New
York
(ANI):
Rapper
Timbaland
has
responded
to
reports
that
he
might
be
contemplating
suicide
over
the
disappearance
of
a
watch.
Timbaland,
39,
became
the
focus
of
a
Malibu
manhunt
on
August
23
after
family
members
became
concerned
that
the
abrupt
disappearance
of
a
watch
may
have
driven
him
over
the
edge.
According
to
TMZ.com,
the
hip-hop
artist"s
mother-in-law
made
a
frantic
911
call
after
a
2-million-dollar
Jacob
&
Co.
wristwatch
went
missing
and
prompted
him
to
drop
off
the
grid.
After
receiving
the
call,
the
L.A.
County
Sheriff"s
Department
dispatcher
reportedly
sent
out
a
“possible
suicide
attempt" APB,
and
a
helicopter
and
squad
cars
were
mobilized.
Deputies
soon
found
Timbaland
driving
his
Escalade
down
the
Pacific
Coast
Highway,
and
after
determining
that
he
was
not
a
threat
to
himself,
paramedics
released
him.
Timbaland,
who
was
surprised
by
the
whole
thing,
called
in
to
Ryan
Seacrest"s
morning
radio
show
on
August
24
to
say
that
he"s
alive
and
well
–
though
a
few
million
dollars
poorer.
“It
ain"t
nothin" to
worry
about.
I
don"t
know
what
happened
to
be
honest
with
you,
I
don"t
know
what
people
are
talking
about,"
the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
him
as
saying
in
the
interview.
He
said
the
disappearance
of
the
costly
timepiece
wasn"t
eating
him
nearly
as
much
as
the
knowledge
that
someone
in
his
inner
circle
had
probably
stolen
from
him.“It"s
people
that
are
close
to
you,
you
know?
So
only
thing
I
did
was
take
a
drive
to
figure
out
how
I"m
gonna
handle
it," he
explained.
“People
steal
from
me
all
the
time.
Stuff
did
happen,
it
wasn"t
a
watch
it
was
something
else,"
he
said.
The
ordeal,
which
Seacrest
declared
a
“non-story",
had
Timbaland
more
than
a
little
miffed.
“I
snapped,
Who
the
freak
reported
something
like
that?
Why
would
I
commit
suicide?"
he
added.