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Billionaire James Packer candidly reveals mental health struggles in TV interview alongside good friend Robbie Williams: 'Money is not a guarantee of happiness'
James Packer is set to tell all in a candid discussion on his mental health in an upcoming episode of 7NEWS Spotlight.
Scandals marred his jet-set lifestyle, from a deal that saw him under scrutiny based on his political ties in Israel to a legal quagmire in China when officials from Crown Resorts, where he served as director, were detained in relation to illegal gambling charges. In the midst of his despair, Packer reveals he turned to old friend Warren Beatty, and spent years living in the Hollywood star's guest house, eventually calling him 'Dad' – though he's keen to point out that means no disrespect to his later father, Kerry, who engineered so much of the family's runaway business success. Packer counts numerous household names among his friends – from Robert de Niro to Leonardo DiCaprio – and since his youth was firmly entrenched in the celebrity set, even flirting with Scientology for a time before distancing himself from the church, in the vein of so many box-office actors and actresses.
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