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Singer David Bowie’s daughter makes disturbing claims
Alexandria “Lexi” Jones, the daughter of late music icon David Bowie, has shared deeply personal claims about her childhood, alleging she was forcibly sent to a treatment center during one of the most fragile periods of her life.
In a video posted to her Instagram, the 25-year-old opened up about growing up with famous parents and the struggles she says were largely hidden from public view.
Lexi, who is also the daughter of supermodel Iman, said she felt conflicted about her upbringing.
While she acknowledged being grateful for the opportunities that came with her family’s status, she admitted she often questioned whether people were drawn to her for who she was or for who her parents were.
As a teenager, those doubts intensified into serious mental health challenges.
Throughout the video, Lexi spoke about being sent to “treatment” at 14, later explaining that she was dealing with depression, an eating disorder and substance abuse.
She said her situation worsened after her father was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2014, a moment she described as her breaking point.
While others around her experimented socially, Lexi said her substance use was about escape rather than enjoyment.
“For me, it wasn’t about fun,” she said.
“I wasn’t experimenting, I was escaping. Escaping from my complicated mind, my complicated family, my complicated school. When the party ended for everyone else, I kept going. And I drank and got high alone.”
Lexi claimed she was taken from her family home against her will shortly after Bowie’s diagnosis.
She recalled her father reading her a letter beforehand and remembers the final line clearly: “I’m sorry we have to do this.”
She described two men arriving at the house on a weekday morning and giving her what she felt was an ultimatum.
“They told me I could do this the easy way or the hard way,” she said. “I chose the hard way.”
She alleged she clung to a table leg, screaming, as she was pulled into a black SUV and driven away without being told where she was going.
According to Lexi, she was first taken to a wilderness therapy programme, where she spent 91 days living outdoors through winter conditions.
She said she slept under tarps, learned survival skills and was strip-searched on arrival before being issued basic gear and a heavy backpack.
“We made fires by stripping birch bark and striking flint and steel,” she recalled. “I was a city girl. I didn’t even know this kind of programme existed.”
After three months, Lexi said she was transferred to a residential treatment centre in Utah, where she remained for more than a year. It was there that she learned of her father’s death in January 2016.
She shared that she had spoken to him just two days earlier, on his birthday.
“I had the luxury of speaking to him two days before, on his birthday,” she said. “I told him I loved him and he said it back, and we both knew.”
She also spoke about the pain of seeing public statements saying Bowie died surrounded by his whole family. The wording, she said, made her feel physically sick.
“Yeah, the whole family was there. Except for me,” Lexi said.
Bowie, who also had a son, Duncan Zowie Jones, with his former wife Angie Bowie, died on 10 January 2016 from liver cancer.
Jennifer Lopez and Will Smith are once again being linked together online, with many people wondering if something is going on between them.
The rumours have picked up quickly but there is no real proof that the two are dating.
The viral buzz started after old videos and past gossip started circulating again on social media.
As these clips made their way back into the spotlight, some fans started connecting dots and assuming that there might be a hidden story behind it.
But so far, nothing new has actually come out to support those claims.
A lot of this opinion seems to be coming from older speculations that have been around for years, which often involving Jada Pinkett Smith and Sean Combs.
These stories, however, were never confirmed yet they keep returning every now and then.
Right now, Lopez is said to be focusing on her life and work after her high-profile split from Ben Affleck.
At the same time, Smith still shares a public bond with Jada, even though they have spoken about living separately. Moreover, they do have a past connection, as they once talked about working together on a film that never happened.
For now, it looks like this is more about old rumours coming back again rather than anything new actually happening.
Gout Gout has broken the Jamaican icon Usain Bolt’s world record, but the legend has a warning for the teen phenom.
Sprint icon Usain Bolt has advised the buzzing teen phenom from Australia Gout Gout, not to forget track and field and to find a good support network in order to remain focused on his career goals.
Gout, 18, kept the 200m title at the Australian Athletics Championship on April 12 in a time stamp of 19.67 seconds, crushing U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton’s world under-20 record (19.69) and edging past Bolt’s time of 19.93 seconds from 2004—the Jamaican’s fastest time as a teenager.
Gout, who also clinched the under-20 100m national title, went under the 20-second mark at last season’s championships with a wind-assisted 19.84 and once held the fastest time by a 16-year-old over 200m when he posted that time, 20.04, in 2024.
The Jamaican eight-time Olympic GOAT has some piece of advice for the teen and spoke in an interview with CNN.
Bolt expresses hope for young Gout Gout, “Hopefully he has the right set of people to guide him and keep him focused on track and field because the rest of the stuff will always be there.”
While warning the teen sprint sensation, Bolt said, “But if you mess up on track and field, then it all goes away.”
The 18-year-old Australian sprinter Gout is all geared up to make his debut in the Diamond League in the 200m in Oslo on June 10, 2026.
But with a focus on the upcoming World Under-20 Championships in Oregon in August, he has indicated that he will not be part of the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, due in July this year.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been working behind the scenes for royal redemption despite the latest shock from the UK.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been dominating the headlines since their four-day visit to Australia.
The Montecito couple seemingly sent a message to the declining in strength royal family that they are “useful” after conducting meaningful engagements.
According to Heat World, “Harry and Meghan are very pleased with how this trip has gone. It’s given them a lot of confidence and reinforced their belief that the tide is finally turning in their favour.”
The Sussexes were ready for the critics, but their overall experience with the general public was pretty good.
An insider claimed, “It’s confirmed Harry’s belief they’re creating a groundbreaking new blueprint that will stand them in good stead moving forward – and he’s hoping it will impress the royals.”
Harry, who is expected to visit the UK for the one-year countdown event for the 2027 Birmingham Invictus Games, is reportedly aiming to sit down with his father, King Charles, for a “new chapter” after years of royal feud.
However, the monarch and royal family have been dropping clear hints about their true feelings for the Sussexes.
From not making them part of Queen Elizabeth’s 100th birthday events to Sandringham snub, the King may resolve issues inside Palace walls, but giving Harry and Meghan the same public spotlight is not on the cards, seemingly.
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