I saw my best friend Jackie 'O' Henderson at the depth of her drug addiction - it was a life or death situation and will haunt me forever READ MORE: Jackie 'O' Henderson faces backlash after revealing rehab stay By Jimmy Briggs For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:41, 25 October 2024 | Updated: 01:43, 25 October 2024 e-mail View comments Jackie 'O' Henderson 's best friend and manager Gemma O'Neill broke down in tears on Thursday as she revealed her heartbreak at seeing her best friend struggle with drug addiction . Jackie, 49, made the tearful revelation she secretly checked into the Betty Ford Clinic in November 2022 while reading an extract of her new book to her co-host on their KIIS FM radio show. Shortly after, Gemma tearfully told Kyle how she helped Jackie, 49, secretly fly to California and check into the world renown facility.
After Jackie admitted her shocking addiction - that she was consuming up to 12 Stilnox sleeping pills and 24 Panadeine Forte tablets daily - Gemma had to act fast. 'I could see that Jackie was fading away into someone that wasn't her. I didn't know how to handle that,' she said.
'If you tell one person, then they can help you. And Jackie had the courage to tell me one day. She called me and said, "Gemma, I'm doing something really stupid".
'Jackie told me that she had been taking pills. I said, "I'm driving over to your house right now, stay there." I got there and we had a very traumatic conversation about the reality that was going on.
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