Al Jardine, Former Beach Boy, on Former Bandmate Mike Love's Health: 'It's Shocking... He's Trapped'

Jardine, who is not regularly in touch with Love, found himself 'speechless' and 'really depressed' when he saw the recent film Love on stage. But he knew the Beach Boys singer doesn't want to stop performing: 'He wants to be on stage, but he doesn't know how to stop doing it.'

After footage of his recent performance and comments from John Stamos, guest host Al Jardine checks in on Mike Love's health, which sparked concerns about the Beach Boys singer.

Although Jardine is not in regular contact with Love and they have had a falling out in the past, he was upset when he saw pictures of his former bandmate from the past two concerts.

"It's shocking and I was really depressed," Jardine told Rolling Stone. I had to really separate myself from it just to get on stage.

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While the future of Love's performance is unclear, Jardine said he doesn't think Love should continue. ("That's not true," she said.) But she knows the Beach Boys singer doesn't want to stop.

"Obviously, he's a professional. He wants to be on stage, but he doesn't know how not to," Jardine told Rolling Stone. "He doesn't know what else to do, so I think he's trapped."

He later added that Love, "lives for the stage, so I don't think any amount of coercion or suggestion will change his mind."

At a concert last weekend in Cincinnati, the Beach Boys' first show since July, aside from a private performance in Dana Point, Calif., Love looked somewhat frail. After telling the audience about Love's health issues and how Love had ignored instructions to stay home, Stamos led the audience to a seat at center stage, where he sat for the show, struggling to shake off a few gestures, according to fan video. Love returned to the stage the following night in Nashville, where he briefly mentioned that he was "going through some health challenges, but I've got to get to the Ryman [pictured]."

Jardine said he didn't want to be on stage if he couldn't stand or sing.

Before speculating about Love's future, he said: "I don't want to get in a wheelchair and go out and try... Well, what we do is sing. That's our job. That's what we do. We sing, we're professionals, and you can't do that now in his condition." "So I think at some point, he...he's probably trying to pass the torch, that's what I'm thinking. We've never really talked about it, but that's what it feels like. Maybe for his son. And him being there is symbolic."

He added: "It's really hard to leave what you've been doing for 65 years. We can't imagine life any other way. Maybe it would have been better if Mike had sat on the sidelines, in the wings, instead of that central position. I don't know whose brilliant idea it was. But I feel really sorry for his situation, as we all do. It's terrible."

The same night Love was on stage at the Ryman, Jardine was performing in Cerritos, California with former Beach Boys bandmates David Marks and Bruce Johnston, the latter of whom had stopped touring with Love earlier this year for reasons Jardine speculated were related to Love's health.