{"id":424988,"date":"2026-02-14T07:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/424988\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T07:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:26:15","slug":"the-lemonheads-evan-dando-hospitalised-after-sending-unsolicited-explicit-video-to-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/424988\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando hospitalised after sending unsolicited explicit video to fan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lemonheads<\/a>\u2018 Evan Dando<\/a> is receiving mental health treatment in hospital after he sent an unsolicited explicit video to a fan.<\/p>\n

The fan, identified only as Dawn on journalist Tony Ortega\u2019s Substack The Underground Bunker<\/a>, said she had contacted Dando through a direct message on social media to congratulate him on The Lemonheads\u2019 new album \u2018Love Chant\u2019, their first LP of original material since 2006.<\/p>\n

Dando allegedly replied, \u201cCool I\u2019m sorry I\u2019m an exhibitionist,\u201d and sent a video of himself masturbating to Dawn without her consent the following day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s him sitting in a basement or something, and he\u2019s fully masturbating,\u201d Dawn told Ortega. \u201cYou can see his penis, and his face. It\u2019s definitely him. He\u2019s filming it from a weird angle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so gross,\u201d Dawn told The Underground Bunker. \u201cI don\u2019t want him to do this to anyone else. It\u2019s just a gross feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvan Dando has long struggled with mental health issues dating back to his childhood,\u201d his publicist confirmed to Rolling Stone<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s been admitted to a local hospital where he\u2019s receiving comprehensive help from experienced doctors and mental health professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dando discussed his history of mental illness and drug addiction in his memoir Rumours Of My Demise<\/a>,\u00a0which came out last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of my real friends retreated, hoping things would change,\u201d he wrote in one chapter. \u201cThe rest got a kick out of watching me unravel. I was in horrible shape, losing teeth, and living off cheeseburgers \u2026 and a $200 daily drug habit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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