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Jimmie Allen is opening up astir a acheronian clip successful his life.
During an affectional speech pinch Kathie Lee Gifford, nan state prima recalled nan infinitesimal he contemplated termination aft being accused of intersexual assault by aggregate women.
"I was sitting location and I virtually felt for illustration nan full world had conscionable collapsed," nan begetter of six told Gifford. "Because nan first point my encephalon goes to is not nan career, it's 'How americium I going to supply for my kids?'"
In May 2023, Allen's erstwhile head accused him of sexually abusing her for a twelvemonth and a half while they worked together. The female has since dropped nan charges against Allen, according to People magazine.
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Jimmie Allen's erstwhile head accused him of intersexual battle successful May 2023. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for dcp)
The "Best Shot" vocalist denied nan allegations, and alternatively apologized to his now-estranged wife, Alexis Gale, and children for nan humiliation he had caused them by having an affair.
Not agelong after, Allen was sued by 2 different women for intersexual abuse. At nan time, Allen revenge 2 abstracted counterclaims and insisted nan sexual encounters were some consensual, successful tribunal documents revenge successful Tennessee national tribunal and obtained by Fox News Digital.
After nan accusations and lawsuits came to light, Allen recalled losing retired connected various business deals and yet recovered himself successful a acheronian place.
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"It deed me. My life security covers suicide," he told Gifford. "I don't consciousness that measurement now, but successful that moment, erstwhile you consciousness for illustration you person thing successful nan midst of a nine wherever it's nary longer guiltless until proven guilty, you cognize you're guilty. She said this, truthful it must beryllium true."
Jimmie Allen apologized to his now-estranged wife, Alexis Gale, and their children for nan humiliation he caused them by having an affair. (Getty Images)
"I moved everything complete to 1 phone, each my evidence, pictures, matter messages, videos, everything. I was putting bullets successful my weapon clip. Right erstwhile I put nan past slug in, this was nan freaky thing. I don't get notifications to my phone… a matter came through."
"My friend Chuck [Adams] texted me. He said, 'Ending it isn't nan answer.' When I publication those words that he matter me, I publication them again. I conscionable stopped. I retrieve I called 1 of my buddies and he came up. I gave him my gun. I said, 'Take it. I don't request it.' My mom flew in, and past I started receiving telephone calls from different artists checking successful connected me, saying they emotion me, they attraction astir me, they cognize who I am."
Allen yet sought master help, but his conflict pinch slump and suicidal thoughts remained very overmuch present.
"Every azygous day, I retrieve battling: Do I want to live? Do I not want to live?" he said. "When bills get due. I'm like, 'Man, my family would person X magnitude of dollars if I would've took attraction of something,' but I realized that's not nan measurement to do it."
"After a fewer months, I started to look astatine nan business different. It went from, 'God, why is this happening to me?' to 'God, what americium I expected to learn?'" he added.
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Jimmie Allen battled suicidal thoughts "every azygous day" aft intersexual battle allegations. (Wyatt/ACMA2021/Getty Images for ACM)
Ultimately, Allen – who has boy Aadyn, 9, from a erstwhile relationship, daughters Naomi, 4, and Zara, 2, and boy Cohen, 6 months, pinch Alexis, and twins Amari and Aria pinch a female named Danielle – said he's since recovered purpose.
"[I want] to proceed to beryllium honorable pinch myself and being honorable pinch everyone else," he told Gifford.
"I americium treatment and increasing for maine and my children," he added.
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If you aliases personification you cognize is having thoughts of suicide, please interaction nan National Suicide Prevention Lifeline astatine 988.
Fox News Digital's Caroline Thayer contributed to this report.
