She sought help at 25 because she “didn’t want to die. By 22, her addiction was at its peak, with cocaine and alcohol abuse. She was discovered at 15 and landed her first Vogue cover by 18, and the lifestyle gave her unlimited access to drugs. Mutual attraction: The ladies were seen in black strappy bondage style outfits which. In her 2014 MindBodyGreen speech, the Oklahoma native said that at just 8 years old, she began looking for ways to get high - “I sniffed markers, I sniffed glue, fingernail polish, anything that could give me a buzz” - because she was “uncomfortable being a human being.” She started to use drugs that were around the “culture” of her family soon after, including marijuana. Kissing for clicks: Amber Valletta and Shalom Harlow were seen locking lips for the new Mugler commercial. It’s hard to do, but I want to move through the world as gently as I can.”
Even people that I don’t think are right.
I want to allow myself the space to have bad days, be sad, be mad, be loving and accepting of others. “I don’t want to talk it, I want to live it. According to our records, she has 2 children. She had a son named Auden with Chip McCaw, whom she later married in 2003. Amber Valletta has not been previously engaged. “I want to be the person that I aspire to be,” she said. Amber had at least 5 relationship in the past. So Valletta remains focused on her health - and living a sober life. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Left to my own devices, I guarantee you no matter how much I love life, my family, if I take a drink or any of my drugs of choice, I’ll be dead. She continued, “Only by being sober do I have any chance of survival. “So why would I be ashamed of being clean and saying: I have a disease that I can’t control?” “I didn’t have a problem when I was out using, if you saw me high or drunk,” said Valletta, who is also an actress (on TV’s Revenge as well as in films including Hitch and What Lies Beneath), of the years during which she was using. In an interview with Porter magazine, Valletta talked about going public with her addiction at a 2014 MindBodyGreen event, admitting of the speech she gave at the invite-only event, “I didn’t think anyone would see.” However, her powerful story - in which the Vogue cover star revealed she would show up at photo shoots drunk and high - went viral. She worked as an international model before becoming an actress and nabbed her first of many American Vogue covers at the age of 18. She says if she wasn’t, she wouldn’t be alive. From 1995 to 1996, Valletta and her friend and fellow model Shalom Harlow hosted the MTV show, House of Style.
Amber Valletta, Doutzen Kroes, Linda Evangelista, Shalom Harlow, Raquel Zimmermann and. The 45-year-old supermodel, who soared to fame in the ‘90s alongside Kate Moss and Shalom Harlow, has been drug- and alcohol-free for 20-plus years. She has a daughter, Lily (born 1995) from a prior relationship. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/Daniele Venturelli/WireImage )Īmber Valletta is speaking out about her addiction. Model Amber Valletta, at the Fashion Awards in December, believes that if she didn't get sober 25 years ago, she wouldn't be alive.
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