In a torrent of Tweets the daughter of actors Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger has announced she “needed a breather” and time to work on herself which is why she went to rehab.
On Monday Ireland Baldwin, 19, said she was seeking treatment for “emotional trauma” at the SOBA Recovery Center Malibu, California – a facility that specialises in psychological disorders and addiction.
On Twitter the young model hit back at claims posted on Radar Online that she “unwillingly” checked herself in and was seeking treatment for substance abuse issues.
“I checked myself into Soba for two weeks to just get away for a little bit,” Baldwin wrote. “I’m not much a party cat but I am here deal with some emotional trauma and getting the intensive therapy I needed in order to recover.”
Baldwin added: “Someday I’ll feel ready to share my story openly without feeling the way I do.
“Right now I just needed a breather. I needed a chance to work on myself and gather all the tools I need to overcome everything that I had been through and rid myself of all the pain I locked away in unreachable places.”
Thus far neither of her actor parents, Alec or Kim have addressed their daughter’s rehab stay publicly.
It seems in spite of the money and the privilege, being the child of a celebrity can be tough.
Ireland joins a long list of celebrity offspring to run the gauntlet of being raised by famous parents and struggling with it.
In 2014 Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s son Chet revealed on Instagram that he went to rehab for a cocaine addiction and announced his 50 days of sobriety.
The 24-year-old aspiring rapper has spoken candidly about being raised by famous parents but asserts he wants to make it on his own in the music game.
“My parents told me, ‘If you want money, then you can come to us and then we can give you a job,'” Chet told the New Yorker Magazine in 2012, adding: “When I was a little kid, it was washing my dad’s car.”
Other children of celebrities have spoken out about the curses of fame and many went on to become entertainers in their own right.
The daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger has announced the reason she went to rehab was because she “needed a breather” and time to work on herself.
In 2014 Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s son Chet revealed on Instagram that he went to rehab for a cocaine addiction.
In the past, former wild child Angelina Jolie accused her famous dad, Jon Voight of being an absent father but said when she had her own kids she chose to rekindle her relationship with her dad. “I thought about my children never meeting their grandfather.”
Nicole Richie was no angel growing up. As the daughter of singer Lionel Richie, Nicole reportedly told PEOPLE that at a very young age she “experimented with drugs” and “dabbled in heroin”. Thankfully the mother of two turned her life around and is a famous TV star and fashion designer in her own right.
Kelly Osbourne aka the middle child of celebrities Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne has struggled with drug addiction and been to rehab over half a dozen times but she says her parents went to great lengths to keep her away from drugs. “My mum even had me put in a padded cell once to scare me,” Kelly reported told Cosmo UK. “But like a brat I just sat it out until she said, ‘Well, that’s not going to work.’”
As the daughter of actor John Barrymore actress and child star Drew Barrymore recently opened up to More magazine about her famously troubled childhood, telling the mag that she “didn’t really have parents” growing up. But she now views it with a philosophical approach adding: “In a way, maybe that was a detriment to my youth, but it’ll be the biggest asset to my adulthood.”
A younger Ireland Baldwin with mother Kim Basinger.
