“Should I feel sorry for her ?”
Yes, probably. The woman’s father was a perv who died of AIDS from his homosexual activity. He also allegedly raped her and gave her genital herpes. None of this in any way excuses the actions she took in her own life, but she came from extremely deviant family circumstances, and people under those circumstance are prone to substance abuse, mental illness etc.
In high school I knew a guy whose father turned gay, ditched his wife and kids and ended up dying of AIDS. Did it mess the son up? Absolutely. To his great credit, he overcame his circumstances and didn’t go down the roads that Anne Heche did, but he easily could have.
If he was gay, why was he interested in diddling his daughter? I’m just suspicious when Hollywood ppl, who pretend for a living, tell tales about their horrible childhood when said parent is dead.