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Alex Scott reveals she sought therapy due to fears she would follow the same path as her alcoholic father following traumatic childhood with domestic abuse


The football pundit, 39, claims her father Tony was a 'controlling, violent drunk'  who was 'stupidly cruel' and would abuse, both physical and mental, she, her older brother, Ronnie, and mother, Carol.

The football pundit, 39, claims her father Tony was a 'controlling, violent drunk' who was 'stupidly cruel' and would abuse, both physical and mental, she, her older brother, Ronnie, and mother, Carol. When Alex was eight years-old her mother left her dad, but the sport star remained with deep psychological wounds which she only addressed in 2018 when she decided to start therapy. The football pundit, 39, claims her father Tony was a 'controlling, violent drunk' who was 'stupidly cruel' and would abuse, both physical and mental, she, her older brother, Ronnie, and mother, Carol

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