Scott Baio clarifies Erin Moran comments: 'Please stop assuming the worst in me'

I was still trying to process this loss.

For me, you do drugs or drink, youre gonna die.

The backlash was swift as Baio tried defending himself on Twitter.

You bash me ONLY because I support Pres [Donald Trump], he tweeted toTonight Showwriter Chase Mitchell.

I was asked ONLY about Erins troubled past due to drug & alcohol abuse, he wrote.

Theyre stating that Im saying drugs caused her to die after it was reported stage 4 cancer.

This is so wrong!

Now I truly understand the meaning of Fake News.

He added, Im also trying to process this loss.

Erin was my very first real girlfriend.

My wife and Erin contacted each other and spoke often for over a decade.

I even had her on my reality show years ago.

I DID reach out to her over a span of 30 years.

like stop assuming the worse in me.

Im a compassionate person.

Im very heartbroken over her passing, especially since it was cancer.

Read Baios full statement onFacebook.

I always hoped she could find peace in her life.

God has you now, Erin.