Emma Willis on Matt’s addiction: ‘There have been many bad times but I still love him’
09.05.2023 - 06:59
/ ok.co.uk
Emma Willis knew when she married her popstar husband Matt in 2008 that he was an addict - but she had no idea just how tough the road ahead would be. Busted star Matt, 39, was just three days out of rehab when they walked down the aisle and Emma had feared he wouldn’t make it to the ceremony at all. Fast-forward 15 years and they’ve got three kids and remain deeply in love despite Matt’s ongoing battles and the constant fear of relapse.
“Along with addiction comes a lot of bad times,” shares Emma, 47. “As hard and as bad as that can be and has been, it also is part of who he is and who he is is who I love. We’ve been together for 18 years.” Matt, who has been through rehab four times in the last two decades, last relapsed in 2016 when Busted went on a reunion tour.
But it wasn’t booze he was hooked on then, it was class A drug cocaine. At the time his youngest child, Trixie was just 10 months old. Within a month of being offered a single line he was taking six grams of cocaine a day in his recording studio and telling wife Emma he was busy writing a new album.
At the time, he had been sober and clean for eight years, and busy mum Emma admits she was slow to spot the signs of a relapse after believing he had everything under control. “You kind of kick yourself a bit on reflection because you're like how the f*** didn't I see that?” says Emma. “All those key signs that I hadn't seen for so many years were all coming back.” As bad as things became, Emma never wanted to leave Matt, with whom she shares children Isabella, 13, Ace, 11 and Trixie, now 7.
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