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Inside tragic The Vivienne’s addiction battle – hitting ‘rock bottom’, ‘kicked out’ of home and ‘party drug’ use that spiralled

Drag queen icon The Vivienne heartbreakingly passed away. Before their death they had been open about overcoming their addiction battle.

The Vivienne, real name James Lee Williams, was best known for winning the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2019. But a few years before their heartbreaking death, they opened up on their tragic addiction battle, explaining that, before getting clean ahead of Drag Race, it was once a “constant” in their life. Tony Oliver, show team manager, explained his understanding was The Vivienne “wanted to have a break from Liverpool” so they could “get away from the drugs”.

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