David Arquette On Courteney Cox Breakup: 'I Didn't Want To Live Anymore'

Sept. 13 2011, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Amber Goodhand - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
David Arquette talked candidly with Ellen DeGeneres about getting sober, the dissolution of his marriage to Courteney Cox and why he chose to do Dancing with the Stars and Breaking Celebrity News has a video preview for you.
David and Courteney ended their 11-year marriage last October and he admitted the heartbreak led him to drink more and at one point he even wanted to end his life.
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"We had grown apart for quite a while and I was just really heartbroken over it. I used it as an excuse to accelerate my drinking. You know, to be honest, I didn't want to live anymore," David told Ellen while taping