Oprah Winfrey scored an interview with Kony 2012 campaign creator Jason Russell, who had the Internet buzzing with a well thought-out film that aimed to bring-down Ugandan war lord Joseph Kony.
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Weeks after the successful campaign, Russell had a very public meltdown that brought him worldwide attention.
Speaking with Oprah, Russell confessed that his meltdown was an out of body experience. The infamous video of his breakdown showed Russell on the streets of San Diego naked, yelling, disrupting traffic and pounding his fists on the pavement.
Russell was later hospitalized and his wife explained he was suffering from a “reactive psychosis.”
Russell and his wife Danica will discuss what happened with the big O on Sunday.
Here’s an excerpt from their interview:
OPRAH: “What do you remember, Jason?”
JASON: “I remember me flipping off cars.”
OPRAH: “Flipping off cars? Like with your…”
JASON: “With both hands. I remember that just like ‘doot,’ just like a little memory. I remember running around our lemon tree. I remember …”
OPRAH: “There were reports that you were breaking into cars?”
JASON: “There are reports. I mean I think I was stopping cars in the street. People said I was laying in the street?? it’s a busy street?? I was laying in the street.”
OPRAH: “How did you get your robe off? How do you go from running out with your robe on to your robe off?”
JASON: “Again, it’s really hard to explain if people who have never had an out-of-body experience, but it really wasn’t me. That wasn’t me, that person on the street corner ranting and raving and naked is not me, that’s not who I am.”
Russell goes on to acknowledge that he was “walking around snapping my fingers up and down” and “slapping my hands on the ground as hard as I can. Just slapping them on the ground. Talking to myself. Ranting. Raving. Talking about good versus evil, God and the devil. I mean it was just very out of control.”
