Weiland's statement, which was issued Wednesday (June 3), reads as follows: "When I was 16 years old, I dreamed of being a famous rock star. I never knew what came along with it � the good, the bad, and the straight-up bulls***. I thought that creating beauty would bring beauty... Not always. At 16, Mary dreamed of being a famous model. She came close but she gave up her career for [the couple's kids] Noah, Lucy, and myself. She never got to see the 'what could have happened.'

Well, as everyone knows by now, we are getting divorced and yes, Mary is writing a book which I have not read. But what I want everyone to know that it has nothing to do with infidelity. Neither the divorce nor the book. Please don't place the red letter upon my children's mother. - more from Scott

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