Jay Weinberg on “seeking therapy” after Slipknot firing: “It finally felt like an unlocking of a door”

Jay Weinberg has opened up about seeking therapy after being sacked from Slipknot, saying the process “taught me a lot, and continues to”. READ MORE: Clown talks Slipknot’s 25th anniversary tour and future: “We probably have several albums in us right now” The drummer parted ways with the iconic metal band back in 2023, after they made a “creative decision” to go in a different direction. He joined in 2013, and said he was “heartbroken and blindsided” by the move at the time. He then revealed earlier this year that he thinks the decision “remains confusing”. He recently sat down with Bryce Maopolski, the development manager at music-based mental health non-profit HeartSupport, and discussed the emotional journey that followed his unexpected dismissal. “I kind of found myself as like a tangled ball of rusted barbed wire, is what it really kind of felt like emotionally,” Weinberg said, per Blabbermouth. He went on to say he had to enlist “expertise” and “know-how” from mental health professionals to set about “untangling that rusted-over ball of barbed wire”. “So for myself,” he continued, “that took some seeking therapy, seeking a therapist here where I live in Tennessee, which took...