Naomi Campbell addresses drug and alcohol addiction in candid interview

Naomi Campbell says she turned to drugs and alcohol to 'cover up' childhood traumaABC / The Supermodels, Apple TV+

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00:00 When you try to cover something up, your feelings, you spoke about abandonment, I tried to cover

00:10 that with something.

00:12 You can't cover it.

00:14 I was killing myself.

00:16 And I mean, I've not always displayed my anger in the appropriate time.

00:22 It's always been in the inappropriate time.

00:25 And it's a manifestation of a deeper issue, I think, anger.

00:30 And that for me, I think, is based on insecurity, self-esteem, and loneliness.

00:36 And being abandoned.

00:38 Being abandoned.

00:39 That's what I mean.

00:40 That's what my core issues are, abandonment and rejection.

00:45 And that puts me in a real vulnerable space.

00:48 And everyone thinks, oh, Naomi's a really tough girl and really strong.

00:51 But that's what I want to appear to people to be like, because I fear that if I don't,

00:57 they're going to just walk all over me if they really knew.

01:00 When you try to cover something up, your feelings, you spoke about abandonment, I tried to cover

01:05 that with something.

01:07 You can't cover it.

01:10 I was killing myself.