A public health expert has praised radio star Jackie 'O' Henderson for her decision to open up about her private battle with a drug addiction live on air this morning.
A public health expert has praised radio star Jackie O Henderson for her decision to open up about her private battle with a drug addiction live on air this morning.about her use of pain killers, sleeping pills and alcohol in a three-year addiction battle that ended with a month-long stay in a rehabilitation centre in November 2022.
"I'm not crying because I'm ashamed, I'm just crying because I kept this in for so long and saying it out loud right now to everyone is scary in a way," the broadcaster said as she read the prologue of her upcoming book."No one ever found out and I was really grateful for that, but people will look at me differently and judge me.The 49-year-old read the prologue of her upcoming memoir The Whole Truth this morning.
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