down all those years ago. "Kourtney has all [the] right to despise me and the way I treated her because it was horrible," Scott said during a 2022 episode of "The Kardashians," per Life and Style.

Throughout his time on reality TV, Scott Disick has repeatedly tried to address his addiction issues. The first wakeup call came in 2014 when Disick accidentally overdosed on prescription pills while partying on the East Coast. "It's no secret that over the years I've suffered from drinking problems, and now I'm very depressed with everything I've gone through in the past year," he said on a 2014 episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," adding that the next step would likely be treatment, per the Daily Mail. In June of that year, Disick checked himself into a rehab facility, per Us Weekly.

The following year Kardashian and Disick split for good. That same year, TMZ reported he headed to a Costa Rican rehab that utilized the hallucinogen iboga to treat addiction. Since then, Disick has been up and down with his sobriety, most recently entering treatment in 2020. A source told People that he wanted to work on himself away from the critical and omnipresent public eye. Disick's lawyer told the outlet that it was not drug or alcohol related but to deal with emotional trauma. However, the aforementioned source asserted Disick was dealing with numerous problems at the time. "He's looking into his next steps," they told the outlet. "He's talking to a lot of people who can give him psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual health. He knows he needs all four."

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After failing to make it work with Kourtney Kardashian, Scott Disick's love life took a few more hits. Since splitting with Kardashian, Disick has been linked to a series of much younger women, including Sofia Richie and Amelia Hamlin. Disick dated Richie for nearly three years and seemed to be very much in love with the model and close friend of Kylie Jenner. Richie even accompanied Disick and Kardashian on family vacations. Things came to a crashing end in 2020 when Richie reportedly told Disick to choose between her or Kardashian, per The Mirror. "I thought I would give it a try and make [Richie] more of a priority, but then even when doing that, I feel like she just started wanting to push Kourtney out," Disick explained on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."

Soon enough, Disick was spotted out and about with Hamlin, but that didn't last long either. "The split from Amelia was sudden and unexpected. He was pretty shocked about it," a source told People, adding that Disick had been keeping busy with his kids to help cope. And in June 2022, Disick ended things with Rebecca Donaldson when he reportedly realized that he wasn't ready to date anyone seriously at the moment, per E! News. Even though he's had more than his fair share of heartbreak, Disick reportedly isn't bothered. According to the outlet's insiders, Disick is more than fine with not being in a relationship. 

If you're a fan of Kourtney Kardashian, you probably have not always been the biggest fan of Scott Disick. After all, it's hard to root for him when he's spent the bulk of his time on reality TV partying and cheating on Kardashian. While the infidelity didn't exactly endear him to most viewers, the Talentless founder has a complex relationship with fame that goes far beyond his relationship with Kardashian.

In the eyes of some, Disick can do no right. Take, for example, Disick's brand, Talentless. In August 2022, Talentless premiered a new line of athleisure wear, which some followers were quick to point out looks a lot like Kim Kardashian's athleisure wear (which, to be fair, look a lot like Ye's designs). As one annoyed fan quipped, "Okay Skims." Disick has also raised some eyebrows thanks to the way he reacted to Kourtney's engagement (poorly) and for comparing himself to Jesus. One IG commenter called the post "blasphemy," and another suggested he "try being humble."

Disick's relationship with the Kardashians gave him wealth and opportunities most could only dream of. But for the troubled star, celebrity has been a double-edged sword. In 2020, when Disick decided to enter rehab, he opened up to Kourtney on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" about the difficulty of living his life in the limelight. "And just like renting a house in Malibu for an escape, and then that turned into a total sh**show with paparazzi," he said. "It's like, okay, this is no sanctuary at all."

In August 2022, Scott Disick made headlines after he was involved in a scary car accident in Los Angeles. The reality star was reportedly involved in a traffic incident that resulted in him flipping his car off the road. Scott hit a mailbox while driving, causing the Lamborghini to roll, per TMZ.

Scott, who has struggled with alcohol addiction for years, was reportedly sober during the incident. "It was determined the primary cause of the traffic collision was speed, and alcohol was not a factor," the release read, per People. "Mr. Disick suffered minor, non-life threatening injuries and declined medical treatment. He was picked up from the scene by family members, and his vehicle was towed away per his request."

While it remains unclear exactly how Scott came to hit the mailbox, it's a miracle no one was hurt. He was spotted dining in Malibu with daughter Penelope Disick and niece North West the next day, per People. He was left bruised but okay — and in desperate need of a new Lamborghini.