Lottie Moss broke down in tears on the new Netflix programme Celebrity Bear Hunt as she reflected on her struggles with substance abuse and depression. The model, who is the younger half-sister of Kate Moss, is one of 12 celebrities being hunted by survival expert Bear Grylls in the Costa Rican jungle.
Speaking to her fellow contestants, Moss emotionally recalled the difficult period that led her mother to suggest she enter rehab. “I didn't feel anything. I didn't care if I lived or died,” she said. “I would have run it into the ground to be honest and my mum said, 'You need to go into rehab'.” She admitted that her time in rehab made her feel better “but it didn't really work”.
When asked by TV personality Steph McGovern what had worked for her, Moss replied: “Nothing. I'm not going to lie to you guys, before coming in here I was about to go to rehab again.” She then buried her face in her hands and sobbed, as campmates including singer Una Healy and Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas gathered around in support.
The model previously revealed that she started using drugs and alcohol as a “crutch” while attending fashion industry events as a teenager. “There were people in positions of power that were giving me drugs and alcohol when I was very young and so it didn't seem bad to me,” she said. Speaking on Jamie Laing’s Private Parts podcast in 2022, Moss also said she had been in denial about her depression, explaining that she “didn’t realise I had it for a very long time” and that she “couldn’t get out of bed in the morning”.
Moss appears on Celebrity Bear Hunt alongside former rugby union player Danny Cipriani, interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, model Leomie Anderson, former Spice Girl Mel B and Shirley Ballas. The Independent’s two-star review of the series described it as “kitsch without being camp, and overcooked where it ought to be raw”.
