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Vicky Pattison: Living with an alcoholic parent

Reality TV star Vicky Pattison talks to 5 Live鈥檚 Nihal Arthanayake about her father鈥檚 relationship with alcohol, and how she tried to help him with his addiction.

It鈥檚 the subject of a documentary 鈥楢lcohol, My Dad and Me鈥.

She says that as a result of her father鈥檚 addiction he 鈥渄idn鈥檛 know us that well, he didn鈥檛 see us in the jungle or follow my career much鈥.

鈥淪ince doing the documentary, we鈥檝e become a lot closer, and we talk every day.鈥

She says her dad was 35 when he 鈥渟tarted losing his battle with alcoholism鈥 and now she鈥檚 reached the same area, she thinks this documentary has backed up her fear that they were on a similar path.

This clip is from 5 Live鈥檚 Nihal Arthanayake on 2 August 2022.

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