Susannah Constantine has admitted that she ‘blacked out’ and broke her back at the lowest point of her battle with alcohol.
Now, her daughter Esme Bertelsen, 23, has revealed that she is facing her own struggles with booze.
‘I binge drink, not in the week because I know how it will affect me, but when I go out drinking, I just always want to be up,’ says Esme, whose father is Susannah’s husband, the Danish businessman Sten Bertelsen.
‘If I have one drink, I’ll drink it so fast and carry on drinking, because then I won’t have to think about having control of what I’m doing next.’
Speaking on the ADHD Chatter podcast, she says: ‘If I’m having one pint, I’ll be, like, ‘Guys, what are we doing next?’. I have to know what I’m doing next.
‘If they go, ‘No, we’re going to have to go home’, then I’ll be sober enough to face the actual reality of getting into bed and then thinking about things and my mind racing the whole time.’
Esme Bertelsen, 23, (pictured left and mother Susannah right) has revealed that she is facing her own struggles with booze
Susannah has admitted that she ‘blacked out’ and broke her back at the lowest point of her battle with alcohol
Esme has been diagnosed with ADHD and suffers from anxiety. She says that alcohol helps her to have a good night’s sleep, free from overthinking.
‘If I’m so p*****, I can go to bed and sleep and my mind doesn’t wander at night. It’s freedom from my thinking. I don’t have to think about anything. So maybe I do have a problem.’
Revealing a family history of struggles with booze, Susannah, 62, says on the podcast: ‘I was born an alcoholic, my mum was an alcoholic and my grandmother was an alcoholic.’
She speaks openly about this with her children, adding: ‘I just say that alcoholism is a genetic disorder and it’s a mental disorder – drinking too much is a symptom and you might have the same gene.
‘Just be aware and if you’re worried, I’ve been through it, I’ve got the medal, come to me.’
Lydon’s tune change as he ‘eyes an MBE’
John Lydon has been accused by this former bandmate of sucking up to the Establishment to secure an honour
John Lydon sang about Queen Elizabeth’s ‘fascist regime’ on the Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen.
But the punk band’s bassist Glen Matlock has accused him of sucking up to the Establishment to secure an honour.
After the Queen’s death, Lydon described the track as ‘anti-royalist, but not anti-human’. Matlock says: ‘He’s trying to get an MBE and was backtracking. It’s pretty anti-Establishment.’
Baby joy for child star of Nanny McPhee
Eliza Bennett has given birth to her first child, a girl (whose name she has not disclosed), with her husband
As a star of the hit film Nanny McPhee, she was among the unruly children needing discipline from Dame Emma Thompson’s character.
And now Eliza Bennett has a baby of her own.
I hear the actress, 32, has given birth to her first child, a girl (whose name she has not disclosed), with her husband.
She says of her labour: ‘My birth was not ideal – 40 hours long and ending in an emergency C-section – it left me in shock for a while.’ However, Eliza, pictured far right, admits it was worth it for her ‘squishy and cute’ baby.
Stevie Nicks voices anger at being stopped from taking private jet to Britain to see Christine McVie
Stevie Nicks wanted to fly in a private plane to see Christine McVie on her deathbed
Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks has voiced her anger at being prevented from taking a private plane to Britain and singing to her former bandmate on her deathbed.
Nicks, 76, said that before Christine McVie died two years ago aged 79, she wanted to fly over from America to see her in hospital.
However, Christine’s family said this would convince her she was at death’s door. ‘My plan was to sit on her bed and sing Touched By An Angel,’ Nicks says. ‘I didn’t get to do that, and I was angry.’
Pop producer Mike Stock criticises Bob Geldof
Pop producer Mike Stock has criticised Bob Geldof for reducing his Band Aid II track to a ‘footnote’.
Geldof is promoting Band Aid 40, a new version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, which blends voices from the 1984 original with versions from 2004 and 2014.
But Band Aid II, which featured the likes of Sir Cliff Richard and Kylie Minogue, was not included.
Bob Geldof during the first Band Aid in 1984. Pop producer Mike Stock has criticised Geldof for reducing his Band Aid II track to a ‘footnote’
Geldof suggested this was because Stock’s co-producer Pete Waterman couldn’t find the tape. Stock responds: ‘The thing is Sir Bob, while you were being fawned over by the press, I was the one putting the thing together.’
Early Xmas gift? Sock it to us, say Kelly and gang
Socks may not be the most exciting festive present, but this group of women were delighted with their gift of funny footwear. From left, Kelly Hoppen, Lauren Silverman, Alesha Dixon, Katrina Shalit, Melissa Odabash and Amanda Holden
Kelly Hoppen, 65, a favourite interior designer of the Princess of Wales, enjoyed a pre-Christmas lunch this week at Annabel’s in Mayfair, where she and her friends were each given a pair of red socks printed with images of their smiling faces
Socks may not be the most exciting festive present, but this group of women were delighted with their gift of funny footwear.
Kelly Hoppen, 65, a favourite interior designer of the Princess of Wales, enjoyed a pre-Christmas lunch this week at Annabel’s in Mayfair, where she and her friends were each given a pair of red socks printed with images of their smiling faces.
Joining Hoppen were Britain’s Got Talent judges Alesha Dixon, 46, and Amanda Holden, 53, swimwear designer Melissa Odabash, 60, Simon Cowell’s fiancée Lauren Silverman, 47, and showbusiness agent Jonathan Shalit’s wife Katrina, 63.
‘Best lunch with best friends,’ says the interior designer.