September 22nd 2023.
Naomi Campbell recently opened up about her past struggles with drug addiction during an interview for Apple TV+’s docuseries “The Super Models”. Campbell revealed that the addiction was her way of covering up the grief she was experiencing during the early years of her modeling career, particularly after the sudden death of her beloved friend Gianni Versace.
The iconic supermodel grew up in a single-parent household in London and found early success as a model. Versace became part of her “chosen family” and his murder was particularly devastating for her. Campbell admitted that she used drugs to try to heal the wound, but it was an ineffective way of dealing with her grief.
“You think, ‘Oh, it’s gonna heal that wound.’ It doesn’t,” she said. “It can cause such huge fear and anxiety. So I got really angry.”
The additional issues of abandonment from her fatherless childhood and her mother’s limited availability also contributed to her grief. Campbell described it as a “very strange thing” that “doesn’t always show”. She was in shock at first, but she tried to keep the sadness inside and cope with it on her own. Her addiction lasted for five years, until she collapsed on set and finally checked herself into rehab.
Campbell now looks back on that time as one of the best decisions she has ever made. She has acquired the necessary tools to cope with her emotions, and she is grateful for the chance to share her story in “The Super Models”. The docuseries follows the success stories of Campbell and other modeling legends, such as Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, and Linda Evangelista.
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