David Letterman blames showbiz for making him a bad person

David Letterman, veteran talk show host, recently revealed his thoughts on show business and how his life has changed since he left it all behind.

He hosted his very own Late Show with David Letterman for 22 years, but ultimately decided to leave in 2015. 

Now 77, he had left his home in Indiana when he was in his 20s to bring his dreams of becoming a comedian to life.

His goals ended up leading him to cities such as Los Angeles, New York and more. Now, Letterman has returned to Indiana, sharing the details of his new life with GQ.

“In show business, I find that I have pretended to be someone I’m truly not,” he revealed. “In my life here in Indiana and at my home with my family, I am probably the person I actually am. And I regret that they don’t kind of cross at any point.”

The ex-host agreed readily when asked if being in that industry had made him a “worse person”.

“And I don’t know, maybe it’s only because I went through show business. I got that out of my system eventually that I can concentrate on being a better person and probably couldn’t have reached this point if I had not gone through the exercise of trying to succeed at show business.”

He added, “'I just feel like personally, I have greater humanity than I did when I was in show business.”

Even though his absence from broadcast television is now reaching a decade, he does host My Next Guest Needs No Introduction on Netflix.

Regardless of his opinions on how his time in showbiz impacted him, he stated that he does not believe in retirement. “Retirement is a myth. Retirement is nonsense. You won't retire. The human mechanism will not allow you to retire.”

David Letterman explained that as long as someone has the ability to do so, they will want to create, which is something he came to realize a few years after quitting.