CLEESE SAVED DAUGHTER FROM DRUGS
JOHN CLEESE’s daughter has praised her father for saving her from a life of drink and drugs.
London-born Camilla Cleese moved to Chicago, Illinois with her mother Barbara Trentham, following her divorce from the actor in 1990.
Cleese admits she was on a downward spiral from the age of 11 which ended in four stints in rehab in a bid to cure her addictions.
The 24-year-old reveals her battle with narcotics intensified when she moved into the Monty Python star’s California home when she was 15.
And it was only when her famous father was forced to rescue the then 20-year-old from a police cell, did he find out the true extent of her problems and took action - which she admits probably saved her life.
She says, "(At a friend’s wedding) someone asked me to get cocaine. Someone left the hotel blinds open and a passer-by saw all these people doing coke and called the police. I was arrested. I was screaming and making a scene. I woke up the next morning on the cold cell floor, covered in my own blood and vomit and wearing only my underwear. Dad came in and rescued me. I was packed off to a psychiatric ward to detox and then to a rehab clinic." And after several more stints in rehab, Cleese finally kicked alcohol and drugs in 2007, praising her father for helping her turn her life around.
And John Cleese admits he can finally feel connected to his daughter.
He adds, "I can honestly tell you I have never been prouder of anyone in my life than I am of Camilla. Her being sober is the most wonderful gift anyone could have given me. What we went through was quite a nightmare. But we’re through it now. I am incredibly proud of the remarkable young woman my daughter has become."
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