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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Naomi Campbell was 'killing herself' with '90s drug addiction
Caption: Naomi Campbell was 'killing herself' with '90s drug addiction. While speaking of her past substance abuse problems on the new Apple TV+ docuseries, The Super Models, Naomi admitted that she used cocaine to help her cope with childhood traumas and grief. ”I guess when I started using, that was one of the things I tried to cover up, was grief. Addiction is such a... bulls**t thing, it really is.” "You think, 'Oh it's gonna heal that wound.' It doesn't. It can cause such huge fear and anxiety. So I got really angry.” The 53-year-old opened up about the death of her close friend, fashion designer Gianni Versace, and how it impacted her life. The designer was famously murdered outside of his home in Miami Beach in 1997. ”He would push me to step outside and go further when I didn't think I had it within myself to do it. So when he died, my grief became very bad.” The fashion icon battled her drug addiction in the '90s for five years. ”When you try to cover something up, your feelings - you spoke about abandonment. I tried to cover that with something," she admitted. ”You can't cover it. I was killing myself. It was very hurtful.” Naomi decided to check herself into a rehabilitation centre after collapsing during a photoshoot in 1999. ”It was one of the best and only things I could have done for myself at that time.” THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Naomi Campbell,Drug addiction,Model,The Super Models,Problems,Cocaine,Apple TV+ docuseries,Addiction,Interview,Childhood,Traumas
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