Jamie Lee Curtis: Halloween horror icon’s health admission - ‘I’d be dead for sure’
Jamie Lee Curtis’s film debut happened 1978 when she starred in the Hollywood film Halloween. The star won numerous accolades for her role of Laurie Strode in the hit movie, becoming an icon as the ultimate “scream queen”. Over the course of her career, Jamie Lee has won a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. However, the star’s rise to fame was no easy feat. In 2018, the actress opened up about her 10-year opioid addiction, which she claims could have left her “dead”.
The Hollywood icon told how she was forced to face her opioid addiction after a friend’s comment helped her realise the severity of her situation.
Jamie Lee’s habit started when she was prescribed painkillers following a cosmetic surgery.
The mother-of-two recalled washing down the prescription drugs with wine to feel that “lovely opioid hit”, while on holiday years ago.
She confessed that desperation drove her to steal pills from friends and family, notably her older sister Kelly, who was the first person to find out about her addiction in 1998.
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