Kennedy comes clean to Gupta

Published May 19, 2011 4:00am ET



I felt like a loser … I felt like …’I’m not living up. What a shame.’ You know, ‘I’m a shame on my family by needing — treatment, for getting mental health treatment,” – Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., talking to CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta about addiction, leaving Congress and his life as a Kennedy. The documentary special titled “Patrick Kennedy: Coming Clean” airs Sunday at 7 p.m.