Vicky Pattison: Living with an alcoholic parent

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

It’s the subject of a documentary ‘Alcohol, My Dad and Me’.

She says that as a result of her father’s addiction he “didn’t know us that well, he didn’t see us in the jungle or follow my career much”.

“Since doing the documentary, we’ve become a lot closer, and we talk every day.”

She says her dad was 35 when he “started losing his battle with alcoholism” and now she’s 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’s Nihal Arthanayake on 2 August 2022.