Taime Downe has damaged his silence.
The Quicker Pussycat frontman opened up about his fiancée Kimberly Burch’s demise for the primary time since she plunged over the aspect of a cruise ship following an alleged argument with the ’80s glam rocker on March 2.
“It’s a roller coaster,” Downe, 60, mentioned throughout SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” on Friday, Could 30. “I’m hanging in there. I’m just taking it a day at a time.”
“And everybody thought going out on the road and doing what I do and being with my family in my band would be good for me,” he continued. “So I’ve taken their advice and I’m doing this. We’re going out with some cool bands.”
Downe and Burch, 56, had been onboard a Royal Caribbean ship known as Explorer of the Seas for an ’80s-themed cruise the place Quicker Pussycat was performing alongside different bands like Males at Work, Squeeze and Tiffany.
However on the primary night time of the seven-day voyage, Burch fell to her demise whereas the ship was out to sea between Miami and the Bahamas.
Burch’s mom advised TMZ that the tragedy occurred shortly after her daughter and Downe acquired right into a “heated” argument and that Burch had been consuming shortly earlier than falling overboard.
Downe added that his fiancée’s surprising demise was “alcohol and prescription-related” throughout his interview with Trunk.
“So I blame alcohol and pills on it,” he mentioned. “There’s no way I’d touch booze. For me, that’s just completely disgusting in my brain, you know what I mean?”
“So I’ve got some hatred for booze, ’cause I loved the hell out of Kimberly, and it was just hard to deal with,” the “House of Pain” singer continued. “We spent basically nine years together.”
“This is just heavy s–t,” Downe added, “and I’m just looking forward to playing shows and having fun.”
Whereas the “Poison Ivy” vocalist mentioned that “it is what it is,” he additionally admitted that it’s “good to talk about it” three months after his fiancée’s disappearance and demise.
“It’s good to talk about it. It’s good to talk about it with my friends, my close-knit friends,” he mentioned. “But I don’t really wanna talk about it with strangers, ’cause it doesn’t seem appropriate.”
“It is what it is,” Downe added.
A video of the incident, which has since been obtained by investigators, reportedly confirmed Burch climbing the cruise ship’s railing earlier than plunging off. It’s nonetheless unclear whether or not she purposely jumped or by chance fell.
Her physique was by no means recovered.
Her brother, Keith, solely advised The Submit in March that his household is “lost” with out Burch.
“We feel lost … We have no answers at all,” he mentioned. “Something happening to one of your loved ones, and not even knowing what happened — it’s awful.”
Her household additionally addressed her demise in a Fb on March 4.
“She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her,” her family members acknowledged. “We ask for prayers during this time for our family as we try to wrap our minds around this heartbreaking tragedy. We love and miss you, Kimberly Burch!”
In the meantime, Downe and Quicker Pussycat kicked off a brand new tour on Could 30 in Las Vegas.
The band can be on the highway by early July.
“I just think it’ll be very therapeutic to get to see a bunch of fans and a bunch of friends across the country,” Downe mentioned of Quicker Pussycat’s present tour. “So I think it’ll be helpful.”
