Denise Welch has admitted she was "in denial" about how her drug and alcohol use was impacting son Matty Healy, but eventually had to "take accountability" for her actions. The 66-year-old has become a well-known presence on TV screens having appeared in Coronation Street , Waterloo Road, Hollyoaks and Soldier Soldier among others before becoming a Loose Women panellist in 2002. She has also been open about how she suffered with clinical depression throughout her life.
Denise turned to alcohol and cocaine in a bid to try and combat her low mood. However, the substance use only made matters worse, and 11 years ago the star went completely sober. Denise replied: "I did lots of things wrong and you know, Matty and I, we had to have a come to Jesus about things that I was in denial about, how my behaviours have impacted on him.
But he has also said 'but then again mum, if our house wasn't a bit rock and roll, I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing. "But you have to take accountability and I was very defensive. All alcoholics are very defensive and all alcoholics, when pushed into a corner, will blame somebody else for why that has happened to them, 'it's my illness, it's because of this, it's because I was getting a divorce', it's not, there are not excuses, there are reasons.
" Denise highlighted The 1975's song She Lays Down, which Matty said was written about her experiences with post-natal depression. She added: "My son wrote the most incredible song on one of his albums called Sh.
