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MARILYN MANSON Says He's More Comfortable With Himself Now

July 19, 2007

Launch Radio Networks reports: Marilyn Manson says he endured one of the darkest periods of his life while recording his latest album, "Eat Me, Drink Me". The shock-rocker went through a painful separation with wife Dita Von Teese late last year and even questioned whether he would continue making music. But now Manson told Launch he is more comfortable with his persona on and off stage and with the company he keeps. "I feel like I've gotten to that point where I don't have to feel awkward or guilty about one or the other, which has always been a problem in my life," he said. "It's either been about who I am offstage or who I am onstage that I've had problems in friendships and romance. I can do whatever I want now and not feel any regrets for it."

The 38-year-old Manson is currently dating 19-year-old actress Evan Rachel Wood. The teen star told the British edition of Elle that they didn't get involved romantically until Manson had separated from Von Teese.

Wood and Manson performed some explicit love scenes in the video for "Heart Shaped Glasses", the first single from "Eat Me, Drink Me".

Von Teese, meanwhile, told the U.K.'s Observer that she and Manson were "so terribly in love...I never took him for someone who would exploit our divorce for the sake of records. I don't think people realize he used our marriage bed in that music video to have sex with that girl (Wood)."

Manson begins a co-headlining tour with SLAYER on July 25 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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