Lexi Jones, the daughter of David Bowie and Iman, has revealed that she was not at her father's deathbed because she was at a treatment center.
Jones posted a lengthy Instagram video where she said that she felt sick when she read the statement about her father dying on January 10th, 2016 surrounded by his whole family. "Yeah, the whole family was there — except for me."
She said, "I had the luxury of speaking to him two days before, on his birthday. I told him I loved him and he said it back, and we both knew."
As for why Jones was in a treatment center at the time, she said had bulimia, self-harming, and substance abuse issues as a teenager.
"When my dad was diagnosed with cancer, I was at my breaking point. I was barely 14. I could already see what the future would look like for my family and for all of us. I felt broken before it even happened, and I didn't want to stick around and watch it fall apart. That's when I turned to drugs and alcohol."
One morning she was ready for school Iman called her into the living room where Bowie read her a letter about going into treatment and that the last line was "I'm sorry that we have to do this."
She said two large men came in to take her to therapy and she screamed while holding onto the coffee table before being led away. "They told me I could do this the easy way or the hard way. I chose the hard way."
Jones said she was taken to a 91 day wilderness therapy treatment program, which was followed by the stint in a Utah treatment center.