Helmed by Michael Holstein and The Content Farm, the series is currently in pre-production and is being pitched to broadcasters and streamers. ET.Clueless star Stacey Dash is hoping to make a comeback in a new reality series revolving around her venture into interior design.Īs reported by Deadline, the series, titled A New Thing – with Stacey Dash, will follow the troubled actress as she leaves behind her life in Los Angeles and relocates to New Hampshire, where she hopes to reinvent herself as an interior designer at Debbe Daley Designs. Speak to a live person, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. Contact Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Treatment Referral Helpline at 1-877-SAMHSA7 ( 1-87 ). Get general information on mental health and locate treatment services in your area. The charges were dropped, and the couple separated in 2020. In 2019, Dash was arrested for domestic violence amid a dispute with her husband.
"I've lived my life being angry, which is what I was on Fox News," she said. She said she was changed by the Capitol riots. Then, in a surprise move earlier this year, she denounced Donald Trump and distanced herself from Fox News. She also attempted to run for congress in California, as a Republican, before dropping out. Over the last few years, Dash has been known for sharing her headline-making political views as a Fox News pundit. And in this five years, my blessing - the greatest blessing is that not only have I been able to be honest with myself and become a better person." "I just celebrated five years of sobriety," she said. Today, she still struggles, sometimes waking up and saying, "'I want to do something bad." However, she works through it and leans on her faith. "It wasn't until the last 10 days that I said, 'Oh, snap. However, it took time for the extent of her addiction to soak in.
Eight hours later, an intervention specialist arrived at her home and she was flown to Utah for rehab.
Eventually, they made her very sick, she said, adding, " kidneys were so infected that my blood was septic, and my organs were shutting down." She was hospitalized for three weeks, receiving a full blood transfusion.Īfter being released from the hospital, she called her sister and told her she needed help. She estimates she spent $5,000 to $10,000 a month on drugs. It gave me the ease so that I could deal with life. She said, "The Vicodin filled that hole inside of me. "It was my choice to take that extra one even though I wasn't in pain." "I'm not blaming doctors at all because it was my choice to take more," she said. In her 40s, she was prescribed Vicodin to help with pain from fibroid cysts - and became addicted. (Her character was in high school, but she was 28 when she played the role.) She said her partner "beat me so bad I couldn’t get out of bed for two weeks." He once broke her arm.ĭash then got sober and stayed that way for 20 years, including for the making of 1995's Clueless. One of her earliest relationships, in her young 20s, was abusive. At 16, her mother gave her cocaine.Īll of her trauma caught up with her and, at 17, she attempted suicide.
Update your settings here to see it.ĭash detailed extensive childhood trauma, including exposure to drugs and domestic violence, according to E! News.ĭash said her parents were both addicts, her dad to heroin. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.