David Bowie's daughter, Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones, recently revealed that she was forcefully taken to rehab at 14 and was at a treatment center when her famous father died in 2016.

On February 18, Lexi — the daughter of the "Starman" singer and supermodel Iman — took to Instagram with a vulnerable video about the "dehumanizing" experience.

By 10, Lexi said she was seeing a therapist and that her parents and teacher had noticed something was "off." She started self-harming by 11 and developed bulimia by 12.

"I don't know why I felt the way I felt," she admitted. "I just knew I was miserable. I felt stupid, incompetent, like unworthy, useless, unlovable. And having successful parents kind of only made it worse."

Lexi said she hit a "breaking point" after David was diagnosed with cancer, turning to alcohol and drugs as a coping mechanism. Ultimately, her dad read her a letter that ended with, "I'm sorry that we have to do this."

"Then two men came through the door, and they were both well over six feet tall," she recalled. "They told me I could do this the easy way or the hard way. I chose the hard way. I resisted. I screamed. I held onto the table leg. They grabbed me. They put their hands on me. They pulled me away from everything I knew, and I was screaming bloody murder."

The men took Lexi to a wilderness camp, where she was only allowed to shower once a week, had no mirrors, and wasn't allowed to know the time.

"We dug holes in the ground to use as bathrooms far away from the site," she shared. "And every time we used the bathroom, we had to count out loud so that staff would keep track of us."

Additionally, she was only allowed to communicate with people from outside the camp once a week through letters. They also slept under tarps on a yoga mat and a sleeping bag and made their meals over fires. "The whole experience felt dehumanizing, like the whole point was to take away every basic human comfort and need," she shared.

Full: https://www.tvinsider.com/1247758/david-bowie-daughter-lexi-recalls-forcefully-taken-rehab-14-treatment-center-when-died/

Edited March 4Mar 4 by GraceRandolph

What a nightmare

She also had to read about her dad's death while still in the camp, none of her family came and got her so she could come and spend some final moments with him before he passed. That would be unforgivable.

Overall, I feel like these camps are for neglectful parents who don't want to deal with their kids.

3 minutes ago, eleganceislearned said:

She also had to read about her dad's death while still in the camp, none of her family came and got her so she could come and spend some final moments with him before he passed. That would be unforgivable.

Overall, I feel like these camps are for neglectful parents who don't want to deal with their kids.

These troubled teen wilderness camps seem like a playground for predators.

Conversion therapy teas

She still loves her dad very much. She posts about him regularly
Bowie had horrible experiences with drugs so it doesn't surprise me that while he was dying he reacted like that sending her to a rehab camp. Those camps are awful tho. Poor girl

Gosh, what a terrible experience to go through, no matter the age, but specifically when you're that young. I hope expressing herself and speaking her truth helps her heal and brings her comfort

Wow, they were so ****** up for that

That's really sad