John Wayne Bobbit, the man famous for getting his penis severed off by his ex-wife Lorena Bobbit, is speaking out about Wu-Tang clan affiliated rapper Andre Johnson’s failed suicide attempt this week, in which he cut off his own penis and jumped from an apartment building.
Doctors were able to successfully reattach his penis, but the same cannot be said for Johnson.
"You have got to get lucky. And it’s about the doctors and it’s about time. You only have a certain amount of time to get the tissue to the doctors to reassess and get you to surgery to reattach you, and for it to work, because as the tissue starts to decompose the less likely it will survive the operation,” he told Fox 411.
Bobbit went on to say that the temperature likely also played a factor in it. He said he “put it on ice” but for Johnson, “it probably didn't work because it was hot outside and you only have a couple of hours. The warmer it is the less time you have,” he said.
"It’s a traumatic experience, it hits you not only physically but also seriously mentally, and it definitely [causes] deep emotional pain and depression," he continued.
Johnson, known as Christbearer, jumped from a two-story apartment building early Wednesday morning, hoping to commit suicide. Those present say he wasn’t doing any drugs and it was likely due to a mental illness.