David Cassidy “I Have Dementia” Singer Explains After Stumbling Slurring Concert Performance

Partridge Family star, David Cassidy, is speaking out after fans noticed the singer slurring his words during a concert Saturday night.  TMZ is reporting, “Cassidy seemed intoxicated at the concert outside L.A., falling off the stage, forgetting words and unsteady on his feet.”

The gossip website posted a compilation video showing Cassidy, 66, slurring his words while speaking in incomplete sentences and at one point falling down on the stage. Cassidy later commented on the performance saying a recent dementia diagnosis was responsible.

The singer now says he was diagnosed with early-stage dementia … first reported by People. Sources close to David tell us he has said he was not drinking before the concert. Cassidy’s mom and grandfather struggled with the disease and he says he went to a clinic and was recently diagnosed. Cassidy seemed intoxicated at the concert outside L.A., falling off the stage, forgetting words and unsteady on his feet. h/t TMZ

Watch the compilation video below.