Corey Feldman | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan

Music, Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Billy Corgan welcomes Corey Feldman for a raw, often eye-opening conversation that transcends Corey’s iconic 80s filmography and exposes the deeper realities of life in the spotlight. Feldman shares intimate stories of survival—addiction, broken industry promises, and tabloid oversimplifications—while describing his unshakable creative passion for music. Billy digs into the near-miss roles, business pitfalls, and the resolve that drives Corey’s artistry while Feldman reflects on standing his ground after childhood fame robbed him of normalcy, grappling with public sobriety, and forging a musical path—critics be damned. If you think you already know Corey Feldman, this conversation will make you reconsider. Watch The Magnificent Others on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyCorganTMO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'll tell you what it's about. I mean, if we want to get deep, we want to get real.
0:03.6	That's why we're here. This is the first time I'm ever telling this story, so I'm sure I'm going to get hung. Do they push you out, or? Yeah, he said I was a junkie and that he didn't work with junkies. Michael Jackson tells me my song is going to be a number one hit. And by the way, Howard Stern just, you know, smashed it like a pumpkin. Now we're on the Today Show.
0:21.8	We got these big moments.
0:23.2	You're definitely cracking the zeit guys.
0:24.7	Right. And by the way, Howard Stern just, you know, smashed it like a pumpkin. Now we're on the Today Show.
0:21.8	We got these big moments. You definitely cracking the zeit guys. Right, but am I going to get away with it? Cooney's never said die. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. It's nice to see you again. Thank you. We've had to see you again. Although we've only met once. Not true. Okay, give me the second time.
0:38.3	No, we've met probably 10 or 12 times.
0:40.6	What?
0:41.2	Oh, yeah. you can see you again. Although we've only met once. Not true. Okay. Give me the second time.
0:38.2	No, we've met probably 10 or 12 times. What? Oh yeah. No way. Absolutely. Swear to God.
0:43.9	That's impossible.
0:45.0	Swear to God. Okay. I can, okay, I can tell you the first time, which was with Manson, which, you know, I choose to try to forget.
0:54.7	The second time would have been, I think, also with Manson at a little dingy, I think that the
1:03.9	Sunset Marquis.
1:05.3	Well, you probably don't remember is at different times we would come across each other just in the...
1:10.2	Okay, in passing. in passing in passing and we
1:12.2	always would talk for a minute to five times five minutes but we always say had these nice exchanges and
1:17.1	I always walked away uh impressed with you as a person outside of what people think or you know because
1:24.6	when you're a child star and people have their opinions and stuff like that,
1:27.8	my interactions with you have always been great.
1:31.0	I always find you very nice, found you funny, charming, all those things.
1:34.7	Yeah, I would say the same.
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